On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
of ifclie gods , and fed him on < ttte irinoctioiis venom ( ibv ) of febe ^ . ' "When iEpytus returned from * rocky Pytho , ' he intfiiired after the child which
Evadiie had borne ; for Phoebus , he said , had told him that he would be a renowned prophet , and that his race would never fail . AH declared that they had seen or heard nothing of the babe , who was now five
days old , J ) ut lay concealed in the rushes dndextensive thicket , ' his tender body bedewed with the yellow and purple rays * i . e . oftfie violets (* wv ) which surrounded him ; and hence his mother called him
Iamus—Violety . " On attaining < the fruit of
Untitled Article
It is a difficult matter for a person who lias not studied art to convince himself of the stability of any opinion he may entertain on matters of thkt nature . Every one , doubtless * knows what pleases himself ; but one of the branches of rniiuvaise honte
Which spreads furthest is a delicacy in owning ignorance , especially in whatever is connected with taste and refinement . The student , on the other hand , feels a similar difficulty , if he has only studied those parts of the subject
Untitled Article
pleasing gol&cnwnecljrWth , Iamus \* r&rt iiitotfid st&&m of i Alp heius ; aridHbjr tiJ ^ ht in the open air calletf oii'Pb ^ eidon , his * wide ^ ow ^ rfiil aii | estor , * and on the ' boviMfeami ^ gnaiv
dian of god-built Del ( is , to grant him public honottk The voice of his father replied , directing him to follow ; arid , unseen , he brought him to the
hill of Kronus , at Olynlpia , where he gave him the double treasure of prophecy by augury and by entrail inspection . When Hercules came to Olympia , and established the feasts of
Zeus there , Iamus , by his direction , founded a temple , where he and his posterity , tlie Iamides , continued to officiate . *
Untitled Article
which are capable of direct and practical use . He is constantly working against some counteracting power i h $ c ^ linot satisfy himself what , and to avoid being pressed by the consciousness of this , he shuns a discussion oa wide grounds , and becomes the devotee oi
some particular little diyt § l 9 n of the great whole of Imitative Art . Thus almosV all artists have one quulity which ulone they 6 bs ^ rv ^ in g ^ ing thro ugh a collection ; as the handling , the light and slvatle , or any other quality ; aud to the exainin-
Untitled Article
Hints towards a right Appreciation of Pictures . 265
Untitled Article
HINTS TOWARDS A RIGHT APPRECIATION OF PICTURES .
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 1, 1837, page 265, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1836/page/40/
-