We possess, in England, the most precious examples of Grecian power. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet — the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with... The Family Library (Harper). - الصفحة 2971846عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| John Flaxman - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 492
...collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation;...elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet — the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation;...elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back-ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet — the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation...elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back-ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer... | |
| 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 658
...move, to roll tlicir eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seemed distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished...elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer... | |
| 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 858
...collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet— the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation...tendon and the softness of flesh. The beholder is chnrmed with the deer-like lightness and elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above... | |
| 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 534
...: — They appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation;...elegance of their make ; and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer... | |
| British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...distinguished the hardness -iud decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of * Dodwell, vol. ip 337. tendon, and the softness of flesh. The beholder is...elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the background, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer... | |
| Henry Ellis (Bibliothécaire au British Museum) - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 334
...he said, " appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation...and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of * Dodwell, vol. ip 337. tendon, and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with the deer-like... | |
| John William Carleton - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 1236
...to live and move," exclaimed Flaxman, " to roll their eyes, gallop, prance, and curvet. The veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation....decision of bony forms from the elasticity of tendon and softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with their deer-like lightness and the elegance of their... | |
| 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 274
...— • They appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation;...elegance of their make; and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they arc so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer... | |
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