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Fair and gentle readers, we present you with a kaleidoscopic view of some of these elegant trifles--the very _bijouterie_ of art and literature--in picture outmastering each other in gems of ingenuity, and in print, exalting a thousand beautiful fancies into a halo of harmony...
While this was the state of his mind and feelings, Spinello was engaged to paint his famous picture of the "Fall of the Angels," for the church of St. Angelo at Arezzo. The desi...
3. Chapter 3This has always been with us a favourite work, and we rejoice to say that the present is equal to any of its predecessors. It is more sprightly than its title implies, and even...
1. Chapter 1Fair and gentle readers, we present you with a kaleidoscopic view of some of these elegant trifles--the very _bijouterie_ of art and literature--in picture outmastering each oth...
4. Chapter 4While I was frozen with the influence of this dreadful phantasy, I saw a pale, glimmering, ineffectual light rising before me. It was neither lamp, fire, nor candle; and though...