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" Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and... "
The Annual Register - Page 225
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A Hand-book of English and American Literature: Historical and Critical ...

Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - American literature - 1884 - 536 pages
...accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring he was...
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Great English Painters

Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1886 - 360 pages
...accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste — in grace — in facility — in happy invention — and in the richness and harmony of colouring,...
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A Life of Edmund Burke

Sir James Prior - 1891 - 648 pages
...accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grice, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he...
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Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons: Interspersed with Anecdotes of Authors and Actors

James Boaden - Actors - 1893 - 554 pages
...and I select this picture to justify his praise. c He was the fin-; Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony ot colouring, he...
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Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons: Interspersed with Anecdotes of Authors and Actors

James Boaden - Actors - 1893 - 506 pages
...and I select this picture to justify his praise. ' He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he...
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The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1

Richard Muther - Painting - 1895 - 628 pages
...accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring he was...
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Sir Joshua Reynolds: His Life and Art

Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower - 1902 - 362 pages
...accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. ... In painting portraits he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...: With a Memoir by ..., Volume 1

Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1909 - 518 pages
...accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he...
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1785-1824

Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 812 pages
...accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. ... He was the first Englishman who added the praise / UJ KվkW[ < cz h <yR h x 洙7 h_ 4 |ڀM F taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he...
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The Golden Age of Engraving

Frederick Keppel - 1910 - 674 pages
...accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was...
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