A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River: With a Description of the Whole Course of the Former, and of the Ohio, Volumen1

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Hunt and Clarke, 1828 - 472 páginas
 

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Página 438 - I found myself in the midst of works executed upon principles with which I was unacquainted ; I felt my ignorance, and stood abashed. All the indigested notions of painting which I had brought with me from England, where the art was in the lowest state it had ever been in, (it could not, indeed, be lower,) were to be totally done away, and eradicated from my mind. It was necessary, as it is expressed on a very solemn occasion, that I should become as a little child.
Página 385 - However we might lament what we conceived to be the errors of Protestant dissenters, it was to be recollected that the Bible was the fountain of their religious belief as well as that of the established church, and was, or might be, in the...
Página 385 - Dissenters, it should be remembered that the Bible was the foundation of their religious belief, as well as that of the Established Church, and was or might be in the hands of every member of the Empire.
Página 438 - I should become as a little child. — Notwithstanding my disappointment, I proceeded to copy some of those excellent works. I viewed them again and again ; I even affected to feel their merit, and to admire them, more than I really did.
Página 354 - ... of the English. I have had the good fortune of being admitted into society of all, or nearly all classes, and I have remarked that etiquette and precedence are observed in so rigorous a manner, as could only arise from inveterate and habitual aristocracy of feeling and opinion. In the most humble cottages, every one takes the place assigned him by his respective class, and with a suitable deportment.
Página 248 - English virgins are no longer in great request in Germany. The only person who gains by them is the sacristan, who gets a few Frederics from strangers by opening the door of the church (kept constantly shut) around which these venerable remains are suspended. The bodies of the Magi add something to the reduced income of the cathedral.
Página 438 - I had brought with me from England, where the art was in the lowest state it had ever been in (it could not indeed be lower), were to be totally done away with, and eradicated from my mind. It was necessary, as it is expressed on a very solemn occasion, that I should become as a little child ; notwithstanding my disappointment, I proceeded to copy some of those excellent works.
Página 329 - I heard no noise but the trampling of the feet of those who came in or went...
Página lxxii - I considered illustrative and .useful: and the real forms and dimensions of objects do not differ from my descriptions, except just so far as to prevent their appearing insipid and monotonous.

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