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278 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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• • Impressions Of Rome, Herbert Florenc...
E side gyp a tian Greek extraction , but equall . She y probable was certainl it is y by that descent by intermarriage on her father she '& the ancient
may have derived through her mother the lineaments of the — race just ; dress and so much this and is accessories of -what the the Egyp scul yet tian ptor elevated type has been of and feature so refined happy as to by in accord rendering admixture with * ,
with the pure Greek ideal . , In all respects this statue is a wonderful custom impersonation which has , hitherto and far cramped in advance the powers of that of inexorable the imagination law of ,
and compelled , the artist to abide by arbitrary rules and traditions . surface More daring of the still marble is the . With realistic Gibson attempt ' s tender to tint han the dling pure the whit art e
will to vul not suffer imit b ation y what . , The in less very sensitive mention minds of art , , would and the degenerate poetry of
artrecals gar painfully to mind one who has passed away from among us— , Mrs . Browning : there is something very touching in the
fol-, lowing allusion to her memory : — Browning my " The last days p . leasure The at short Kome which intercourse is will a visit ever — has stand the to now second out been prominentl I rendered had t made merel y in so — the sacred to the Mrs retrospect admiration b . y B arrett th ol ,
which that I onl all y must refer feel to it for from her the great wish poetical express powers , no , but the y personal regard inspired by the charm of her winning manner , her cordiality and quick
sy of mp conversation athy , her self an -restr sentiments aint and at tho variance ughtful cons with idera her tion own , w were hen , in broug the ht course forwardMrsBarrett , y Browning was the one in Rome of whom every
. . person ac one uaintance who knew it her has spoke left an with . ineffaceable respectful impression affection ; of and the , sli working ght as w of as th at
lost spirit q in of the Charity lig , ht of which God , ' s when knowled all ge shades , will , and we are differences told , last of for op ever inion . " shall be
Quitting Rome , Miss Sewell proceeded to Florence , on which she makes these suggestive remarks : —
that " The the former great distinction hasin comparison between with Florence the latter and , Rome no soul seems _; which to me is a to cant be
and of embod the somewhat deeds ying a and true sentimental words meaning , and . mode th The ouhts soul of of expression of the a men place who , is but , of have course must lived be , the in accepted it aggregate , or been as
Middle connected before Ages with , the cannot it . birth It compete , is of not Christ onl with g y but that one that a which city all which the dates associations , takes from its seven rise and from hundred events the
years connected with Florence are of a , less ennobling character . Florence and them be the felt Medici is about luxurious are them inseparable and ? how selfish , can — — and they great what insp vice Florence can ire , with be enthusiasm sai a d thin of The the veneer ? All Medici irit of c of onnected art the ? . what Medici And with can it
is haunts of quite the Caesars the strange city no how to ruins this one of day feels the ; Forum and this there in to is nothing the . mind before back sp them to , the —no wonders Palace carry
which associations and speculations the Deputies of , the of met anti great quit to Cinque vote y , — the and Cento annexation nothing Hall since , in of , if Tuscany the one Palazzo excepts to the Vecchio the king stirring dom , in
of ' Sardinia You 4 have . no thought of mobs or poverty in Florence anile . It with is the its city inlaid of
the upper ten thousand . ' Giotto ' s most exquisite Camp ,
278 Notices Of Books.
278 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1862, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061862/page/62/
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