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" This circumstance, at once sublime, beautiful, and picturesque, is one of those rare instances of supreme felicity by which a man may be said to be lost in his own glory. The thought has been seized with such avidity, and produced so many imitations,... "
Memoirs of Painting: With a Chronological History of the Importation of ... - Page 67
by William Buchanan - 1824 - 397 pages
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Lectures on Painting, Delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts: With a Letter ...

John Opie (Maler, Grossbitannien) - Painting - 1809 - 314 pages
...instances of supreme felicity, i by which a man may be said to be lost in his own glory. The thought has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...plagiarism ; the real author is forgotten, and the public,' habituated to consider the incident as naturally a part of the subject, have long ceased to inquire...
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Lectures on Painting, Delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts: With a Letter ...

John Opie - Painting - 1809 - 312 pages
...to be lost in his own glory. The thought has been seized with such avidity, and produced 'so man}r imitations, that no one is accused of plagiarism ; the real author is forgotten, and the public, habituated to consider the incident as naturally a part of the subject, have long ceased to inquire...
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Sketches of the Lives of Correggio and Parmegiano

William Coxe - Artists - 1823 - 320 pages
...embodied a thought, at once beautiful, picturesque, and sublime. " This idea," as Opie observes, " has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...plagiarism. The real author is forgotten, and the M 2 public, accustomed to consider this incident as naturally a part of the subject, have long ceased...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ...

Biography - 1834 - 454 pages
...from the infant Christ, is at the same time sublime as an invention. " The idea," as Opie observes, " has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...ceased to inquire when, or by whom, it was invented." Even the angels in the upper part of the picture still receive light from the infant, and the attention...
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Arnold's Magazine of the Fine Arts: And Journal of Literature and ..., Volume 4

Art - 1832 - 384 pages
...instances of supreme felicity, by which a man may be said to be lost in his own glory. The thought has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...plagiarism ; the real author is forgotten, and the public, habituated to consider the incident as naturally a part of the subject, have long ceased to inquire...
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Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits ...

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 520 pages
...from the infant Christ, is at the same time sublime as an invention. " The idea," as Opie observes, " has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...ceased to inquire when, or by whom, it was invented." Even the angels in the upper part of the picture still receive light from the infant, and the attention...
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Lectures on Painting

James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - Painting - 1848 - 586 pages
...instances of supreme felicity,by which a man may be said to be lost in his own glory.' The thought has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...:• the real author is forgotten, and the public, habituated to. consider the incident as naturally a part of the subject, have long ceased to inquire...
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General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and Historical

Art - 1851 - 490 pages
...rare instances of supreme felicity by which a man may be said to be lost in his own glory. The thought has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...plagiarism. The real author is forgotten ; and the public, habituated to consider the incident as a part of the subject, have long ceased to inquire when or by...
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The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, Philosophers ..., Volume 1

Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...from the infant Christ, is at the same time sublime as an invention. " The idea," as Opie observes, " has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...ceased to inquire when, or by whom, it was invented." Even the angels in the upper part of the picture still receive light from the infant, and the attention...
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A General View of the Fine Arts: Critical and Historical, with an Introduction

Daniel Huntington - Art - 1838 - 492 pages
...rare instances of supreme felicity by which a man may be said to be lost in his own glory. The thought has been seized with such avidity, and produced so...plagiarism. The real author is forgotten ; and the public, habituated to consider the incident as a part of the subject, have long ceased to inquire when or by...
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