 | Allan Cunningham - 1830 - 374 pagina’s
...Mohawk warrior!" The Italians were surprized and mortified with the comparison of their noblest ^tatue to a wild savage ; and West, perceiving the unfavourable...arrow which they had just discharged from the bow." • The Italians cleared their moody brows, and allowed that a better criticism had rarely been pronounced.... | |
 | 1843 - 854 pagina’s
...wild bavage : and West perceiving the unfavourable impression, proceeded to remove it. He desciibed the Mohawks; the natural elegance and admirable symmetry...Lord Grantham, which was placed in the gallery of Crespigné, where artists and amateurs used to meet. The picture was almost universally supposed to... | |
 | 1834 - 730 pagina’s
...which he explained by saying, that he had often seen the Mohawks standing in the exact attitude of the Apollo, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow. The drawings which he had brought with him excited little attention, and he, therefore, requested Lord... | |
 | Rev. George William David Evans - 1835 - 498 pagina’s
...noblest statue to a savage; and West, perceiving the unfavourable impression he had caused, hastened to remove it. He described the Mohawks — the natural...arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.' The Italians cleared their moody brows, and admitted that a better criticism had rarely been pronounced."... | |
 | George William David Evans - 1835 - 596 pagina’s
...noblest statue to a savage; and West, perceiving the unfavourable impression he had caused, hastened to remove it. He described the Mohawks — the natural...attitude of this Apollo, and pursuing, with an intense eve, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.' The Italians cleared their moody brows,... | |
 | Joshua Horner - 1841 - 162 pagina’s
...nobly depicted in the Apollo. ' I have seen them often,' added he, ' standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.' This descriptive explanation did not lose by Mr. Robinson's translation. The Italians were delighted, and... | |
 | 1843 - 856 pagina’s
...unfavourable impression, proceeded to remove it. He described the Mohawks; the natural elegance and admiiable symmetry of their persons, the elasticity of their...repeated as one of the best that was ever pronounced upon ;he Apollo. West however soon attracted other attention than that of mere curiosity. He painted a portrait... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1846 - 354 pagina’s
...with the comparison of their noblest statue to a wild Savage, and West, perceiving the unfortunate impression, proceeded to remove it. He described the...arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.' The Italians cleared their moody brows, and allowed that'a better criticism had rarely been pronounced."... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1846 - 464 pagina’s
...with the comparison of their noblest statue to a wild Savage, and West, perceiving the unfortunate impression, proceeded to remove it. He described the...arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.' The Italians cleared their moody brows, and allowed that a better criticism had rarely been pronounced."... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1846 - 346 pagina’s
...with the comparison of their noblest statue to a wild Savage, and West, perceiving the unfortunate impression, proceeded to remove it. He described the...arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.' The Italians cleared their moody brows, and allowed that a better criticism had rarely been pronounced."... | |
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I have seen them often," he continued, " standing in the very attitude of this Apollo, and pursuing with an intense eye the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow. 
