American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 243
Bokhara, for the black mole on thymistresss cheek? —alluding to a well-known verse in one of his odes. Yes, sire, replied Hafiz. and it is by such acts of generosity that I have brought myself to such a state of destitutionthat I have now to solicit your bounty. Timur was so pleased with the ready… … From Fair Ines. Drawn by Freer. It will not be without interest to read what three poets, one an ancient Greek, the next anEnglishman of the Elizabethan age, and the last, one of our own countrymen, have written aboutportraits of beautiful women. First is, — THE PORTRAIT Translated from the Greek…
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