 | 1832 - 574 pages
...then to begin the world again, he would tread in the steps of that great master (Michael Angelo), that to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man !" It is also obvious, from the genius in his very childhood displayed by the late admirable Sir Thomas... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 354 pages
...live. Yet, however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master. To kiss the...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man." — SIR JOSHUA RET. NOLDS' Discourses, vol. ii. p. 216.] (3) The statue of Moses on the monument of... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 606 pages
...characterise Raffaelle, the exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano all disappear before them. * * * * * " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...Raffaelle, the exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano all disappear before them. « * * » * " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...characterise Raffaelle, the exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano all disappear before them. * * * * * " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...live. Yet however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose hands it assumed... | |
 | John Gould - Art - 1835 - 430 pages
...exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano, all disappear before them. ***** " I feel a self-gratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 354 pages
...live. Yet, however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, were I r.ow to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master. To kiss the...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man."— SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS' Discourses, vol. it p. 216.] (3) The statue of Moses on the monument of Julius... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 328 pages
...live. Yet, however unequal 1 feel myself to that attempt, were I now to hegin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master. To kiss the...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man." — Discourses^ vol. ii. p. 216. 2 The statue of Moses on the monument of Julius II. SONETTO Di Giovanni... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...live. Yet, however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, were I now to bcRin the world aRain, l would tread in the steps of that great master. To kiss the hem of his garment, to ratch the slightest of his perfections, would be glory and function enough for an ambitious man." Sir... | |
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Yet, however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master : to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest of his perfections, would be glory and distinction enough... 
