I speak now from the aesthetic and artistic point of view when I say that life with us is dull; aesthetically and
artistically, very dull indeed.
Again, if you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point of diction and thought, you will not produce thc essential tragic effect nearly so well as with a play which, however deficient in these respects, yet has a plot and
artistically constructed incidents.
Artistically, he has shown me a greatness that he can never teach me.
It was a view of Wildfell Hall, as seen at early morning from the field below, rising in dark relief against a sky of clear silvery blue, with a few red streaks on the horizon, faithfully drawn and coloured, and very elegantly and
artistically handled.
"And then--and then--and then--," said Irene, not
artistically to increase the suspense, but because it was all so glorious to her.
Built beneath this vast dome was a pretty village--not very large, for there seemed not more than fifty houses altogether--and the dwellings were of marble and
artistically designed.
And not only was I impelled to do it neatly and
artistically, but also in such manner that not the slightest possible suspicion could be directed against me.
It was so
artistically done, and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy, that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore, and which was of a splendour in accordance with the taste of the age, but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony.
For this, properly speaking wonderful, reason I was the only one of the company who could listen without constraint to the unbidden guest with that fine head of white hair, so beautifully kept, so magnificently waved, so
artistically arranged that respect could not be felt for it any more than for a very expensive wig in the window of a hair-dresser.
We ferreted out another French imposition--a frequent sign to this effect: "ALL MANNER OF AMERICAN DRINKS
ARTISTICALLY PREPARED HERE." We procured the services of a gentleman experienced in the nomenclature of the American bar, and moved upon the works of one of these impostors.
"And yet," continued the Thing, "when I carefully look you over, my masters, none of you seems to be constructed much more
artistically than I am."
And, after he had explained the end, which he thought he had made
artistically obvious, she would say:-