The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing An Excursion Through the Principal Parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, with Illustrative Notes by E.W. Brayley; Essays on Painting; Instructions for Drawing and Coloring Landscapes; and Professional Sketches of Modern ArtistsMrs. Dayes, 1805 - 359 pages |
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... dark and uncomfortable . They con- vey but a poor idea of the taste of our ancestors , or of their domestic pleasures : yet was this place for ages considered as the very seat of magnifi- cence . Massive and solid , this fabric would ...
... dark and uncomfortable . They con- vey but a poor idea of the taste of our ancestors , or of their domestic pleasures : yet was this place for ages considered as the very seat of magnifi- cence . Massive and solid , this fabric would ...
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... dark ; its trees , formed the fore - ground , and hung pendulous , over the scene , just clearing the objects , in part , from the sky . Beyond appeared a Gothic gate , highly illuminated by the setting sun , the recess of the gate ...
... dark ; its trees , formed the fore - ground , and hung pendulous , over the scene , just clearing the objects , in part , from the sky . Beyond appeared a Gothic gate , highly illuminated by the setting sun , the recess of the gate ...
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... dark ; except where , here and there , on its verge , a small group of figures glittered , from an elegant touch of the departing rays of the sun . Full in the light appeared the market - house , raised on an arcade , above which , in a ...
... dark ; except where , here and there , on its verge , a small group of figures glittered , from an elegant touch of the departing rays of the sun . Full in the light appeared the market - house , raised on an arcade , above which , in a ...
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... dark on the fore - ground being supported by another , prevented its be- coming a spot . The whole of the objects in the light , had their local colors rendered deep and rich , by a gleam of the evening sun , which pre- vented the ...
... dark on the fore - ground being supported by another , prevented its be- coming a spot . The whole of the objects in the light , had their local colors rendered deep and rich , by a gleam of the evening sun , which pre- vented the ...
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... dark centre , tear- ing up , with its irresistible force , the very foun- dations of the earth . Good heavens , what a scene , how awful ! how sublime ! Imagine blocks of lime - stone rising to the immense height of two hundred yards ...
... dark centre , tear- ing up , with its irresistible force , the very foun- dations of the earth . Good heavens , what a scene , how awful ! how sublime ! Imagine blocks of lime - stone rising to the immense height of two hundred yards ...
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Page 197 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
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Page 218 - I think we may safely say, that they differ in every species, yet that there are individuals, found in a great many species so differing, that have a very striking beauty. Now, if it be allowed that very different and even contrary forms and dispositions are consistent with beauty, it amounts...