The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Bände 1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... colouring and astringent matters are found in most cases in the sap of the bark . In large trees , the sap contains much less solid matter than in shrubs . In the sugar cane , the proportion of saccharine and mucilaginous matter to 50 ...
... colouring and astringent matters are found in most cases in the sap of the bark . In large trees , the sap contains much less solid matter than in shrubs . In the sugar cane , the proportion of saccharine and mucilaginous matter to 50 ...
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... colouring , and truth of expression . It is probable that the Gallery will open for public inspection about the 9th of February ; and some account of the pictures exhibited for sale will regularly appear in the numbers of The Director ...
... colouring , and truth of expression . It is probable that the Gallery will open for public inspection about the 9th of February ; and some account of the pictures exhibited for sale will regularly appear in the numbers of The Director ...
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... colouring is produced , the character of " the different schools , and their re- spective excellence , are not understood " by our artists . " 66 3dly . He is , or seems to be , entirely ignorant of the talents and merits of our English ...
... colouring is produced , the character of " the different schools , and their re- spective excellence , are not understood " by our artists . " 66 3dly . He is , or seems to be , entirely ignorant of the talents and merits of our English ...
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... the same artist on the same interesting subject . The colouring is good , especially in the fore- ground - probably the retired part of the composition is rather too vividly execut- ed . The countenance British Gallery . 159.
... the same artist on the same interesting subject . The colouring is good , especially in the fore- ground - probably the retired part of the composition is rather too vividly execut- ed . The countenance British Gallery . 159.
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... colouring is uni- formly too raw . In the former the land- scape prevails , in the latter , the figures : and it is in this latter department that Mr. B. particularly excels . His figures and manner of handling remind us some- what of ...
... colouring is uni- formly too raw . In the former the land- scape prevails , in the latter , the figures : and it is in this latter department that Mr. B. particularly excels . His figures and manner of handling remind us some- what of ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.