Handbook of the Library of CongressCurtis & Cameron, 1909 - 112 頁 |
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... beautiful arabesques which decorate the vaulting of the main halls- Mr. Elmer E. Garnsey , who had been concerned in similar work at the World's Fair , the Boston Public Library , and the Carnegie Library in Pittsburg , was engaged . A ...
... beautiful arabesques which decorate the vaulting of the main halls- Mr. Elmer E. Garnsey , who had been concerned in similar work at the World's Fair , the Boston Public Library , and the Carnegie Library in Pittsburg , was engaged . A ...
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... beautiful spandrel figures of the Entrance Porch modelled by Mr. Bela L. Pratt are six in number.1 All are about life - size , and are shown leaning gracefully against the curve of the arches . After what has been said of the ...
... beautiful spandrel figures of the Entrance Porch modelled by Mr. Bela L. Pratt are six in number.1 All are about life - size , and are shown leaning gracefully against the curve of the arches . After what has been said of the ...
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... beautiful woman , clad in a robe of the same design as that worn by Minerva , and carrying two tall flaming torches . The figure in the left - hand leaf represents The Humanities , the soft contours of her face expressing the gentle and ...
... beautiful woman , clad in a robe of the same design as that worn by Minerva , and carrying two tall flaming torches . The figure in the left - hand leaf represents The Humanities , the soft contours of her face expressing the gentle and ...
第 28 頁
... beautiful vaulted ceilings of marble mosaic . These last will immediately attract the attention of the visitor . The working cartoons were made by Mr. Herman T. Schladermundt from pre- liminary designs by Mr. Casey as architect . The ...
... beautiful vaulted ceilings of marble mosaic . These last will immediately attract the attention of the visitor . The working cartoons were made by Mr. Herman T. Schladermundt from pre- liminary designs by Mr. Casey as architect . The ...
第 30 頁
... beautiful nude woman ( the Naked Truth ) standing securely upright , and seeming by her gesture to exhort the central figure not to exceed the bounds of natural feeling ; and in the corner of the tympanum , Devotion , sitting absorbed ...
... beautiful nude woman ( the Naked Truth ) standing securely upright , and seeming by her gesture to exhort the central figure not to exceed the bounds of natural feeling ; and in the corner of the tympanum , Devotion , sitting absorbed ...
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第 31 頁 - There was a Boy : ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander ! — many a time At evening, when the earliest stars began To move along the edges of the hills...
第 56 頁 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
第 49 頁 - This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
第 53 頁 - I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
第 32 頁 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares, The Poets, who on earth have made us Heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
第 98 頁 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
第 64 頁 - God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
第 51 頁 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
第 32 頁 - Line in nature is not found; Unit and universe are round ; In vain produced, all rays return ; Evil will bless, and ice will burn.
第 98 頁 - Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever...