 Such pictures as these are real history. We know the persons of Philip IV. and Olivares as familiarly as if we had paced the avenues of the Prado with Digby and Howell, and perhaps we think more favourably of their characters.  Velazquez and his Works - Page 223by sir William Stirling- Maxwell (9th bart.), Sir afterwards STIRLING MAXWELL STIRLING (William) - 1855 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Stirling Maxwell - 1848 - 486 pages
...excellent English critic,3 " baffle description and praise ; he drew " the minds of men ; they live, breathe, and are " ready to walk out of their frames."...real history. We know the persons of Philip IV. and Olivarez as familiarly as if we had paced the avenues of the Pardo with Digby and Howell, and perhaps... | |
 | 1849 - 822 pages
...refined the vulgar, nor vulgarized the refined. . . . We know the persons of Philip IV. and Olivarez as familiarly as if we had paced the avenues of the Pardo with Digby nnd Howell, and perhaps we think more favourably of their characters. In the portraits of the monarch... | |
 | Sir William Stirling Maxwell - 1891 - 556 pages
...excellent English critic,1 CH. ix. " baffle description and praise ; he drew the minds of men ; they live, breathe, and are ready to walk out of their frames."...as familiarly as if we had paced the avenues of the Prado with Digby and Howell, and perhaps we think more favourably of their characters. In the portraits... | |
 | Sarah Tytler - 1899 - 392 pages
...and are ready to walk out of the frames.' Sir William winds up with the enthusiastic declaration, ' Such pictures as these are real history ; we know...perhaps we think more favourably of their characters.' I shall borrow still further from Sir W. Stirling Maxwell's graphic and entertaining book, descriptions... | |
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