The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Band 1Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... talents ( I am tran- scribing from Mr. Hoare's Inquiry ) which have not been perverted to the lamenta- ble purposes of dissention , strife , malig- nity , and mutual destruction ! -The culti vation of the Arts alone is exempt from this ...
... talents ( I am tran- scribing from Mr. Hoare's Inquiry ) which have not been perverted to the lamenta- ble purposes of dissention , strife , malig- nity , and mutual destruction ! -The culti vation of the Arts alone is exempt from this ...
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... poetic art . But the powers of the GRAPHIC MUSE have never been fairly appreciated in this country . Her talents have been neglected and contemned ; and C the general patronage which has been af- forded , if THE DIRECTOR . 9.
... poetic art . But the powers of the GRAPHIC MUSE have never been fairly appreciated in this country . Her talents have been neglected and contemned ; and C the general patronage which has been af- forded , if THE DIRECTOR . 9.
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... talents of British artists , to discourage their efforts , to blight their hopes , and prevent their success . IT It may not be known to some of my readers , that , in the metropolis , there are , generally speaking , only three kinds ...
... talents of British artists , to discourage their efforts , to blight their hopes , and prevent their success . IT It may not be known to some of my readers , that , in the metropolis , there are , generally speaking , only three kinds ...
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... talent , kings and heroes , and great and splendid actions , are by no means essen- tial . The seclusion of a convent , the recesses of domestic life , and the wild scenes of untamed nature , will afford to- pics for the most elevated ...
... talent , kings and heroes , and great and splendid actions , are by no means essen- tial . The seclusion of a convent , the recesses of domestic life , and the wild scenes of untamed nature , will afford to- pics for the most elevated ...
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... talent , and lament its misapplication . NEITHER should the subject be mean or trivial . Trifles may occasionally engage the painter's pencil , as well as the po- et's pen ; but either is degraded , when entirely so occupied . The ...
... talent , and lament its misapplication . NEITHER should the subject be mean or trivial . Trifles may occasionally engage the painter's pencil , as well as the po- et's pen ; but either is degraded , when entirely so occupied . The ...
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