The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... face and figure ; the head is masterly , treated in his glowing tone ; the armor with great force and clearness in the chiaro - oscuro . " The original sketch of Tintoretto , for his celebrated picture of St. Mark coming to the ...
... face and figure ; the head is masterly , treated in his glowing tone ; the armor with great force and clearness in the chiaro - oscuro . " The original sketch of Tintoretto , for his celebrated picture of St. Mark coming to the ...
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... faces there are some traces of the antique manner . " The estimation in which the venerable poet is held , as a judge of art , may be inferred by the following extract from a letter addressed to him by Sir David Wilkie , under date of ...
... faces there are some traces of the antique manner . " The estimation in which the venerable poet is held , as a judge of art , may be inferred by the following extract from a letter addressed to him by Sir David Wilkie , under date of ...
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... face with silent awe , Her tattered mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore , Imps , in the barn with mousing owlet bred , From rifled roost at nightly ...
... face with silent awe , Her tattered mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore , Imps , in the barn with mousing owlet bred , From rifled roost at nightly ...
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... face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What though the iron school of War erase Each milder ...
... face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What though the iron school of War erase Each milder ...
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... face no more , His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each , With that mute eloquence which passes speech.- And see , the master but returns to die ! Yet who shall bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heaven , the drenching dews ...
... face no more , His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each , With that mute eloquence which passes speech.- And see , the master but returns to die ! Yet who shall bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heaven , the drenching dews ...
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