The North American Review, Volume 32O. Everett, 1831 - North American review and miscellaneous journal Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... gold , in marble and in brass , the national divinities , the deified heroes , and great men , whose genius and exploits seemed to have something in them of divine . The " human face divine " is almost the only divine thing , which ...
... gold , in marble and in brass , the national divinities , the deified heroes , and great men , whose genius and exploits seemed to have something in them of divine . The " human face divine " is almost the only divine thing , which ...
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... gold , a dazzling Colossus of thirty - nine feet in height , which Phidias had placed on the very summit of the Parthe- non . If the opinion of the most learned writer on the temple of Jupiter Olympius , ( Quatremère de Quincy ) can be ...
... gold , a dazzling Colossus of thirty - nine feet in height , which Phidias had placed on the very summit of the Parthe- non . If the opinion of the most learned writer on the temple of Jupiter Olympius , ( Quatremère de Quincy ) can be ...
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... gold medal is bestowed in a morocco case ; the freedom of the city is given in a snuff box ; or a vote of thanks is passed by Congress . In Greece , when a victor at the Olympic games came home to his own town , the city gates were not ...
... gold medal is bestowed in a morocco case ; the freedom of the city is given in a snuff box ; or a vote of thanks is passed by Congress . In Greece , when a victor at the Olympic games came home to his own town , the city gates were not ...
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... , was of ivory and gold , and so was the Jupiter Olympius . Brass or bronze was likewise used in many works of art , and the skill of cast- ing it reached a perfection never since attained . The 1831. ] 15 Statuary .
... , was of ivory and gold , and so was the Jupiter Olympius . Brass or bronze was likewise used in many works of art , and the skill of cast- ing it reached a perfection never since attained . The 1831. ] 15 Statuary .
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... gold ; and marble be- came almost exclusively the material of works of art , as it is , upon the whole , by far the best adapted for their various pur- poses . That this is the case , we may , besides the experience of Greece , appeal ...
... gold ; and marble be- came almost exclusively the material of works of art , as it is , upon the whole , by far the best adapted for their various pur- poses . That this is the case , we may , besides the experience of Greece , appeal ...
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