The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volúmenes1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... received the fol- lowing one from a learned and valuable friend ; which , without any comment or observation on my part , I submit to the perusal of the reader . It is a letter On the Causes that affected the Progress of Antient Art ...
... received the fol- lowing one from a learned and valuable friend ; which , without any comment or observation on my part , I submit to the perusal of the reader . It is a letter On the Causes that affected the Progress of Antient Art ...
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... received , as it were , an apotheosis ; and the adoration paid to the work became a supreme glory to the workman , and stamped a kind of divinity on the efforts of genius . IN BRITAIN , at the present era , there are certainly no ...
... received , as it were , an apotheosis ; and the adoration paid to the work became a supreme glory to the workman , and stamped a kind of divinity on the efforts of genius . IN BRITAIN , at the present era , there are certainly no ...
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... received by the roots . Mr. Davy detailed the experiments of T. de Saus- sure , which prove that the earths found in the ashes of plants , is of the same kind as the earths of the soil in which they grow . He mentioned an original expe ...
... received by the roots . Mr. Davy detailed the experiments of T. de Saus- sure , which prove that the earths found in the ashes of plants , is of the same kind as the earths of the soil in which they grow . He mentioned an original expe ...
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... receiving the works of the Royal Academicians and other profes- sional artists ; whose merits may be found by the Committee of Directors , to be entitled to a place in their ensuing exhi- bition for sale . By means of this Institution ...
... receiving the works of the Royal Academicians and other profes- sional artists ; whose merits may be found by the Committee of Directors , to be entitled to a place in their ensuing exhi- bition for sale . By means of this Institution ...
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... received two pair of fetters of solid gold . Democedes remonstrated in one of the oldest puns upon record . " I was in sla- very before , I presume it is your inten- tion to double my calamity . " Darius took the reply in good part ...
... received two pair of fetters of solid gold . Democedes remonstrated in one of the oldest puns upon record . " I was in sla- very before , I presume it is your inten- tion to double my calamity . " Darius took the reply in good part ...
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Página 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Página 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Página 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Página 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Página 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Página 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Página 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Página 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.