An Essay on Painting: In Two Epistles to Mr. RomneyJ. Dodsley, 1781 - 96 strán (strany) |
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... HOMER'S lyre . His country view'd the gift with fond regard , And rank'd the painter with their nobleft bard . Thy tragic pencil , ARISTIDES , caught ‡ Each varied feeling , and each tender thought ,, * Ver . 194. See NOTE V. 200 † Ver ...
... HOMER'S lyre . His country view'd the gift with fond regard , And rank'd the painter with their nobleft bard . Thy tragic pencil , ARISTIDES , caught ‡ Each varied feeling , and each tender thought ,, * Ver . 194. See NOTE V. 200 † Ver ...
Strana 15
... HOMER of the pencil blaz'd . Tafte , Fancy , Judgment , all on RAPHAEL fmil'd , ‡ Of Grandeur and of Grace the darling child : 255 Truth , paffion , character , his constant aim , Both in the human and the heavenly frame , Th ...
... HOMER of the pencil blaz'd . Tafte , Fancy , Judgment , all on RAPHAEL fmil'd , ‡ Of Grandeur and of Grace the darling child : 255 Truth , paffion , character , his constant aim , Both in the human and the heavenly frame , Th ...
Strana 26
... HOMER's heroes , with the airs of FRANCE .. Indignant Art disclaim'd the motley crew , Refign'd their empire , and to BRITAIN flew . END OF THE FIRST EPISTLE . 455 460 EPISTLE EPISTLE THE SECON D. E 2 ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND [ 26 ] END ...
... HOMER's heroes , with the airs of FRANCE .. Indignant Art disclaim'd the motley crew , Refign'd their empire , and to BRITAIN flew . END OF THE FIRST EPISTLE . 455 460 EPISTLE EPISTLE THE SECON D. E 2 ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND [ 26 ] END ...
Strana 61
... Homer in the Temple at Delphos . The paffage however gives but a confused and imperfect idea of the painter's performance . How much the art is indebted to this ancient mafter , what grace and foftness he gave to the human countenance ...
... Homer in the Temple at Delphos . The paffage however gives but a confused and imperfect idea of the painter's performance . How much the art is indebted to this ancient mafter , what grace and foftness he gave to the human countenance ...
Strana 2
... Homer the firft Poet remaining . - Difficulty of the question why he had no Succeffor in Greece . - Remark of a celebrated Writer , that as Criticifm flourishes Poetry declines.- Defence of Critics . - Danger of a bigoted acquiefcence ...
... Homer the firft Poet remaining . - Difficulty of the question why he had no Succeffor in Greece . - Remark of a celebrated Writer , that as Criticifm flourishes Poetry declines.- Defence of Critics . - Danger of a bigoted acquiefcence ...
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Strana 196 - Caron dimonio con occhi di bragia, Loro accennando, tutte le raccoglie : Batte col remo qualunque s'adagia. Come d' autunno si levan le foglie L...
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Strana 184 - Lucevan li occhi suoi più che la stella; e cominciommi a dir soave e piana, con angelica voce, in sua favella: 'O anima cortese mantovana, di cui la fama ancor nel mondo dura, e durerà quanto '1 mondo lontana...
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Strana 294 - Fairies were equally out of credit when MILTON wrote. He did well therefore to fupply their room with Angels and Devils.
Strana 134 - ... that philosophical, that geometrical, and systematical spirit so much in vogue, which has spread itself from the sciences even into polite literature, by consulting only reason, has not diminished and destroyed sentiment ; and made our poets write from and to the head, rather than the heart...
Strana 86 - Tis only wanting to this age, not thee. Thy genius, bounded by the times, like mine, Drudges on petty draughts, nor dare design A more exalted work, and more divine.
Strana 134 - ... that influence them. Whether or no, the natural powers be not confined and debilitated by that timidity and caution which is occasioned by a rigid regard to the dictates of art...