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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... represented with eyelashes ? Page 371 . 228. What is remarkable about the Grotto del Cane ? Page 371 . 229. Of what city does Goethe say , " No man can be utterly miserable who has once seen . " ? Page 372 . 230. What two men saved ...
... represented with eyelashes ? Page 371 . 228. What is remarkable about the Grotto del Cane ? Page 371 . 229. Of what city does Goethe say , " No man can be utterly miserable who has once seen . " ? Page 372 . 230. What two men saved ...
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... represented as scattering flowers before the chariot of the sun , drawn by four piebald horses . Seven female figures in graceful action , linked hand in hand , encircle the chariot , in which Phoebus , god of the sun , is seated ; they ...
... represented as scattering flowers before the chariot of the sun , drawn by four piebald horses . Seven female figures in graceful action , linked hand in hand , encircle the chariot , in which Phoebus , god of the sun , is seated ; they ...
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... represents to us the departing day . In her left hand she holds a bunch of grain , the fruit of her creation ; with the right she points to the rising moon . The Sixth and last Hour of the day floats in with the twilight , bearing in ...
... represents to us the departing day . In her left hand she holds a bunch of grain , the fruit of her creation ; with the right she points to the rising moon . The Sixth and last Hour of the day floats in with the twilight , bearing in ...
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... represented , in the Fourth Hour , by a winged figure crowned with flowers , pouring from an urn the blessings of ... represents the sweet pictures which the dreams of early morning bring . Over her head is the planet Mercury , which ...
... represented , in the Fourth Hour , by a winged figure crowned with flowers , pouring from an urn the blessings of ... represents the sweet pictures which the dreams of early morning bring . Over her head is the planet Mercury , which ...
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... representing Fredegonde in her royal costume , her face covered with the veil which was in her day the symbol of widowhood . [ Authorities : Annals of Gregoire de Tours ; Chronicle of Fredegonde ; Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIX ...
... representing Fredegonde in her royal costume , her face covered with the veil which was in her day the symbol of widowhood . [ Authorities : Annals of Gregoire de Tours ; Chronicle of Fredegonde ; Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIX ...
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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...