Memoirs And Essays Illustrative of Art, Literature And Social Morals
The book Memoirs And Essays Illustrative of Art, Literature And Social Morals was written by author Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 Here you can read free online of Memoirs And Essays Illustrative of Art, Literature And Social Morals book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Memoirs And Essays Illustrative of Art, Literature And Social Morals a good or bad book?
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Oh, memory ! — is not this desecration ? — is not this profana- tion V But a true voice within us answers, " No, it is not ; but rather a new hallowing of the sacred old. We have taken them from the silence and oblivion of the ignorant desert — from the haunt of the wolf and the vulture — and we shall place them where intelligence, and thought, and enthusiasm, and admiration, and wonder, shall throw round them a glory beyond the glory of their own beauty, and envelope them in an atmosphere of l...ight brighter than that of the sun-illumined solitudes whence they came ! i" IV. MEMOIR OF WASHINGTON ALLSTON, AND HIS AXIOMS ON ART. (January 1, 1844.) WASHINGTON ALLSTON. 99 WASHINGTON ALLSTON. It has been suggested that I should throw together such notes and reminiscences as occur to me relative to Allston, his charac- ter, and his works. I commence the task, not without a feeling of reverential timidity, wishing that it had fallen into more com- petent hands ; — and yet gladly ; — strong in the feeling that it is a debt due to his memory ; since, when living, he honored me so far as to desire I should be the expositor of some of his opi- nions, thoughts, and aims, as an artist.
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