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For the purposes of poetry our language has gained by the infusion of Latin. It has become a kind of Corinthian metal richer than any one of its compounds taken by itself or all of them together before they have been fused into the glowing amalgam. In the experiments made...
He said that modern crities are altogether too apt to overlook the difficulties which the early painters had to encounter when they first started the Renaissance movement. People find fault with their pictures because they differ from modern paintings, but they do these old masters injustice to compare them with...
The actors in this play will not wear masks, as was the custom on the Roman stage, but by a skilful use of greased paints their faces will be "made up" so as to suggest the outlines of the mask without really being covered by it.
Mr. Smith said that the transition in engraving from mediocre to supreme excellence has been very rapid in America. The early process, by which the draughtsman with infinite pains and difficulty reproduced upon wood the work of the painter, was soon replaced by the art of photographing directly upon the...
Emmons acted rather sluggishly and was not so skilful in breaking up interference. Wrightington once made a run of fifteen yards round his end. On another occasion he interfered with Jackson's catch, showing poor judgement in tackling him before the ball had dropped.