The History of the Royal Academy of Arts from Its Foundation in 1768 to the Present Time: With Biographical Notices of All the Members, Zväzok 1

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Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1862 - 467 strán (strany)
 

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Strana 170 - I reflect, not without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony of my admiration of that truly divine man; and I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of
Strana 154 - one of the great marks of genius; but if we consult experience we shall find that it is by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as by reading the thoughts of others we learn to think;
Strana 137 - The King has lately been pleased to make me professor of Ancient History in a Royal Academy of painting which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed, and I took it rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation, are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.
Strana 172 - art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead. . . . This use of the art is a natural and reasonable consequence of affection ; and though, like all
Strana 109 - That if ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire for us the honourable distinction of an English School, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity as one of the very first of that rising name.
Strana 14 - Blue Boars,' ' Black Swans,' and ' Red Lions,' not to mention ' Flying Pigs,' and ' Hogs in Armour,' with many other creatures more extraordinary than any in the deserts of Africa,
Strana 164 - it extremely hard to shut out any man from the possibility of success. And therefore I repeat my request, that you will propose the reconsideration of Mr. Lowe's case: and if there be any among the Council with whom my name can have any weight, be pleased to communicate to them the desire of, " Sir,
Strana 127 - that this institution may answer the expectation of its Royal founder; that the present age may vie in arts with that of Leo X.; and that ' the dignity of the dying art' (to make use of an expression of Pliny) may be revived under the reign of George
Strana 38 - low our room was thronged with such multitudes as made access dangerous, and frightened away those whose approbation was most desired. " Yet, because it is seldom believed that money is got but for the love of money, we shall tell the use which we intend to make of our
Strana 131 - The Academicians, therefore, think it necessary to declare that this was very much their desire, but they have not been able to suggest any other means than that of receiving money for admittance, to prevent the rooms from being filled by improper persons, to the entire exclusion of those for whom the exhibition is apparently intended.

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