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...n the great staircase that rang with laughter. The chisels of the greatest artists of many centuries had sculptured the bronze brackets supporting lon... ...red each other in their purest aspect,—that of two souls incandescent, and united in celestial light, radiant to the eyes that faith has touched; and,... ...d by the composer.” The Frenchman was, in fact, deeply moved when all this united sorrow exploded in the cry: 49 Balzac “O Nume d’Israel, Se bram... ...ear Emilio, take them separately; it will be far wiser. Raphael alone ever united form and idea. Y ou want to be the Raphael of love; but chance canno... ..., while the Duke’s steward distributed payment from his master to the poor artists and bid them to dinner the next day, such civilities as are expecte... ...l the race of beings who burst their mould to visit you, great imaginative artists—all these angelic and disem- bodied maidens gathered round Massimil...

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...l world re- quired that the German text of French operas sung by Swed- ish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer un- derstanding o... ...omposed Mrs. Archer’s world lay the almost unmapped quarter inhab- ited by artists, musicians and “people who wrote.” These scat- tered fragments of h... ...uthers’s I’ve not met a single artist since I’ve been here.” “What kind of artists? I know one or two painters, very good fellows, that I could bring ... ...ve smile: “That would be charming. But I was re- ally thinking of dramatic artists, singers, actors, musicians. My husband’s house was always full of ... ...things we haven’t got; wonderful music, and picture shows, and celebrities—artists and authors and all the clever people you admire. Granny can’t unde... ...hanging calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within ... ... from being as simple as that.” Archer looked back to the President of the United States, and then down at his desk and at the papers scattered on it....

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...eir horses however, and wheeling them round, the whole three pursued their united purpose of bearing to the earth the Dis- inherited Knight. Nothing c... ...e the lady.” “By my halidome,” said Fitzurse, “the plan was worthy of your united wisdom! and thy prudence, De Bracy, is most especially manifested in... ...tion in favour of the native English, it was necessary that they should be united among themselves, and act under an acknowledged head. The necessity ... ...ant and unfortunate Harold, then advancing against the Norwegians, who had united themselves to the rebel T osti. It was in this hall that Harold retu... ... strangers our bosom friends, our confidential servants; we borrowed their artists and their arts, and despised the honest simplicity and hardihood wi... ... fair Jewess with the malignant envy with which old age and ugliness, when united with evil con- ditions, are apt to look upon youth and beauty. “Thou... ... be seen in the censures usually passed by vulgar criticism upon actors or artists who venture to change the character of their efforts, that, in so d...

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...Whitman’s lifetime, LEAVES OF GRASS has gone on to become one of the most canonical books of poetry ever written, influencing and inspiring countless artists in the last two centuries. Written in a groundbreaking prosodic style Whitman referred to as “free verse” LEAVES OF GRASS takes the individual and a young American democracy as its themes and illustrates them with a l...

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...ilt of Songs Old Salt Kossabone The Dead Tenor Continuities Yonnondio Life "Going Somewhere" Small the Theme of My Chant True Conquerors The United States to Old World Critics The Calming Thought of All Thanks in Old Age Life and Death The Voice of the Rain Soon Shall the Winter's Foil Be Here While Not the Past Forgetting The Dying Veteran Stronger Lesson...

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...essed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congress Con... ... 1 Each person has a different breaking point. For one of my students it was United States Patent number 6,004,596 for a “Sealed Crustless Sandwich.” ... ...allow a decentralized and iconoclastic cultural ferment in which independent artists, musicians, and writers can take their unique visions, histories,... ...ract from our totals the works that are clearly in the public domain. In the United States, that is generally work produced before 1923. That material... ...t would be hard to argue that it is not. This pretty much was the law in the United States until 1978. (My system is a little simpler, but the broad s... ...rhaps you are a collage artist who wishes to incorporate images that amateur artists have put online. None of the works are marked by a copyright symb... ... because of those differences, Jefferson, like most of his successors in the United States, does not see intellectual property as a claim of natural r... ...r an acquisition but a creation, namely literary property...r econ- cile the artists with society by means of property. 43 Diderot wanted perpetual co... ...e the Internet as a potential threat to their role as intermediaries between artists and creators on the one hand and the public on the other. Intelle...

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...ago, the word “dieselpunk” was still a curiosity. Sure, it was loaded with familiar tropes like Pulp Adventure, Film Noir, and Weird Horror, but the artists were mashing these concepts together with something different, something a little more contemporary. At that time, the steampunks were just starting to climb their way from the underground and gain traction as a legi...

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...eren’t that.” “It was too. And everyone knows it. Bankers got greedy, they sold Louisiana back to the French and that’s why the Grand Dream of the United States of America is now just a footnote in history.” Mickey thought about this for some time before shaking his head. “Nah, that ain’t it. That don’t explain half the crazy things that have happened.” Mack growl...