The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Volumen2Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... numbers ; and pro- bably the recollection of most readers will supply some from memory or obser- vation . Suffice it to say that HANDEL was as deeply religious in his mental ha- bits , 4 On the Moral Effects of Music .
... numbers ; and pro- bably the recollection of most readers will supply some from memory or obser- vation . Suffice it to say that HANDEL was as deeply religious in his mental ha- bits , 4 On the Moral Effects of Music .
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... reader who wishes to see a professional ana- lysis of this oratorio , written with great musical skill , is referred to page 70 of Dr. Burney's Account of the Commemoration of Handel . The account here formed to captivate the common ear ...
... reader who wishes to see a professional ana- lysis of this oratorio , written with great musical skill , is referred to page 70 of Dr. Burney's Account of the Commemoration of Handel . The account here formed to captivate the common ear ...
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... reader should , however , be forewarned , that there exists some doubt whether the name of the artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ascribed to Simonides , which affirms that the Colossus of Rhodes was not ...
... reader should , however , be forewarned , that there exists some doubt whether the name of the artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ascribed to Simonides , which affirms that the Colossus of Rhodes was not ...
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... reader's attention . DEMOPHON . OR , as the name is sometimes written , Damophon , is repeatedly mentioned by Pausanias . He was a most distinguished sculptor . The principal of his perform- ances were , the figures of Venus and Mercury ...
... reader's attention . DEMOPHON . OR , as the name is sometimes written , Damophon , is repeatedly mentioned by Pausanias . He was a most distinguished sculptor . The principal of his perform- ances were , the figures of Venus and Mercury ...
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... reader from the beginning of which latter I select the follow- ing translated passage . The learned William Bates , S. T. P. who was passionately addicted to polite lite- rature , collected together a great number of rare and curious ...
... reader from the beginning of which latter I select the follow- ing translated passage . The learned William Bates , S. T. P. who was passionately addicted to polite lite- rature , collected together a great number of rare and curious ...
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Página 83 - PAPPE with an hatchet, alias, a figge for my God Sonne, or Cracke me this nut, or a Countrie cuffe, that is, a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace, seeing the patch will take no warning.
Página 205 - The last, the meanest of your sons inspire (That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights; Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes) To teach vain Wits a science little known, T" admire superior sense, and doubt their own!
Página 140 - A disclosing of the great bull, and certain calves that he hath gotten, and specially the monster bull that roared at my lord byshops gate.
Página 89 - Imbrown'd with native bronze, lo! HENLEY stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Página 249 - A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Página 90 - Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Página 195 - Canvas and wood, and even stone, will decay. The work of a great artist loses all its spirit in the copy. Words are mutable and fleeting ; and the genius of poetry is often dissipated in translation. The compositions of music may remain, but the hand of execution may be wanting. Nature cannot decay ; the language of her interpreters will be the same in all times. It will be an universal tongue speaking to all countries, and all ages, the excellence of the work, and the wisdom of the Creator.
Página 348 - The fame that a man wins himself is best ; That he may call his own : honours put to him Make him no more a man than his clothes do, Which are as soon ta'en off; for in the warmth The heat comes from the body, not the weeds ; So man's true fame must strike from his own deeds.
Página 252 - ... my sin hath blurred ; enlighten my understanding with thy truth; rectify my judgment with thy word; direct my will with thy spirit; strengthen my memory to retain good things; order my affections, that I may love thee above all things ; increase my faith ; encourage my hope; quicken my charity; sweeten my thoughts with thy grace; season my words with thy spirit; sanctify my actions with thy wisdom; subdue the insolence of my rebellious flesh ; restrain the fury of my unbridled passions; reform...
Página 272 - Collection were so well known in almost all parts of Europe. ' Afterwards it is observed that 'The books in general are in very fine condition, many of them bound in morocco, and russia leather, with gilt leaves.