 He is always equal — always natural — graceful — unaffected. His boldness of posture and his singular freedom of colouring are so supported by all the grace of art — by all the sorcery of skill — that they appear natural and noble. Over the...  The Golden Age of Engraving - Page 31by Frederick Keppel - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...of skill, that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity ; yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1829 - 738 pages
...skill — that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 514 pages
...sorcery of skill, that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | English essays - 1829 - 712 pages
...natnral and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all ziohleness, his women all loveliness, and his children all simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 324 pages
...skill — that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...skill — that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...skill — that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | Child rearing - 1846 - 316 pages
...of skill— that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | 1847 - 296 pages
...skill — that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity : yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
 | Art - 1851 - 490 pages
...of skill, that they appear natural and noble. Over the meanest head he sheds the halo of dignity ; his men are all nobleness, his women all loveliness,...simplicity ; yet they are all like the living originals. He had the singular art of summoning the mind into the face, and making sentiment mingle in the portrait.... | |
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