 I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and to goddesses, to empty splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the...  Distinguished Men of Modern Times - Sida 489efter Henry Malden - 1838Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead. Yet in a nation great and opulent there is room, and ought to be patronage, for an art like that of... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 762 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead. " Yet in a nation great and opulent there is room, and ought to be patronage, for an art like that... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead." There can be little doubt that the former part of this paper was aimed at Hogarth, who is well known... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead. Yet in a nation great and opulent there is room, and ought to be patronage, for an art like that of... | |
 | James Elmes - 1825 - 322 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead. JOHNSON. Fain would I Raffaele's godlike art rehearse, And shew th' immortal labours in my verse ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art. which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the deady. Yet in a nation great and opulent there is room, and ought to be patronage, for an art like... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the deady. Yet in a nation great and opuleht there is room, and ought to be patronage, for an art like... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the deady. Yet in a nation great and opulent there is room, and ought to be patronage, for an art like... | |
 | 1827 - 796 sidor
...to airy fiction, which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in awakening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead." P. 150. 44. The yaice of Humanity : Observations on a few of the instances of Cruelty to Animals, against... | |
 | 1828 - 592 sidor
...splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead.'* Dr. Johnson says nothing as to our alleged indifference for ' landscape' and ' nature ;' these, indeed,... | |
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