 | 1842 - 592 strani
...little patches had ' chipped off, evidently from the effect of damp.' But what says Mr Eustace — ' The picture was used as a target for the ' soldiers...marks, and ' that of our Saviour in preference to others. Their impiety, ' though wanton, and to them unprofitable, was impotent, and * may be passed... | |
 | 1813 - 574 strani
...The convent was suppressed, the riall turned into a store-room of artillery, and the picture served as a target for the soldiers to fire at. The heads...favourite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to others. Their barbarism in defacing a master-piece, which, though iu decay, was still a model in the... | |
 | 1813 - 580 strani
...The convent was suppressed, the hall turned into a store-room of artillery, and the picture served at a target for the soldiers to fire at. The heads were...favourite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to others. Their barbarism in defacing a master-piece, which, though in decay, was still a model in the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 574 strani
...that consummate painter was used as a target by French soldiers. ' The heads,' says the author, « were their favourite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to others.' Ramparts, convents, and houses were involved in one common ruin, to make way for a projected... | |
 | 1814 - 574 strani
...of that consummate painter was used as a target by French soldiers. ' The heads,' says the author, ' were their favourite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to others.' Ramparts, convents, and houses were involved in one common ruin, to make way for a projected... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1815 - 494 strani
...his masterpiece. The convent was suppressed; the hall was turned into a store-room of artillery ; and the picture was used as a target for the soldiers to fire at! The heads were their favorite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to the others. Their impiety, though wanton and... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1818 - 522 strani
...masterpiece. The convent was suppressed ; the hall was turned into a store-room of artillery ; and the picture was used as a target for the soldiers to fire at ! The heads were their favorite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to the others. Their impiety, though wanton and... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1821 - 490 strani
...artillery; and the picture was used as a target for the soldiers to fire at ! The heads were their favorite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to the...wanton and to them unprofitable, was impotent, and may he passed over with contemptuous abhorrence ; but their barbarism in defacing a masterpiece which,... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1823 - 332 strani
...the hall turned into a store-room of artillery; and the picture was used as a target for the French soldiers to fire at. The heads were their favourite...that of our Saviour, in preference to the others." In all that I,T; been brought against the French, of truth or calumny, there is nothing comparable... | |
 | 1814 - 684 strani
...The convent was suppressed, the hall turnedjnto a store-room of artillery., and the picture served as a target for the soldiers to fire at ! The heads...Saviour in preference to the others. Their 'impiety, although wanton, and to them' unprofitable, was impotent, and may be passed over with contemptuous... | |
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The heads were their favorite marks, and that of our Saviour in preference to the others. Their impiety, though wanton and to them... 
