Laocoon; Or The Limits of Poetry and PaintingJ. Ridgway & Sons., 1836 - 373 pagini |
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Pagina 13
... look at you ? " — is the address of an ancient epigrammatist * to an individual notorious for his deformity . Many a modern artist would say , — " No matter how ugly the man is , I am ready to paint him . Though nobody wants to see the ...
... look at you ? " — is the address of an ancient epigrammatist * to an individual notorious for his deformity . Many a modern artist would say , — " No matter how ugly the man is , I am ready to paint him . Though nobody wants to see the ...
Pagina 30
... who had his portrait engraved and painted in the character of Democritus , laughs only on the first view . Look at him again , and the philosopher is converted into a buffoon , and his laugh into a grimace . Thus it is likewise 30 LAOCOON .
... who had his portrait engraved and painted in the character of Democritus , laughs only on the first view . Look at him again , and the philosopher is converted into a buffoon , and his laugh into a grimace . Thus it is likewise 30 LAOCOON .
Pagina 171
... look for in vain . This , then , is the view I take of the matter ; —I do not deny to speeeh in general the power of delineating a bodily whole , by means of its separate parts ; this it possesses , because its signs , although ...
... look for in vain . This , then , is the view I take of the matter ; —I do not deny to speeeh in general the power of delineating a bodily whole , by means of its separate parts ; this it possesses , because its signs , although ...
Pagina 172
... the prose writer , but by the didactic poet , who is , in fact , no poet at all . An instance of this kind may be found in Virgil's description of a cow fitted for breeding : : - The mother - cow must wear a lowering look , 172 LAOCOON .
... the prose writer , but by the didactic poet , who is , in fact , no poet at all . An instance of this kind may be found in Virgil's description of a cow fitted for breeding : : - The mother - cow must wear a lowering look , 172 LAOCOON .
Pagina 173
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. The mother - cow must wear a lowering look , Sour - headed , strongly neck'd , to bear the yoke . Her double dewlap from her chin descends , And at her thighs the pond'rous burden ends . Long are her sides , and ...
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. The mother - cow must wear a lowering look , Sour - headed , strongly neck'd , to bear the yoke . Her double dewlap from her chin descends , And at her thighs the pond'rous burden ends . Long are her sides , and ...
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Pagina 243 - But I, that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail...
Pagina 243 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Pagina 322 - ... et jam bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Pagina 208 - Sotto quel sta, quasi fra due vallette La bocca sparsa di natio cinabro; Quivi due filze son di perle elette, Che chiude ed apre un bello, e dolce labro: Quindi escon le cortesi parolette Da render molle ogni cor rozzo e scabro: Quivi si forma quel soave riso, Ch'apre a sua posta in terra il paradiso. Bianca neve è il bel collo, e...
Pagina 160 - This sceptre, form'd by temper'd steel, to prove An ensign of the delegates of Jove, From whom the power of laws and justice springs (Tremendous oath! inviolate to kings): By this I swear, when bleeding Greece again Shall call Achilles, she shall call in vain.
Pagina 243 - Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace...
Pagina 194 - The' appointed heralds still the noisy bands, And form a ring, with sceptres in their hands : On seats of stone, within the sacred place, The reverend elders nodded o'er the case ; Alternate, each the...
Pagina 242 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard?
Pagina 243 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Pagina 155 - Of sounding brass ; the polished axle, steel. Eight brazen spokes in radiant order flame ; The circles gold, of uncorrupted frame, Such as the heavens produce : and round the gold, Two brazen rings of work divine were roll'd.