The Quarterly Review, Volume 50William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1834 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 36
... English eloquence and classical Latinity . He denounces- ( alluding to the posthu- mous publication of some of Lord Byron's satirical jeux d'esprit ) — the deep , deliberate malignity of the literary jackal that steals away the ...
... English eloquence and classical Latinity . He denounces- ( alluding to the posthu- mous publication of some of Lord Byron's satirical jeux d'esprit ) — the deep , deliberate malignity of the literary jackal that steals away the ...
Page 56
... English art , from its com- mencement down to the times in which we live . The author has of course availed himself of the elder and more detailed lives of the principal masters whom he celebrates ; but he brings from sources of his own ...
... English art , from its com- mencement down to the times in which we live . The author has of course availed himself of the elder and more detailed lives of the principal masters whom he celebrates ; but he brings from sources of his own ...
Page 57
... English portraits is doubly interest- ing , for it includes , with little exception , the leading characters of our national history . Such was the fate of art till the taste and well - directed , liberality of the unhappy Charles I ...
... English portraits is doubly interest- ing , for it includes , with little exception , the leading characters of our national history . Such was the fate of art till the taste and well - directed , liberality of the unhappy Charles I ...
Page 58
... English names which deserve attention in this long succession of painters were Cooper and the two Olivers , who , precluded from becom- ing mere imitators by the small size of their productions , stamped on their miniatures the ...
... English names which deserve attention in this long succession of painters were Cooper and the two Olivers , who , precluded from becom- ing mere imitators by the small size of their productions , stamped on their miniatures the ...
Page 61
... English art might have been dormant much longer . The first attention to excellence attained by a foreign nation is excited by good sense , but but the efficient stimulus is given by fashion . When Cunningham's Lives of the Painters . 61.
... English art might have been dormant much longer . The first attention to excellence attained by a foreign nation is excited by good sense , but but the efficient stimulus is given by fashion . When Cunningham's Lives of the Painters . 61.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration admit animal appears appointed Athanasian Creed Bergami bill brunnen Canton Caroline character Chinese Chouans Christian Church Church of England court Coxe Crabbe d'Haussez doubt Duchess Duchess of Berri duchy of Nassau Duke dyspepsia earth England English existence expression eyes favour feeling France French genius gentleman German Gibbon give hand head honour hour House of Commons hundred hypochondria instance labour ladies Langenschwalbach language letters literary Liturgy live look Lord Brougham Lord Chancellor Madden manner matter means ment mind ministers moral nature negroes never object observed old High German once opinion pamphlet parish parliament party passed patronage paupers perhaps person political poor poor-law present pronoun racter readers Reform Roman seems slaves spirit suppose Theresa tion Trevelyan Whig whole words writer