 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 452 pages
...enthusiam that the arts of Painting and Poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...reason, that, Michael Angelo sometimes transgressed ihose limits ; and I think I have seen figures by him, of which it was very difficult to •determine,... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of painting and poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...transgressed those limits ; and I think I have seen figures of him of which it was very difficult to determine whether they were in the highest degree sublime... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 410 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of painting and poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an mdulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ; and if the one produce* incoherent monsters, the other produces what is full as bad, lifeless insipidity. An intimate... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1809 - 442 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of Painting and Poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...last determine its limits. It has been thought, and"! believe with reason, that Michael Angelo sometimes transgressed those limits; and I think I have seen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of painting and poetry may admit. There may per-' haps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...the passions, and good sense, but not common sense, roust at last determine its limits. It has been thought, and I believe with reason, that Michael Angelo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of painting and poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...transgressed those limits ; and I think I have seen figures of him, of which it was very difficult to determine whether they were in the highest degree sublime;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of painting and poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination; and...intimate knowledge of the passions, and good sense, but Hot common sense, must at last determine its limits. It has been thought, and I believe with reason,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of painting and poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...transgressed those limits ; and I think I have seen figures of him of which it was very difficult to determine whether they were in the highest degree sublime... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art, English - 1819 - 446 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of Painting and Poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...passions and good sense, but not common sense, must at last'determine its limits. It has been thought, and I believe with reason, that Michael Angelo sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...enthusiasm that the arts of painting and poetry may admit. There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ;...been thought, and I believe with reason, that Michael Angela sometimes transgressed those limits ; and I thing I have seen figures of him of which it was... | |
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There may perhaps be too great an indulgence, as well as too great a restraint of imagination ; and if the one produces incoherent monsters, the other produces what is full as bad, lifeless insipidity. An intimate knowledge of the passions, and good sense,... 
