 Greater works cannot well be without some inequalities and oversights, and they are in them pardonable; but a song loses all its lustre if it be not polished with the greatest accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes off the...  The Poems of Allan Ramsay - Strana cxviipodľa Allan Ramsay - 1800Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1747 - Počet stránok 584
...but a Song lofes all its Luftre if it be not polifhed with the greateft Accuracy. The fmalleft Blemim in it, like a Flaw in a Jewel, takes off the whole Value of it. A Song is, as it were, a little Image in Ennamel, that requires all the nice Touches of the Pencil, a... | |
 | 1785 - Počet stránok 772
...it's luftre if it be not polilhed witli the greatell accuracy. The imallell blemifh in it, like л. flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole value of it. A long is, as it were, a little image in «•name!, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil,... | |
 | 1803 - Počet stránok 440
...accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like £. flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole vuiue of it. A song is, as it were, a little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a gloss and a smoothness, with those delicate finishing strokes, which would be superfluous and thrown... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - Počet stránok 380
...a song loses all its lustre if it be not polished with the greatest accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole value of it. A song is, as it were, a little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Počet stránok 420
...a song loses all its lustre, if it be not polished with the greatest accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole value of it. A song is, as it were, a little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Počet stránok 424
...a song loses all its lustre, if it be not polished with the greatest accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole value of it, A song is, as it were, a little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - Počet stránok 404
...»mallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole value of it. A song is, as it were, ^ little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a gloss and a smoothness, with those delicate finishing strokes, which • Allan's Essays OO Song- willing,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - Počet stránok 366
...a song loses all its lustre if it be not polished with the greatest accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole value of it. A song is, as it were, a little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - Počet stránok 508
...a song loses all its lustre if it be not poliahed with the greatest accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes ofF the whole value of it. A song is, as it were, a little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1823 - Počet stránok 470
...accuracy. The smallest blemish in it, like a flaw in a jewel, takes off the whole value of it. A song isj as it were, a little image in enamel, that requires all the nice touches of the pencil, a gloss and a smoothness, with those delicate finishing strokes, which would be superfluous and thrown... | |
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