 | 1849 - 544 pages
...loathsomeness of vulgarity. Again, on being elected 'an associate at the Academy, the following entry occurs: "To aim greatly at reformation in the leading features...which, notwithstanding their pettiness, seem to be the ohstrncting cause to all dignity of character in an artist or a man. This improvement is not to be... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1849 - 534 pages
...loathsomeness of vulgarity. Again, on being elected -an associate at the Academy, the following entry occurs: "To aim greatly at reformation in the leading features...and which, notwithstanding their pettiness, seem to he the obstructing canse to all dignity of character in an artist or a man. This improvement is not... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1849 - 538 pages
...of vulgarity. Again, on being elected -an associate at the Academy, the following entry occurs : " To aim greatly at reformation in the leading features of my private character—the little weaknesses that almost escape detection, and which, notwithstanding their pettiness,... | |
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... random. Sentiment in pictures can only be produced by a constant attention to the food given to the painter's mind. A proper dignity and proper respect for oneself is the only shield against the loathsomeness of vulgarity. Again, on being elected... 