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Numerous German makers, whose names will be found under the "German School," were also liege subjects of Amati, and copied him with much exactness; so also, last, but not least, our own countrymen, Forster, Banks, and Samuel Gilkes Lancetti, writing of Niccolo Amati in 1823, says: "Some masterpieces by him still remain in Italy, among which is the Violin dated 1668, in the collection of Count Cozio.— The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
Seein' 'em shilly-shallyin' around like they're doin' now, when they ought t' be takin' their coats off an' sailin' in, just makes me sick Fray Antonio--whose habit of quiet was such that he rarely sought to take part in the talks that we had in English among ourselves--somewhat surprised me by asking me to translate to him what Young and Rayburn had been saying; and when he had heard it all he was silent for a while, and evidently was engaged in earnest thought.— The Aztec Treasure-House
Here again the treasures of Mr. Walters's collection are drawn upon and he sends some twenty-five pictures, prominent among which is the great "Martyrdom of St. Sebastian," by Corot; the "Evening Star," by the same master; Troyon's "Cattle Drinking"; Diaz's "Storm" and "Autumn Scene in the Forest of Fontainebleau"; Rousseau's "Le Givre"; Decamps's "Suicide"; Daubigny's large "Sunset on the Coast of France"; Delacroix's "Christ on the Cross"; and Millet's "Breaking Flax."— The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890
Up to this point the subject is subdued, but the colours lively and pure--among which blue and carmine predominate--gleam with particular splendour.— Fra Angelico
Quebec, alone, of all the Provinces, failed to declare against the traffic, but even here there are some bright spots, prominent among which is the county where this Dark Plot was enacted, which gave a majority for Prohibition of 529.— The Story of a Dark Plot or Tyranny on the Frontier

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