The New Monthly Magazine and Literary JournalHenry Colburn and Company, 1826 |
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... talent directed by the Author of Granby to the description and illustration of high life . The tone and manner in which this is done , at once manifest the writer's intimate acquaintance with the scenes which he describes . There is ...
... talent directed by the Author of Granby to the description and illustration of high life . The tone and manner in which this is done , at once manifest the writer's intimate acquaintance with the scenes which he describes . There is ...
Page 53
... talent and originality , to stand in need of the " foreign aid " of any Spaniard or German whatever . The plot may be told in two words - though the springs which bring about the denouement are sufficiently numerous and com . plicated ...
... talent and originality , to stand in need of the " foreign aid " of any Spaniard or German whatever . The plot may be told in two words - though the springs which bring about the denouement are sufficiently numerous and com . plicated ...
Page 106
... talent is not on the list as yet . A grand mythological ballet of action , " La Naissance de Venus , " is in prepara- tion , and will enable us to judge of Mon- sieur D'Egville's savoir faire , after his long absence from the direction ...
... talent is not on the list as yet . A grand mythological ballet of action , " La Naissance de Venus , " is in prepara- tion , and will enable us to judge of Mon- sieur D'Egville's savoir faire , after his long absence from the direction ...
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... Talent . 8vo . This is certainly one of the most singular aud fantastical volumes that has lately been ushered before the public . The object of the writer is to prove that all the varieties of human intellect and disposition may be ...
... Talent . 8vo . This is certainly one of the most singular aud fantastical volumes that has lately been ushered before the public . The object of the writer is to prove that all the varieties of human intellect and disposition may be ...
Page 270
... talent in its execution . A General and Biographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts , containing Explanations of the Principal Terms used in the Arts of Painting , Sculpture , Architecture , and Engraving ; Historical Sketches of the Rise ...
... talent in its execution . A General and Biographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts , containing Explanations of the Principal Terms used in the Arts of Painting , Sculpture , Architecture , and Engraving ; Historical Sketches of the Rise ...
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