An Inquiry Into the Beauties of Painting: And Into the Merits of the Most Celebrated Painters, Ancient and ModernR. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - 200 Seiten |
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... appear ftrange , that fo few fhould be found , who have any clear or deter- mined ideas of this art . To account for this , and to point out thofe errors which have been the causes of it , is the defign of this Preface ; after which , I ...
... appear ftrange , that fo few fhould be found , who have any clear or deter- mined ideas of this art . To account for this , and to point out thofe errors which have been the causes of it , is the defign of this Preface ; after which , I ...
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... appear , that of all the arts , Painting is the moft natural both in its means and ef- fects . It is the moft direct and im- mediate address to the fenfes : and this must be the reason , that the beft wri- ters ters of antiquity , in ...
... appear , that of all the arts , Painting is the moft natural both in its means and ef- fects . It is the moft direct and im- mediate address to the fenfes : and this must be the reason , that the beft wri- ters ters of antiquity , in ...
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... appear fo . But let them re- flect , that there is more true tafte , in drawing forth one latent beauty , than in observing a hundred obvious im- perfections : The first proves , that our fpirit co - operates with that of the ar- tift ...
... appear fo . But let them re- flect , that there is more true tafte , in drawing forth one latent beauty , than in observing a hundred obvious im- perfections : The first proves , that our fpirit co - operates with that of the ar- tift ...
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... appear in the fame degrees of excellence , and at the fame " critical point of time ? " It had been fo in the ages of Alexander the Great , and [ n ] Quis enim abunde mirari poteft , quod emi- nentiffima cujufque profeffionis ingenia ...
... appear in the fame degrees of excellence , and at the fame " critical point of time ? " It had been fo in the ages of Alexander the Great , and [ n ] Quis enim abunde mirari poteft , quod emi- nentiffima cujufque profeffionis ingenia ...
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... appears less the effect of study , than the natural result of [ 2 ] Paulùm intereffe cenfes , ex animo omnia , Ut fert natura , facias , an de induftria ? Terent . And . act . iv . fcene 5 . a fuperior a fuperior character , or an ...
... appears less the effect of study , than the natural result of [ 2 ] Paulùm intereffe cenfes , ex animo omnia , Ut fert natura , facias , an de induftria ? Terent . And . act . iv . fcene 5 . a fuperior a fuperior character , or an ...
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Seite 45 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Seite 41 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Seite 110 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Seite 15 - The infernal Serpent ! he it was, whose guile, Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind, what time his pride Had cast him out from Heaven...
Seite 21 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor: one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Seite 43 - The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious' war ! And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats Th' immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Seite 23 - Of heav'nly pow'rs were touch'd with human fate! But go! thy flight no longer I detain — Go! seek thy promis'd kingdom through the main!
Seite 55 - The downy feather, on the cordage hung, Moves not; the flat sea shines like yellow gold, Fus'd in the fire ; or like the marble floor 'Of some old temple wide.
Seite 77 - You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And yourself too ; but 'tis not like a friend To hide your soul from me-. 'Tis not your nature To be thus idle : I have seen you stand As you were blasted 'midst of all your mirth ; Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly ! — World, what do I here ? a friend Is nothing.
Seite 123 - In thefe principles, and in the examples by which they have been fupported, we fee clearly the reafon why every enlightened age has had, and muft continue to have, its original Writers. We have no right, therefore, to complain that nature is always the fame, or that the fources of novelty have been exhaufted. It is in Poetry as in Philofophy, new relations are ftruck out, new influences difcovered, and every fuperior genius moves in a world of his own.