Miss Linwood's gallery of pictures in worsted, Leicester square1822 |
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... WOODMAN . Barker . cur , FORTH goes the woodman , leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man : to wield the axe , And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear , From morn to eve his solitary task . Shaggy and lean , and shrew'd with ...
... WOODMAN . Barker . cur , FORTH goes the woodman , leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man : to wield the axe , And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear , From morn to eve his solitary task . Shaggy and lean , and shrew'd with ...
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... . Gainsborough . AND DOG . FROM NATURE . - No. 56 . GIRL AND CAT ENTERING THE COTTAGE . Gainsborough . GROVE . No. 57 . WOMAN AND CHILD TAKING SHELTER FROM A STORM . J. Westall . 23 RUINS . No. 58 . WOODMAN IN THE STORM 22.
... . Gainsborough . AND DOG . FROM NATURE . - No. 56 . GIRL AND CAT ENTERING THE COTTAGE . Gainsborough . GROVE . No. 57 . WOMAN AND CHILD TAKING SHELTER FROM A STORM . J. Westall . 23 RUINS . No. 58 . WOODMAN IN THE STORM 22.
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Mary Linwood. 23 RUINS . No. 58 . WOODMAN IN THE STORM . Gainsborough . Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail , Or prone descending rain . Wide rent the clouds Pour a whole flood ; and yet , its flame was quenched , Th ' unconquerable ...
Mary Linwood. 23 RUINS . No. 58 . WOODMAN IN THE STORM . Gainsborough . Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail , Or prone descending rain . Wide rent the clouds Pour a whole flood ; and yet , its flame was quenched , Th ' unconquerable ...
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Mary Linwood. 23 RUINS . No. 58 . WOODMAN IN THE STORM . Gainsborough . Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail , Or prone descending rain . Wide rent the clouds Pour a whole flood ; and yet , its flame was quenched , Th ' unconquerable ...
Mary Linwood. 23 RUINS . No. 58 . WOODMAN IN THE STORM . Gainsborough . Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail , Or prone descending rain . Wide rent the clouds Pour a whole flood ; and yet , its flame was quenched , Th ' unconquerable ...
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Page 20 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Page 22 - How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot Eternal sun-shine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd; Labour and rest, that equal periods keep; "Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep"; Desires compos'd, affections ever ev'n; Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to heav'n.
Page 22 - O nuncle, court holy-water in a dry house, is better than this rain-water out o' door. Good nuncle, in, and ask thy daughters' blessing: here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool. Lear. Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription...
Page 23 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
Page 5 - Low walks the sun, and broadens by degrees, Just o'er the verge of day. The shifting clouds Assembled gay, a richly gorgeous train, In all their pomp attend his setting throne. Air, earth, and ocean, smile immense.
Page 20 - Then shakes his powder'd coat, and barks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks, the sturdy churl Moves right toward the mark ; nor stops for aught But now and then with pressure of his thumb To adjust the fragrant charge of a short tube, That fumes beneath his nose : the trailing cloud Streams far behind him, scenting all the air.
Page 12 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 6 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 23 - Rolls fair, and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-resounding rocks below Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower.
Page 6 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter ! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me : for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.