 I have sacrificed to it the flower of my days and the freshness of my strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with my name for the proudest fortune...  Famous Sculptors and Sculpture - Seite 290von Julia Ann Clark Shedd - 1881 - 319 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Hazard - 1841 - 598 Seiten
...paid for this statue, I have still an interest in it — the interest of a father in his child. — It is the birth of my thought. I have sacrificed to...of my days and the freshness of my strength ; its the yard of the main prison ; the building measures 43 by ! every iineamcnt has been moistened with... | |
 | George Watterston - 1842 - 254 Seiten
...the Capitol erected. tThe artist thus feelingly speaks - of this offspring of his genius and labor; " It is the birth of my thought. I have sacrificed to...strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with my... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1841 - 440 Seiten
...p ml for this statue, I have still an interest in it — the interest of a father in his child. — It is the birth of my thought. I have sacrificed to...strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with my... | |
 | George Watterston - 1842 - 252 Seiten
...«ee the Capitol erected. tThe artist thus feelingly speaks of this offspring of his genius and labor: "It is the birth of my thought. I have sacrificed to it the flower of my days and the fresh, ness of my strength ; its every lineament has been moist, ened with the sweat of my toil and... | |
 | William Quereau Force - 1850 - 292 Seiten
...sacrificed FIRST IN WAR f IRST IN PEACE THE HEARTS OF H1S COUNTRYMEN STATUE OF WASHINGTON. r WASHINOTON 95 to it the flower of my days, and the freshness of...strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil, and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with... | |
 | Mary Clemmer - 1873 - 640 Seiten
...monument to his own genius and to the Father of his country. He says : "It is the birth of my thoughts, I have sacrificed to it the flower of my days, and...strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with my... | |
 | Mary Clemmer - 1873 - 634 Seiten
...monument to his own genius and to the Father of his country. He says : " It is the birth of my thoughts, I have sacrificed to it the flower of my days, and...strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with my... | |
 | De Benneville Randolph Keim - 1874 - 290 Seiten
...than a chronicler of any one deed or any one leading feature of his life." The sculptor himself says: "It is the birth of my thought. I have sacrificed...strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with my... | |
 | Joseph West Moore - 1884 - 318 Seiten
...after a long residence abroad. In writing of the statue he said, " Itis the birth of my thought, and I have sacrificed to it the flower of my days and...strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter away its association with my... | |
 | Joseph West Moore - 1884 - 324 Seiten
...of the statue he said, " It is the birth of my thought, and I have sacrificed to it the flower of mv days and the freshness of my strength ; its every lineament has been moistened with the sweat of my toil and the tears of my exile. I would not barter awav its association with my... | |
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