The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Band 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... less tenderness than dig- nity ; and the preparation of the way of the Lord is so announced , as to give per- fect life to the words of the prophet . The air which follows , continues the idea of preparation , and touches , rather than ...
... less tenderness than dig- nity ; and the preparation of the way of the Lord is so announced , as to give per- fect life to the words of the prophet . The air which follows , continues the idea of preparation , and touches , rather than ...
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... less sublime than ori- ginal ; and the opposite states of man by nature , and by redemption , cannot be more happily illustrated . The grand re- citative , " Behold I tell you a mystery , " and the animated song of , " the trumpet shall ...
... less sublime than ori- ginal ; and the opposite states of man by nature , and by redemption , cannot be more happily illustrated . The grand re- citative , " Behold I tell you a mystery , " and the animated song of , " the trumpet shall ...
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... less than five acts ) I ran home , vowing never to set foot in the Opera again , until two credi- table witnesses should certify , under their hands and seals , that at least the illustrious Greeks , ULYSSES , MENELAUS , and others ...
... less than five acts ) I ran home , vowing never to set foot in the Opera again , until two credi- table witnesses should certify , under their hands and seals , that at least the illustrious Greeks , ULYSSES , MENELAUS , and others ...
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... less interesting give place to the most laudable curiosity and thirst after investigating every par- ticular , relative to the history and litera- ture of our own country ; nothing less than an elaborate digest of this valuable library ...
... less interesting give place to the most laudable curiosity and thirst after investigating every par- ticular , relative to the history and litera- ture of our own country ; nothing less than an elaborate digest of this valuable library ...
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... been judiciously omitted . The purple and yellow preponderate too much . No. 186. The Plasterer . J. Cranch , THIS beautiful cabinet picture would have been overlooked by an eye less scientific than the 124 British Gallery .
... been judiciously omitted . The purple and yellow preponderate too much . No. 186. The Plasterer . J. Cranch , THIS beautiful cabinet picture would have been overlooked by an eye less scientific than the 124 British Gallery .
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