Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life: Designed as a Manual of General Information, Volume 2The author, 1889 - 393 pages |
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... figures in graceful action , linked hand in hand , encircle the chariot , in which Phoebus , god of the sun , is seated ; they typify the hours . Cupid attends the chariot as morning star . Cupid , Aurora and Phoebus form a climax of ...
... figures in graceful action , linked hand in hand , encircle the chariot , in which Phoebus , god of the sun , is seated ; they typify the hours . Cupid attends the chariot as morning star . Cupid , Aurora and Phoebus form a climax of ...
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... figures so completely in the spirit of the antique , yet so fully impressed with the stamp of the Italian revival as are these . The question which still CURIOUS QUESTIONS . II was the first to enter the city (July 17th...
... figures so completely in the spirit of the antique , yet so fully impressed with the stamp of the Italian revival as are these . The question which still CURIOUS QUESTIONS . II was the first to enter the city (July 17th...
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... figures of the Hours , in groups of three , on two sides of the rectangle , resting ( as handed down to us in the copper plates engraved by Fosseyeux and his com- rades in 1805 and 1806 ) not on the air , but on flowers rising from ...
... figures of the Hours , in groups of three , on two sides of the rectangle , resting ( as handed down to us in the copper plates engraved by Fosseyeux and his com- rades in 1805 and 1806 ) not on the air , but on flowers rising from ...
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... figures gracefully draped and floating in space . They are supposed to depict the various moods which the different hours of the day and night produce in the minds of men . They are clearly distinguishable in character and wonderfully ...
... figures gracefully draped and floating in space . They are supposed to depict the various moods which the different hours of the day and night produce in the minds of men . They are clearly distinguishable in character and wonderfully ...
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... figure crowned with flowers , pouring from an urn the blessings of dew . The Fifth Hour , under the planet Venus , holds in her arms an owl , sacred to Minerva , goddess of wisdom , - this betokens the secrets which discover themselves ...
... figure crowned with flowers , pouring from an urn the blessings of dew . The Fifth Hour , under the planet Venus , holds in her arms an owl , sacred to Minerva , goddess of wisdom , - this betokens the secrets which discover themselves ...
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Page 203 - And there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
Page 27 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 29 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 367 - Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 151 - the devil teacheth how to make pictures of wax or clay, that, by roasting thereof, the persons that they bear the name of may be continually melted, or dried away by continual sickness.
Page 60 - Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition, still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy.
Page 152 - MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS UNDER THE HAND AND SEAL OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : including the Tragedy of King Lear and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the Original MSS.
Page 61 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,
Page 23 - When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Page 88 - Her throat is like the swan; Her face it is the fairest That e'er the sun shone on— That e'er the sun shone on— And dark blue is her ee; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying Is the fa...