...Hour scattering flowers. The deep blue of the sea, still obscure, is charming. There is a joyousness, a complete pagan amplitude about these blooming goddesses,...virgins, the primitive spirits, the simple peasants of Raphael, but the sentimental inmates of convents and parlours in the shape of highly cultivated young...

...figures generally resemble those of fashion plates ; for instance, the ' Andromeda ' of the neighbom'ing apartment, which has no form or substance, and which,...virgins, the primitive spirits, the simple peasants of Raphael, but the sentimental inmates of convents and parlours in the shape of highly cultivated young...

...blood-stained cross. Oh ! how many ways the church has of leading the soul to God ! Guido declared he had two hundred ways of making the eyes look up to heaven. The church has many more with its multiplied popular devotions, each peculiarly adapted to some cast...

...on which they dance." Guido was a very fortunate painter, and much admired by the ladies, boasting that he had "two hundred ways of making the eyes look up to heaven," and he has here given us the fairest vision of his light and joyous soul. The blooming goddess, riding...