...Walpoles it might have been written : — " China's the passion of his soul : A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy or break his rest." One most important result of a diligent inquiry into the arts and sciences of the Bible, is that a...

...me, as it was of an eminent statesman,— "China's the passion of his soul— A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest,"— I shall not willingly give up the potter's art as intractable to my purpose. The genus Desmarcstia,...

...Horace Walpole, of whom it was written — China's the passion of his soul ; A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break hia rest — tells a capital story against mere curiosityhunters. It refers to a man named Turner,...

...theme, and of Ilorace "Walpole it was said : " China's the passion of his soul ; A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest." There must be reason for such a passion, and it would not be amiss for every lady to inform herself...

...collectors, and of Horace Walpole it was said — " China's the passion of his soul, A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest." The taste still lingers amongst collectors, though generally kept within reasonable bounds ; there...

...Horace Walpole wrote of such a collector — " China's the passion of his soul ; A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest." But, although it may have, and doubtless has, its ridiculous aspect, this fondness for the ware of...

...written of me as it was of Horace Walpole: " 'China's the passion of his soul: A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest.' " Over the velveteen, across the top and down the sides, I draped a pair of thin Syrian curtains, sewing...

...said of me as was of Horace \Valpole — " China's the passion of his soul, A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy or break his rest ; " but end with the assurance that I fully concur in the words of a well-known English collector :...

...said of such a man as Horace Walpole — " China's the passion of his soul, A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest." Perhaps one reason why this hobby has become so increasingly popular is that specimens of the Ceramic...

...remains. Of Horace Walpole it was said that China's the passion of his soul : A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest. Yet he was not bevond the love of rare things, exclusive of beauty, for rarity means value. As an illustration...