 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1818 - 600 pages
...notwithstanding its mutilated condition. ' The contemplative turn of the eye,' (it is an artist who speaks,) ' the mild expression of the mouth, and the beautiful...sufficiently attest the admirable skill of the artist in its execution. Yet there is no attention paid to those proportions we are accustomed to admire,... | |
 | 1818 - 598 pages
...notwithstanding its mutilated condition. ' The contemplative turn of the eye,' (it is an artist who speaks,) ' the mild expression of the mouth, and the beautiful...sufficiently attest the admirable skill of the artist in its execution. Yet there is no attention paid to those proportions we are accustomed to admire,... | |
 | 1819 - 630 pages
...notwithstanding its mutilated condition. 'The contemplative turn of the eye,' (it ii an artist who speaks,) ' the mild expression of the mouth, and the beautiful...sufficiently attest the admirable skill of the artist in its execution. Yet there is no attention paid to those proportions we are accustomed to admire,... | |
 | Meteorology - 1844 - 950 pages
...doubted; but in its defaced state, it is difficult to perceive (to quote the words of the explorer,) the contemplative turn of the eye, the mild expression...disposition of the drapery at the angle of the forehead, which rivetted so much the attention of Capt. Caviglia. Mr. Perring lias annexed some remarks on the... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1844 - 506 pages
...(to quote the words of the explorer) " the contemplative turn of the eye, the mild expression of tlie mouth, and the beautiful disposition of the drapery at the angle of the forehead," which rivetted so much the attention of Captain Caviglia. Mr. Perring has annexed some remarks on the... | |
 | L. J. Marcy - Lantern projection - 1877 - 342 pages
...admiration of those who possessed sufficient knowledge of art to appreciate its merits at a first glance. The contemplative turn of the eye, the mild expression...the admirable* skill of the artist by whom it was executed. HELIOPOLIS. — Heliopolis,the sacred city, the On, where Joseph's wife, Asenath, lived.... | |
 | Joseph Pollard - Cairo (Egypt) - 1898 - 530 pages
...position of the light, which brought out fresh effects, the more fascinated he became with its beauty. " The contemplative turn of the eye, the mild expression...disposition of the drapery at the angle of the forehead, attest the admirable skill of the artist by whom it was executed." A feeling of disappointment is not... | |
 | Deborah Manley, Peta Rée - Diplomats - 2001 - 340 pages
...tolerably complete idea of its original perfection." This Salt saw and reported in the Quarterly Review: "The contemplative turn of the eye, the mild expression...the admirable skill of the artist, by whom it was executed. It is true that no great attention has been paid to those proportions, which we are accustomed... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - Electronic journals - 1844 - 462 pages
...doubted ; but in its defaced state, it is difficult to perceive (to quote the words of the explorer,) the contemplative turn of the eye, the mild expression...disposition of the drapery at the angle of the forehead, which rivetted so much the attention of Capt. Caviglia. Mr. Perring has annexed some remarks on the... | |
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The contemplative turn of the eye,' (it is an artist who speaks,) ' the mild expression of the mouth, and the beautiful disposition of the drapery at the angle of the forehead, sufficiently attest the admirable skill of the artist in its execution. Yet... 