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Page 227
... genius ave done the former ; but Philips , Garth , and Boileau , nly the latter . ' A picture in miniature is every painter's talent ; but piece for a cupola , where all the figures are enlarged , et proportioned to the eye , requires a ...
... genius ave done the former ; but Philips , Garth , and Boileau , nly the latter . ' A picture in miniature is every painter's talent ; but piece for a cupola , where all the figures are enlarged , et proportioned to the eye , requires a ...
Page 292
... genius , to more vivid and speedy instructors ; and that his studies were rather desultory and fortuitous than constant and systematical . It must be confessed that he scarcely ever appears to want book - learning but when he mentions ...
... genius , to more vivid and speedy instructors ; and that his studies were rather desultory and fortuitous than constant and systematical . It must be confessed that he scarcely ever appears to want book - learning but when he mentions ...
Page 428
... genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and , if I ...
... genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and , if I ...
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