An Inquiry Into the Beauties of Painting: And Into the Merits of the Most Celebrated Painters, Ancient and Modern |
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... should too , like those , fade and go out in an immediate fuccef- fion : Accordingly this has been in all times the cafe . " [ m ] For who , fays an ancient writer , can fufficiently wonder , " that the most eminent geniuses in every ...
... should too , like those , fade and go out in an immediate fuccef- fion : Accordingly this has been in all times the cafe . " [ m ] For who , fays an ancient writer , can fufficiently wonder , " that the most eminent geniuses in every ...
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... should say fomething of the pleasure we receive from it . But , as this is itself a paffion , found- ed on the love of what is beautiful , and the delight we feel in having our paf- fions moved , it is eafier to affirm its existence ...
... should say fomething of the pleasure we receive from it . But , as this is itself a paffion , found- ed on the love of what is beautiful , and the delight we feel in having our paf- fions moved , it is eafier to affirm its existence ...
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... Should we still doubt of the truth or just- nefs of the defcriptions , let us observe the works which gave occafion to them . Let us contemplate the fine proportions , the ftyle of drawing in the Laocoon and Gla- diator . Let us mark ...
... Should we still doubt of the truth or just- nefs of the defcriptions , let us observe the works which gave occafion to them . Let us contemplate the fine proportions , the ftyle of drawing in the Laocoon and Gla- diator . Let us mark ...
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... should always be the cafe , where we profess to have no other guide but feel- ing ; and to form our judgment merely from effects . THE defign of Raphael was , in its be- ginnings , dry , but correct ; he enlarged it much on seeing the ...
... should always be the cafe , where we profess to have no other guide but feel- ing ; and to form our judgment merely from effects . THE defign of Raphael was , in its be- ginnings , dry , but correct ; he enlarged it much on seeing the ...
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Æneid Afpafia ancients Apelles artiſts beauty beſt cafe character circumftances Clear obfcure colours compariſon compofition confifts Correggio courſe Cymbeline defcribe defcription defign diftinction diſtinguiſh effect elegant Euphranor excellent expreffed expreffion fame fays fecond feelings feem fenfe fenfible fentiments fhades fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fome fpirit fpring ftudied fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofe genius give grace greateſt Greek happineſs harmony himſelf ideas imagination imitation impreffions inftance itſelf juft juſt laft laſt lefs loft mafter meaſure Medea merit moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature obferve objects occafion OVID paffage paffions painters painting perfect perfon Phidias picture pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Plin Pliny Plutarch Poet poetry praiſe Praxiteles prefent racter Raphael reaſon reft reprefent ſeem Shakeſpear ſhall taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Timanthes Timomachus tion Titian underſtand uſe verfe verſe whofe γαρ δε εν και μεν
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Page 45 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 41 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Page 110 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Page 15 - The infernal Serpent ! he it was, whose guile, Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind, what time his pride Had cast him out from Heaven...
Page 21 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor: one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Page 43 - The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious' war ! And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats Th' immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 23 - Of heav'nly pow'rs were touch'd with human fate! But go! thy flight no longer I detain — Go! seek thy promis'd kingdom through the main!
Page 55 - The downy feather, on the cordage hung, Moves not; the flat sea shines like yellow gold, Fus'd in the fire ; or like the marble floor 'Of some old temple wide.
Page 77 - You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And yourself too ; but 'tis not like a friend To hide your soul from me-. 'Tis not your nature To be thus idle : I have seen you stand As you were blasted 'midst of all your mirth ; Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly ! — World, what do I here ? a friend Is nothing.
Page 123 - In thefe principles, and in the examples by which they have been fupported, we fee clearly the reafon why every enlightened age has had, and muft continue to have, its original Writers. We have no right, therefore, to complain that nature is always the fame, or that the fources of novelty have been exhaufted. It is in Poetry as in Philofophy, new relations are ftruck out, new influences difcovered, and every fuperior genius moves in a world of his own.