 | 1792 - 620 Seiten
...contrarieties •which cannot fubfifl together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in univerfal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth, and a minute exaftnefs in the detail,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 Seiten
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 Seiten
...shelter in their ships, and reign once more in our native country." No. 82. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1759TO THE IDLER. SIR, DISCOURSING in my last letter on the...selected the most beautiful part of the creation, it will shew how much their principles are founded on reason, and at the same time discover the origin of our... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 Seiten
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 Seiten
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say,... | |
 | 1819 - 792 Seiten
...imitation. The enlightened angler does not condescend to imitate specifically the detail of things — he attends only to the invariable, the great, and general ideas which are inherent in nature. He throws his fly lightly and with elegance on the surface of the glittering waters,... | |
 | 1819 - 792 Seiten
...imitation. The enlightened angler does not condescend to imitate specifically the detail of things — he attends only to the invariable, the great, and general ideas which are inherent in nature. He throws his fly lightly and with elegance on the surface of the glittering waters,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 Seiten
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 Seiten
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 612 Seiten
...Dutch painters, 1 observed, that " the Italian painter attends only to the invariable, the great apd general ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal...selected the most beautiful part of the creation, it will shew how much their principles arc founded on reason, and, at the same time, discover the origin of... | |
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The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general ; ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of nature modified by accident.... 
