Historical sketches of the old painters, by the authoress of 'Three experiments of living'.

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Página 68 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Página 68 - His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of ' buffaloes : ' with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth ; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Página 29 - O'er many a breast may future influence spread : These, my sweet fair, so warns poetic thought, Closed thy bright eye and mute thy poet's tongue, E'en after death shall still with sparks be fraught.
Página 74 - A double death appals me now ; The one draws near with rapid strides, The other with his awful brow Time from eternity divides. Sculpture and painting, rival arts ! Ye can no longer soothe my breast ; Tis love divine alone, imparts The promise of a future rest. On that my trembling soul relies — My trust the cross, my hope the skies.
Página 121 - I am mentioning, was of an infirm constitution, till about forty, when by obstinately persisting in an exact course of temperance, he recovered a perfect state of health ; insomuch that at fourscore he published his book which has been translated into English under the title of " Sure and Certain Methods of attaining a Long and Healthy Life.
Página 42 - ... nature, which is so sinful and passionate in me; how shall my feeble hand portray thy glory! How shall I paint that last sorrowful night when the apostles gathered around thee ! " As he dwelt on the subject, it gradually expanded to his mind; he beheld the long table, and the Saviour in the midst of his disciples, the last rays of evening shining on his head, a mild radiance beaming from his eyes, when he exclaimed, " Verily, I say unto you, one of you shall betray me.
Página 68 - Acque ei sospese a se d' intorno ; e tale Quando il mar chiuse, e ne fe tomba altrui. E voi, sue turbe, un rio vitello alzaste ? Alzata aveste immago a questa eguale ; Ch' era men fallo 1
Página 72 - Ch' un marmo solo in se non circoscriva Col suo soverchio , e solo a quello arriva La man che obbedisce all
Página 75 - ... lawfully do, and you have one of the highest styles of men, second only to those whose lives have been a grand self-sacrifice, or who, after years of unrewarded labour, have got the glory of the martyr's grave. Michael Angelo lived through a pilgrimage of ninety years, and then, in his will, committed his soul to God, his body to the earth, and his possessions to his nearest relatives, adding that he died in the faith of Jesus Christ, and in the firm hope of a better life.
Página 72 - Amor dunque non ha, né tua beltate o durezza o fortuna o gran disdegno del mio mal colpa, o mio destino o sorte; se dentro del tuo cor morte e pietate porti in un tempo, e che...

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