A Text-Book of the History of Painting - A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke
Excerpt: The origin of painting is unknown. The first important records of this art are met with in Egypt; but before the Egyptian civilization the men of the early ages probably used color in ornamentation and decoration, and they certainly scratched the outlines of men and animals upon bone and slate. Traces of this rude primitive work still remain to us on the pottery, weapons, and stone implements of the cave-dwellers. But while indicating the awakening of intelligence in early man, they can be reckoned with as art only in a slight archæological way. They show inclination rather than accomplishment—a wish to ornament or to represent, with only a crude knowledge of how to go about it.
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A Brief Memoir of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England for MobiPocket Reader A Brief Memoir of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England for MobiPocket Reader - "A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England" by Eliza Southall in e-book format for the Mobipocket Reader
The Confessions of St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine - The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Augustine, Saint
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Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite
Sermons on Evil-Speaking Sermons on Evil-Speaking - Isaac Barrow was born in London in 1630. His father was draper to the king. His mother died when he was four years old. He was named Isaac after an uncle, who died in 1680, Bishop of St. Asaph. Young Isaac Barrow was educated at the Charterhouse School, and at Felstead, before he went, in 1643, to Cambridge
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A Comparative View of Religions A Comparative View of Religions - The conception of religion presupposes, a, God as object; b, man as subject; c, the mutual relation existing between them
Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation
by John Bovee Dods
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Self-preservation and the desire of protracting the momentary span of life is the first principle of our nature, or is at least so intimately interwoven with our constitution as to appear inherent
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament The Bible
by Anonymous
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Gospel According to St. Matthew
Gospel According to St. Mark
Gospel According to St. Luke
Gospel According to St. John
Acts of the Apostles
Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans
First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians
Second Epistle of St
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Part 1/3 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
by Jules Verne
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"The deepest parts of the ocean are totally unknown to us," admits Professor Aronnax early in this novel
English Literature English Literature
by William Joseph Long
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This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery
by A. G. Payne
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The Guardian says: “An excellent work, which should be in the hands of every housekeeper, is CASSELL’S BOOK OF THE HOUSEHOLD. Here we find the most varied information and the soundest of advice
From Earth to the Moon From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne
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During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland. It is well known with what energy the taste for military matters became developed among that nation of ship-owners, shopkeepers, and mechanics