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... nature ; not as a cutter of fine lines , and a copyist of the designs of others . Of Bewick's powers , the most ex- traordinary is the perfect and undevi- ating accuracy with which he seizes and transfers to paper the natural ob- jects ...
... nature ; not as a cutter of fine lines , and a copyist of the designs of others . Of Bewick's powers , the most ex- traordinary is the perfect and undevi- ating accuracy with which he seizes and transfers to paper the natural ob- jects ...
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... nature in all her forms , animate and inanimate . There are the poachers tracking a hare in the snow ; and the urchins who have ac- complished the creation of a " snow man . " In the humorous , there are the disappointed beggar leaving ...
... nature in all her forms , animate and inanimate . There are the poachers tracking a hare in the snow ; and the urchins who have ac- complished the creation of a " snow man . " In the humorous , there are the disappointed beggar leaving ...
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... nature ; not as a cutter of fine lines , and a copyist of the designs of others . Of Bewick's powers , the most ex- traordinary is the perfect and undevi- ating accuracy with which he seizes and transfers to paper the natural ob- jects ...
... nature ; not as a cutter of fine lines , and a copyist of the designs of others . Of Bewick's powers , the most ex- traordinary is the perfect and undevi- ating accuracy with which he seizes and transfers to paper the natural ob- jects ...
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... Nature , being mo- dest enough to attend to what she says , in preference to lecturing himself . Our geniuses now - a - days appear to be proud to have , as they call it , " made a picture . " Bewick probably would have been proud to ...
... Nature , being mo- dest enough to attend to what she says , in preference to lecturing himself . Our geniuses now - a - days appear to be proud to have , as they call it , " made a picture . " Bewick probably would have been proud to ...
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... nature of Catholicism . Much of its discipline , putting Protestantism out of sight , is directly at variance with ... natural way of set- tling differences was never once thought of . Not a single endeavour was made to obviate the ...
... nature of Catholicism . Much of its discipline , putting Protestantism out of sight , is directly at variance with ... natural way of set- tling differences was never once thought of . Not a single endeavour was made to obviate the ...
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Page 559 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences ! And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 125 - O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth, delivered from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the Muse's...
Page 103 - This true catholic faith, out of which none can be saved, which I now freely profess, and truly hold, I, N. promise, vow and swear most constantly to hold and profess the same whole and entire, with God's assistance, to the end of my life...
Page 125 - Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given, For happy spirits to alight . Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 165 - Think of a genius not born in every country, or every time ; a man gifted by nature with a penetrating aquiline eye ; with a judgment prepared with the most extensive erudition ; with an herculean robustness of mind, and nerves not to be broken with labour ; a man who could spend twenty years in one pursuit.
Page 227 - MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ., FRS Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.; comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev.
Page 483 - Where now thy might, which all those kings subdued ? No martial myriads muster in thy gate ; No suppliant nations in thy temple wait : No...
Page 125 - The youthful world's grey fathers in one knot, Did with intentive looks watch every hour For thy new light, and trembled at each shower...
Page 483 - While suns unblest their angry lustre fling, And wayworn pilgrims seek the scanty spring ? Where now thy pomp which kings with envy...
Page 403 - I, make your demands. Why, half a pss. of eight and a dram, sais John. I agreed, and gave him a Dram (now) in hand to bind the bargain. My hostess catechis'd John for going so...