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Page 128 - Mightiest of all the beasts of chase, That roam in woody Caledon, Crashing the forest in his race, The mountain bull comes thundering on. Fierce, on the hunter's quiver'd band, He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand. And tosses high his mane of snow.
Page 18 - Antwerp we would make a row a"bout it." 1816 was now rapidly drawing to a close. I had exerted myself well and advanced my picture of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. In 1815 Mr Landseer, the engraver, had brought his boys to me and said: " When do you let your beard grow and take pupils ? " I said, " If my instructions are useful or valuable, now.
Page 69 - Here the exquisite execution of the of E. Land- glossy and crisp hair of the dog, the bright, sharp touching of the green bough beside it, the clear painting of the wood of the coffin and the folds of the blanket, are language — language clear and expressive in the highest degree. But the close pressure of the dog's breast against the wood, the convulsive clinging of the paws, which has dragged the blanket off the trestle, the total powerlessness , , of the head laid, close and motionless, upon...
Page 70 - ... clear and expressive in the highest degree. But the close pressure of the dog's breast against the wood, the convulsive clinging of the paws, which has dragged the blanket off the trestle, the total powerlessness of the head laid, close and motionless, upon its folds, the fixed and tearful fall of the eye in its utter hopelessness, the rigidity of repose which marks that there has been no motion nor change in the trance of agony since the last blow was struck on the coffin-lid, the quietness...
Page 86 - Is. thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? " If any of us could have seen our own history written out by a prophet's pen, we should have said, " No ; it cannot be. If Christ forgives me, I must love him; if he be pleased to make me his own brother, I must serve him ; if I am the recipient of such splendid mercies, I must do something commensurate...
Page 87 - are very polite; they send me free admissions, which I can't use ; and, in return, I send them free admissions to St. Paul's." ' George IV. was accustomed to comment upon the dress of Sir Robert Peel, whose clothes never fitted him : — ' Smith accordingly represented the minister, when on a visit at the Brighton Pavilion, as being called out of bed in the middle of the night to attend his Majesty in what the King supposed...
Page 77 - She is very fond of dogs, and has one very favorite little spaniel, who is always on the lookout for her return, when she has been from home. She had, of course, been separated from him on that day longer than usual, and, when the state coach drove up to the steps of the palace, she heard him barking with joy in the hall, and exclaimed, 'There's Dash...
Page 36 - Found the great poet in his study, laughing at a collie dog playing with Maida, his favorite old greyhound, given him by Glengarry, and quoting Shakespeare — ' Crabbed old age and youth cannot agree.
Page 76 - I don't know why, but the first sight of her in her robes brought tears into my eyes, and it had this effect on many people ; she looked almost like a child.