The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... genius o . his muse reflected some of its brilliancy on his paint- ings ; but a remarkable expression of Pliny , too well confirms , the despicable opinion which the Roman peo- ple still entertained of the art . He says , that " Not ...
... genius o . his muse reflected some of its brilliancy on his paint- ings ; but a remarkable expression of Pliny , too well confirms , the despicable opinion which the Roman peo- ple still entertained of the art . He says , that " Not ...
Page 99
... genius . Thorvaldsen went to obtain this , his first triumph , with the terrors of a criminal sentenced to death ; and he was obliged to summon to his aid the whole stock of courage he was master of . In the course of four hours he ...
... genius . Thorvaldsen went to obtain this , his first triumph , with the terrors of a criminal sentenced to death ; and he was obliged to summon to his aid the whole stock of courage he was master of . In the course of four hours he ...
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Original and Select. struck with his genius , of which he showed several specimens , that he not only gave him a ... genius left his father's roof , and became his own master , his first employer was an Irishman in Drury Lane , who ...
Original and Select. struck with his genius , of which he showed several specimens , that he not only gave him a ... genius left his father's roof , and became his own master , his first employer was an Irishman in Drury Lane , who ...
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