Dante and Milton gained their vision of other worlds through their intense feeling of the spiritual meaning of this life; and, in another sphere of art, Scott was enabled to immortalise the romance and humour of past ages, partly through the chivalrous and adventurous spirit which he inherited from them, partly through the strong interest and enjoyment with which he entered into the actual life and pursuits of his contemporaries.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Here is a jotting from a sketch in colour; I made also one in line to immortalise the Prome triumphal arch.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
It is not as good a likeness as that of a certain carefully painted miniature, the features of which bear an unmistakable resemblance to those of the daughter destined to immortalise his name.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind