Anecdotes of William Hogarth: Written by Himself |
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... object and the consequence of his performances , become , therefore , proper and indispensable subjects of animadversion and critical at- tention ; and these have accordingly exercised the pens of several eminent individuals . The first ...
... object and the consequence of his performances , become , therefore , proper and indispensable subjects of animadversion and critical at- tention ; and these have accordingly exercised the pens of several eminent individuals . The first ...
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... objects something like nature , instead of the monsters of heraldry , and the common methods of study were much too tedious for one who loved his pleasure , and came so late to it ; for the time necessary to learn in the usual mode ...
... objects something like nature , instead of the monsters of heraldry , and the common methods of study were much too tedious for one who loved his pleasure , and came so late to it ; for the time necessary to learn in the usual mode ...
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... objects were composed , I could by degrees combine and put them down with my pencil . Thus , with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned , I had one material ad- vantage over my competitors , viz . the ...
... objects were composed , I could by degrees combine and put them down with my pencil . Thus , with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned , I had one material ad- vantage over my competitors , viz . the ...
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Written by Himself William Hogarth. the most striking objects that presented themselves , either comic or tragic , made the strongest impression on my mind ; but had I not sedulously practised what I had thus acquired , I should very ...
Written by Himself William Hogarth. the most striking objects that presented themselves , either comic or tragic , made the strongest impression on my mind ; but had I not sedulously practised what I had thus acquired , I should very ...
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... objects as best suited my purpose ; so that be where I would , while my eyes were open , I was at my studies , and acquiring something useful to my profession . By this means , whatever I saw , whether a remarkable incident , or a ...
... objects as best suited my purpose ; so that be where I would , while my eyes were open , I was at my studies , and acquiring something useful to my profession . By this means , whatever I saw , whether a remarkable incident , or a ...
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Page 223 - Give me another horse! bind up my wounds! Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream. O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
Page 160 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Page 109 - Hogarth, in whom the satirist never extinguished that love of beauty which belonged to him as a poet, so often and so gladly introduces as the central figure in a crowd of humorous deformities, which figure (such is the power of true genius) neither acts nor is meant to act as a contrast; but diffuses through all and over...
Page viii - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who, being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — " Shakespeare : " being asked which he esteemed next best, replied,—
Page 103 - Achilles' image stood his spear Griped in an armed hand ; himself behind Was left unseen, save to the eye of mind : A hand, a foot, a face, a leg, a head, Stood for the whole to be imagined.
Page 63 - ' The stagnation rendered it necessary that I should do some timed thing to recover my lost time, and stop a gap in my income. This drew forth my print of 'The Times...
Page 244 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 77 - I have shown that his views were more generous and extensive. Mirth coloured his pictures, but benevolence designed them. He smiled like Socrates, that men might not be offended at his lectures, and might learn to laugh at their own follies.
Page 151 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reach'd the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
Page 46 - Your People, Sir, are partial in the rest: Foes to all living worth except your own, And Advocates for folly dead and gone. Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old; It is the rust we value, not the gold. Chaucer's worst ribaldry is learn'd by rote, And beastly Skelton' Heads of houses quote: One likes no language but the Faery Queen; A Scot will fight for Christ's Kirk o...