Lena's Picture: A Story of Love, Volume 1D. Douglas, 1892 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 16
Page 7
... enthusiasm for perfection , producing an imperative desire to perfect the art of arts which creeps into a a great artist's touch , leaving on the actual material of the marble a great purity in out- line and form - no edge or surface ...
... enthusiasm for perfection , producing an imperative desire to perfect the art of arts which creeps into a a great artist's touch , leaving on the actual material of the marble a great purity in out- line and form - no edge or surface ...
Page 90
... excitement , he thought he had read the true artist enthusiasm for something really fine and good in architecture . Nor was she assuredly the kind of woman to be pleased with admiration of her appearance , shown in such an 90 LENA'S ...
... excitement , he thought he had read the true artist enthusiasm for something really fine and good in architecture . Nor was she assuredly the kind of woman to be pleased with admiration of her appearance , shown in such an 90 LENA'S ...
Page 92
... enthusiasm for art and distinction in taste - all the un- utterables ! I am a fool ! ' And with a kind of lurch he threw himself into his seat . CHAPTER VI IN appearance Lord Brampton was slight and fair 92 LENA'S PICTURE.
... enthusiasm for art and distinction in taste - all the un- utterables ! I am a fool ! ' And with a kind of lurch he threw himself into his seat . CHAPTER VI IN appearance Lord Brampton was slight and fair 92 LENA'S PICTURE.
Page 96
... enthusiastic delight and admiration for beauty which the make called genius , allied to Gustave's sound temperament , brought with it . But he felt that though his friend possessed the charm , the sincerities , and the imprévus of ...
... enthusiastic delight and admiration for beauty which the make called genius , allied to Gustave's sound temperament , brought with it . But he felt that though his friend possessed the charm , the sincerities , and the imprévus of ...
Page 103
... enthusiasm , or the " enthusiasm of humanity . " Only , be sure it is passion , that it does yield you this fruit of a quickened , multiplied consciousness . Of this wis- dom , the poetic passion , the desire of beauty , the love of art ...
... enthusiasm , or the " enthusiasm of humanity . " Only , be sure it is passion , that it does yield you this fruit of a quickened , multiplied consciousness . Of this wis- dom , the poetic passion , the desire of beauty , the love of art ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
artist asked beauty Beethoven better charm church Cologne colour comfort consciousness Constance looked D. G. ROSSETTI dear delight emotional enjoy enthusiasm everything excitement eyes face feel gaze genius George George Prevost Gertrude Gertrude's give go to Bayreuth Gustave Allbretcht happiness human inspired interest Islebarton kind knew Lady Lovat Lena felt Lena looked Lena's light lines listening living Lohengrin London Lord Brampton Mallett Court married mind nature ness never pain painting Parsifal passion personality picture pity played poor Prevost quietly realise recognised ROBERT BROWNING Romanesque architecture Rothenburg round seemed sense shadow Shockheaded Peter shyness side Sir Bernard sitting smile sorrow sound story strange sunshine sympathy talk Tannhäuser tell things thought tion Tregere Tristran and Isolda trouble turned uncon voice Wagner walked wonderful wood words
Popular passages
Page 103 - ... we have an interval, and then our place knows us no more. Some spend this interval in listlessness, some in high passions, the wisest, at least among 'the children of this world,
Page 77 - And lovely notes, from shore to shore, Across the sounds and channels pour — Oh! then a longing like despair Is to their farthest caverns sent; For surely once, they feel, we were Parts of a single continent!
Page 17 - Sorrow is hard to bear, and doubt is slow to clear, Each sufferer says his say, his scheme of the weal and woe: But God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome: 'tis we musicians know.
Page 77 - Even so, when first I saw you, seemed it, love, That among souls allied to mine was yet One nearer kindred than life hinted of. O born with me somewhere that men forget, And though in years of sight and sound unmet, Known for my soul's birth-partner well enough!
Page 172 - I looked and saw your heart In the shadow of your eyes, As a seeker sees the gold In the shadow of the stream ; And I said, " Ah me ! what art Should win the immortal prize, Whose want must make life cold And Heaven a hollow dream ? " I looked and saw your love In the shadow of your heart, As a diver sees the pearl In the shadow of the sea ; And I murmured, not above My breath, but all apart, — " Ah ! you can love, true girl, And is your love for me ?
Page 103 - Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
Page 103 - Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most. For art comes to you, proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
Page 146 - Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, — change it rather; but The art itself is nature.
Page 37 - There's a woman like a dew-drop, she's so purer than the purest; And her noble heart's the noblest, yes, and her sure faith's the surest: And her eyes are dark and humid, like the depth on depth of lustre Hid i...