The Arts and Artists: Or Anecdotes & Relics, of the Schools of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture, Volume 1J. Knight & H. Lacey, 1825 - Art |
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Page 84 - What ! the famous Sir Godfrey Kneller, from England?" — "The very same, sir, (says I) at your service." — On this St. Luke immediately drew near to me, embraced me, and made me a great many compliments on the art we had both of us followed in this world : He entered so far into the subject, that he seemed almost to have forgot the business for which I came thither. At last, however, he recollected himself, and said; "I beg your pardon, Sir Godfrey; I was so taken up with the pleasure of conversing...
Page 148 - Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
Page 48 - He once overheard a low fellow cursing himself. " God damn you ! indeed !" exclaimed the artist in wonder ; " God may damn the Duke of Marlborough, and perhaps Sir Godfrey Kneller ; but do you think he will take the trouble of damning such a scoundrel as you?
Page 100 - As I passed under the gate by night, it could not strike me. At day-break, looking out of the window to see the sun rise, I was surprised with the vision of the colonnade that fronted me. It seemed one of those edifices in Fairy tales, that are raised by genii in a night's time.
Page 84 - ... the door. When I had joined the company, I could see several seats, every way at a little distance within the door. As the first, after my coming up, approached for admittance, St. Peter asked his name, and then his religion. ' I am a Roman Catholic,' replied the spirit. ' Go in then,
Page 152 - He begged him to consider seriously the form of the rings, their number,, their matter., and their colour. Their form, he said, being round, shadowed out eternity, which had neither beginning nor end; and he ought thence to learn his duty of aspiring from •earthly objects to heavenly, from things temporal io things eternal.
Page 90 - The club is supposed to have derived its name from Christopher Katt, a pastry-cook, who kept the house where they dined, and excelled in making mutton-pies, which always formed a part of their bill of fare ; these pies, on account of their excellence, were called Kit Kats. — The summer meetings were sometimes held at the Upper Flask, on Hampstead Heath.
Page 188 - As I was sitting by Sir Godfrey Kneller one day, whilst he was drawing a picture, he stopped and said, "I can't do so well as I should do, unless you flatter me a little, pray flatter me, Mr. Pope! you know I love to be flattered.
Page 141 - This most unlucky accident threw poor Johnson into such a fit of shame and anger, that he roared out like a bull, for he could not immediately articulate, and was with difficulty at last able to utter, 'What have I done?
Page 143 - ... old crazy deal table, and a still worse and older elbow chair, having only three legs. In this chair Johnson seated himself, after having, with considerable dexterity and evident practice, first drawn it up against the wall, which served to support it on that side on which the leg was deficient.