Engraved gems; their history and place in art, in which is embodied the author's former treatise, with extensive revisions and additions; reminiscences of travels in the pursuit and acquisition of engraved gems ... to which is added a descriptive list of the author's cabinet of gems, forming a compend of Greek and Roman classics and antiquities .. (1889)
Sommerville, Maxwell, 1829-1904 · Philadelphia, M. Sommerville · leaf 105
ntribute the truly beautiful.Yet shadows pass with time and the hour.—Nig-lit is passing—comes the g-rav—comes the dawn—comes the morning- lio-ht.Creatures that at evening ceased their song, tune now theirpipes and sing again; thev chant anon the requiem of theXight of Art: and Aet anon tliev sing… … THE RENAISSANCE. As a child becomes restless with the consciousness of com-ing day before it full} awakes from sleep, man, Aveary of thisnio-ht of io-norance and the atmosphere of barbarism, fretfulon his couch under the yoke of tyranny, striving to shakeit otf while yet enveloped by the shades of…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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