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Excerpt from Heidelberg, Vol. 2 of 3: A Romance
Seemed to stand out from the background; the rich clusters of the grape and apple, the leaves of the trees, and the very birds upon the branches, all seemed to project into the cham ber, and gave it the air of an arbour: while the forms of the garden goddess and her changeful lover were displayed with a truth and energy which, though not all offensive to, the less delicate eyes of those days, would be judged rather indecorous ln our own. This fine suite of tapestry had not been treated with much reverence by the hands that hung it up; for over each door, and there were three in the walls, a piece of the same size had been cut out and bordered with gilt leather - much to the inconvenience of the legs of Vertumnus in one instance, and to the waist and arms of Pomona in another - for the purpose of nailing the slips so detached to the door, the opening and clos ing of which were thus greatly facilitated. The ceiling above was of dark oak, richly wrought in pentagons, which, rising one above the.
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Seemed to stand out from the background; the rich clusters of the grape and apple, the leaves of the trees, and the very birds upon the branches, all seemed to project into the cham ber, and gave it the air of an arbour: while the forms of the garden goddess and her changeful lover were displayed with a truth and energy which, though not all offensive to, the less delicate eyes of those days, would be judged rather indecorous ln our own. This fine suite of tapestry had not been treated with much reverence by the hands that hung it up; for over each door, and there were three in the walls, a piece of the same size had been cut out and bordered with gilt leather - much to the inconvenience of the legs of Vertumnus in one instance, and to the waist and arms of Pomona in another - for the purpose of nailing the slips so detached to the door, the opening and clos ing of which were thus greatly facilitated. The ceiling above was of dark oak, richly wrought in pentagons, which, rising one above the.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
George Payne Rainsford James
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781528170635
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 322
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Author
George Payne Rainsford James
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330630228
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 324
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