The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, EtcH. Colburn, 1820 - Great Britain |
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... beautiful . The vourite little piece is the Rustic Bridge , the | pressed ; and by reversing the picture , a spirit , and grace , and fidelity of which , con- very different order might be indulged . lications , where the aid of the ...
... beautiful . The vourite little piece is the Rustic Bridge , the | pressed ; and by reversing the picture , a spirit , and grace , and fidelity of which , con- very different order might be indulged . lications , where the aid of the ...
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... beautiful paint- ing , ( if we may so express it , ) resem- bling , on the whole , a head , which was formed of numerous smaller heads . From that time , this pane of glass was never wet with the dew , and never froze , though the other ...
... beautiful paint- ing , ( if we may so express it , ) resem- bling , on the whole , a head , which was formed of numerous smaller heads . From that time , this pane of glass was never wet with the dew , and never froze , though the other ...
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... beautiful printing . His first attempt was made in reid , are added to those already mentioned ; 1776. It anticipated Breitkopff in the and I hope that these discoveries will remain publication and execution of his ideas , undivided ...
... beautiful printing . His first attempt was made in reid , are added to those already mentioned ; 1776. It anticipated Breitkopff in the and I hope that these discoveries will remain publication and execution of his ideas , undivided ...
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... beautiful , by the ar- of the sylvan scenery in which Ivanhoe is laid , tist from whose pen they came , many years ago . This shows how fine an eye the author of that romance has for nature , and how accurate , as well as picturesque ...
... beautiful , by the ar- of the sylvan scenery in which Ivanhoe is laid , tist from whose pen they came , many years ago . This shows how fine an eye the author of that romance has for nature , and how accurate , as well as picturesque ...
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... beautiful . The new singer has a pleasing tenor voice , and acquitted himself so as to give entire sa- tisfaction . He has a great deal of the man- ner of Braham ; but is by no means equal to him either in power or discrimination . In ...
... beautiful . The new singer has a pleasing tenor voice , and acquitted himself so as to give entire sa- tisfaction . He has a great deal of the man- ner of Braham ; but is by no means equal to him either in power or discrimination . In ...
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Page 211 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed.
Page 200 - Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.
Page 82 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — [" Treason " cried the Speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.
Page 4 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven...
Page 71 - From all sedition and privy conspiracy, from the tyranny of the Bishop of Rome, and all his detestable enormities, from all false doctrine and heresy, from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment.
Page 246 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you ; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Page 207 - On my arrival at Rome, I found that the story of the Cenci was a subject not to be mentioned in Italian society without awakening a deep and breathless interest...
Page 132 - To bless each valley, grove, and coast, And charm the cherubs to the post Of gratitude in throngs; To keep the days on Zion's Mount, And send the Year to his account, With dances and with songs : O servant of God's holiest charge, The minister of praise at large, Which thou mayst now receive; From thy blest mansion hail and hear, From topmost eminence appear To this the wreath I weave.
Page 17 - Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, and of his Sons Richard and Henry. Illustrated by Original Letters, and other Family Papers.
Page 208 - tis rough and narrow, And winds with short turns down the precipice ; And in its depth there is a mighty rock, Which has, from unimaginable years, Sustained itself with terror and with toil Over a gulf, and with the agony With which it clings seems slowly coming down...