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... incapable of appreciating his abilities, or as too selfish to tend and foster what they might dimly recognise. Byron, though he speaks of him as mad, has not passed him by with his usual light sneer; Coleridge and Shelley have made kindly mention of his name; ...

LITERATURE

... established thesecverestill inulse, and nieedled I only to have a different significatioa them; in'c attac-ed t' Brdther Pindel speaks of'thc fa6ble of the te oriiuin of Scotch masonry at Kilwinning, and he. P is very sevure on the High Degrees, the eo 61ee-' ...

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... Opinion Xationale, the Rappel, the Ckhariveari, and the -Natiosal-wero at table, and talking about re- t ligion. T'hey were speaking about the Council. Well, stow, brothers, said one of themn, 'let us discuss this maatter a little-let us see clearly for ...

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART AND HALDANE ACADEMY

... gratifying to know that four of esemedals have coetoGlasgow, seeingthat there elt the cotutry 100 art schoois. I think such sdlts speak well for the manner in which this kotlis conducted, for the diligence of the students, td for their aptitutle in taking advantage ...

SIR WILLIAM STIRLING-MAXWELL ON ART

... :) ill tlc Nortb -of S l I cotland, about 1730, to wvrite or Of t * --.noil:,s hc zst-nbc about scenery-to apologise for speaking tho -]OLt ttiMouttaints as a disagreeable subject, b te clearer Lo -t bit d tsttrc harsh and offensive to bite sight ...

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... reader is thus in a measure inspired with the heroic ardour that breathes throughout the poem, and is prepared to plunge, so to speak, into the thick of the strife, and to watch how the results of the great Achilles' wrath unfold themselves. We cannot doubt ...

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... y before the public than Hamilton, it was not because N they were men of less power, but simply be- e cause they chose to speak rather than write. They each alile gave their whole heart t to their work, and were successful above most men in accomplishing ...

EXHIBITION OF WATER-COLOURS

... architecture closely, and to good purpose. Wailer H. Paton, B.S. A., is represented by a number of drawings, which are, generally speaking, of much merit; and there are also coni- tributionshby Paul J. Naftcl, S. ?? Miss S. S. Warren, JosephBouvier, C. Vtacher ...

GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS

... most o induce in their minds a doubt of the prolriety *of Hoi Ing it. Hoowever,;in that year; although they-had no profit to speak of, and' very little hope of ?? proving elth'rbeneficialor successfil 'in Glisow, they heldon by it, and in the succeeding ...

LITERATURE

... lauding a man who shroulk ablmost to excess from tisat all mere human applanase, or else thainlcing it aaeedfssl to had be-speak the reader's favourable regard for laim,-for on 1 ov wvho-o ''lotters of cemosendation ar snrIhnsfiinl ice found in the fully ...

GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS

... too prptty and neat-it is false art. H~is 348, -Ini Disgrace,1 seems to have'more good in it, but is hung- too' high to speak certainily. So also Mr Dowuard's 4Crossing a Burn. The Water Seller! of Morocco,' by John Stirling (307), should be looked' ...

GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS

... especially fine portrait. Mrs Peter Simpson (161) has the leek of refinement and earnestness of which we made mention in speaking of Mrs Wilson's portrait in Edinburgh. No. 311 (Por- trait. of Mrs Stronach) is evidently unfinished, and it is almost a ...