The Contemporary Review, 43. köideA. Strahan, 1883 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 45
Page 177
... beautiful " Histoire des Romains " ( Hachette ) , extending to the reign of Hadrian ; the " Géographie Universelle , " by Elisée Reclus ( Hachette ) , the present volume of which , with its 700 pages devoted to India , ought to have a ...
... beautiful " Histoire des Romains " ( Hachette ) , extending to the reign of Hadrian ; the " Géographie Universelle , " by Elisée Reclus ( Hachette ) , the present volume of which , with its 700 pages devoted to India , ought to have a ...
Page 191
... undoubted keenness of observation , and technical skill ; but , though an enthusiastic disciple , he had no great original pictorial ability . What he has done and much of it is very beautiful 0 2 THE ART OF ROSSETTI . 191.
... undoubted keenness of observation , and technical skill ; but , though an enthusiastic disciple , he had no great original pictorial ability . What he has done and much of it is very beautiful 0 2 THE ART OF ROSSETTI . 191.
Page 192
he has done and much of it is very beautiful and very noble work- has been done with an infinity of labour , often prolonged over years , upon each single picture . Mr. Millais was , as an artist , gifted with every faculty except that ...
he has done and much of it is very beautiful and very noble work- has been done with an infinity of labour , often prolonged over years , upon each single picture . Mr. Millais was , as an artist , gifted with every faculty except that ...
Page 194
... beautiful changes they are , touching it deftly now on this side and now on that , dressing it up in all kinds of strange and fantastically beautiful garments , hinting at it subtly through images of pleasure and pain , shadowing it ...
... beautiful changes they are , touching it deftly now on this side and now on that , dressing it up in all kinds of strange and fantastically beautiful garments , hinting at it subtly through images of pleasure and pain , shadowing it ...
Page 195
... beautiful , if the one idea is truly and finely expressed , the chief aim of the painter has been achieved ; and the world , which is only unjust for a brief space - too often , alas ! the space of a lifetime - will not let the work die ...
... beautiful , if the one idea is truly and finely expressed , the chief aim of the painter has been achieved ; and the world , which is only unjust for a brief space - too often , alas ! the space of a lifetime - will not let the work die ...
Contents
457 | |
476 | |
498 | |
517 | |
538 | |
546 | |
549 | |
561 | |
711 | |
732 | |
747 | |
767 | |
783 | |
795 | |
812 | |
831 | |
583 | |
592 | |
609 | |
629 | |
636 | |
660 | |
674 | |
685 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
army authority beautiful believe Bollandists Bollandus Burney Cairo Caliph called Catholic century character chief Christian Church Church of England common Conservative Council crofters Cyon death divine doubt Egypt Egyptian election electors England English European evil existence fact faith favour feeling Fenian force Fostat France French friends Gambetta give Government Hamlet hand honour human idea influence interest Ireland Irish labour land less Liberal living look Lord Lord Randolph Churchill Lord Salisbury Madagascar matter means ment mind moral municipal Nakula nation native natural never opinion Paris Parliament party political possession present principle prisoners PYTHIAS question reason reform regard religion religious Rembrandt Roman runrig seems sense Siena Sir Stafford Northcote social society soul spirit Sultan things thought tion true truth University vivisection whole words writing Yudhisthira
Popular passages
Page 48 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 530 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax: it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Page 44 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And. thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven.
Page 516 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 790 - And it is our further will that, so far as may be, our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service, the duties of which they may be qualified, by their education, ability, and integrity duly to discharge.
Page 570 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 786 - No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company.
Page 874 - Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it : from this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.
Page 482 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 487 - Not so shall it be among you : but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.