The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 8; Volume 10J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1797 - Books and bookselling |
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... never hitherto , from fervile fear , nor will I now , at the clofe of life , dif- guife the thoughts of my foul . I will not feign a gratitude I cannot feel ; nor appear before my Judge and his holy prophet , with bafe proftration , and ...
... never hitherto , from fervile fear , nor will I now , at the clofe of life , dif- guife the thoughts of my foul . I will not feign a gratitude I cannot feel ; nor appear before my Judge and his holy prophet , with bafe proftration , and ...
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... never injure , nor with- out a caufe , afflict the leaft of his creatures . The will of Allah be done ! " The countenance of the genius was for a moment bedimmed ; and his vifage feemed indiftinct . But his form remained ; and in an ...
... never injure , nor with- out a caufe , afflict the leaft of his creatures . The will of Allah be done ! " The countenance of the genius was for a moment bedimmed ; and his vifage feemed indiftinct . But his form remained ; and in an ...
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... never before made their appearance in public . In 1772 , he produced his fecond volume of paftorals , with fome letters on land- fcape painting . These met with the most favourable reception in France , where they were tranflated and ...
... never before made their appearance in public . In 1772 , he produced his fecond volume of paftorals , with fome letters on land- fcape painting . These met with the most favourable reception in France , where they were tranflated and ...
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... never been com- pletely rebuilt . In 1790 it confifted of about 600 houses , and contained 2,754 white inhabitants * . The fitu- ation is low and marshy , and the cli- mate , in confequence , very unhealthy . It is furrounded moreover ...
... never been com- pletely rebuilt . In 1790 it confifted of about 600 houses , and contained 2,754 white inhabitants * . The fitu- ation is low and marshy , and the cli- mate , in confequence , very unhealthy . It is furrounded moreover ...
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... never well fatisfied with the obfcurity of a fituation , which was by no means ade- quate to his talents and reputation . In this place , his years paffed on ufe- fully for the improvement of his mind : but , as it appears , not very ...
... never well fatisfied with the obfcurity of a fituation , which was by no means ade- quate to his talents and reputation . In this place , his years paffed on ufe- fully for the improvement of his mind : but , as it appears , not very ...
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Page 435 - It cannot be denied, but that he who is made judge to sit upon the birth or death of books, whether they may be wafted into this world or not, had need to be a man above the common measure, both studious, learned and judicious...
Page 121 - This power, which Rubens possessed in the highest degree, enabled him to represent whatever he undertook better than any other painter. His animals, particularly lions and horses, are so admirable, that it may be said they were never properly represented but by him. His portraits rank with the best works of the painters who have made that branch of the art the sole business of their lives; and of those he has left a great variety of specimens.
Page 128 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page 121 - ... the same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard will confer; but he never possessed a poetical conception of character.
Page 120 - ... every thing they did was the effect of great labour and pains. The productions of Rubens, on the contrary, seem to flow with a freedom and prodigality, as if they cost him nothing ; and to the general animation of the composition there is always a correspondent spirit in the execution of the work.
Page 120 - ... enthusiasm with which the painter was carried away. To this we may add the complete uniformity in all the parts of the work, so that...
Page 212 - They feem to have held that diverfity, nay univerfality, of excellence, at which the moderns frequently aim, to be a gift unattainable by man. We therefore of Great Britain have perhaps more...
Page 121 - He appears to have entertained a great abhorrence of the meagre dry manner of his predecessors, the old German and Flemish Painters; to avoid which, he kept his outline large and flowing: this, carried to an extreme, produced that heaviness which is so frequently found in his figures.
Page 359 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and defpifeth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley fhall pick it out, and the young eagles fhall eat it."* ' Are we not taught by the law of nature as well as that of chrif* Eph.
Page 382 - Thy patience, by no wrongs subdued, Thy gay good-humour — can they " fade ?" " Perhaps— but sorrow dims my eye : Cold turf, which I no more must view, Dear name, which I no more must sigh, A long, a last, a sad adieu...