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The art of the Vatican; being a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls (1903)

Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 138

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, an incarnation of insight, knowledge, andpower, — woman not sublimated so much as rein-carnated in an entirely sexless, if highly vitalisedform. And in spite of their majestic calm and force-ful, puissant grandeur, one finds not hope so muchas a stern integrity, a lofty purpose far and away… … ONE OF THE YOUNG ATHLETESBv Michelangelo ; from Sistine Ceiliiifj Ubc Stiitinc Cbapel i«7 sprinpf, and the elixir of life. And the Sistinc, inspite of its overwhelniinj;- tragic significance, has in-numeral)le figures of these youths. In the twentyyoung athletes, holding the ribbons of the…

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