The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 105
... admirable volume on Iron and Steel ' with these warning words : - Our coal is not only being consumed at a prodigious rate at home , but is being largely exported ; and the question as to the probable duration of our coal fields has of ...
... admirable volume on Iron and Steel ' with these warning words : - Our coal is not only being consumed at a prodigious rate at home , but is being largely exported ; and the question as to the probable duration of our coal fields has of ...
Page 107
... admiration excited by their works is due in no small part to the qualities which Hogarth condemned . Northcote once remarked to Miss Reynolds that ' he had never seen a picture by Jervas , which was rather extra- His extravagant envy ...
... admiration excited by their works is due in no small part to the qualities which Hogarth condemned . Northcote once remarked to Miss Reynolds that ' he had never seen a picture by Jervas , which was rather extra- His extravagant envy ...
Page 108
... admiration alive by fresh . excellences ; and if the tide of fashion set in favour of some new idol it turned again before long , and Reynolds retained the first place in estimation as in merit . A memorable event in the life of ...
... admiration alive by fresh . excellences ; and if the tide of fashion set in favour of some new idol it turned again before long , and Reynolds retained the first place in estimation as in merit . A memorable event in the life of ...
Page 125
... admirable performers of low parts , for the same reason that clever caricaturists are more abundant than Raphaels and Michael Angelos . Cradock , a theatrical enthusiast and a friend and worshipper of Garrick , could detect no ...
... admirable performers of low parts , for the same reason that clever caricaturists are more abundant than Raphaels and Michael Angelos . Cradock , a theatrical enthusiast and a friend and worshipper of Garrick , could detect no ...
Page 136
... admirable picture of a storm was marred by the introduction of a little Apollo in the clouds , * who , with bent bow , is supposed to be slaying the sons of Niobe . was his answer . " As fine as those of any painter do you say ? Do you ...
... admirable picture of a storm was marred by the introduction of a little Apollo in the clouds , * who , with bent bow , is supposed to be slaying the sons of Niobe . was his answer . " As fine as those of any painter do you say ? Do you ...
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