| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 520 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that art. This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter; and, to speak in the same...Apollo, — not to be obtained by pains or study, if wet)are not born to it ; for the motions which are studied, are never so natural as those which break... | |
| William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that Art. " This," says my Author, " is the gift of Jupiter;" and, to speak in the same...break out in the height of a real passion. Mr. Otway poM«ssed this part as thoroughly as any of the antients or modarus. I will not defend every thing... | |
| William Mason - Church music - 1811 - 430 pages
...consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that Art. " This," says my Author, " is the gift of Jupiter ;" and, to speak in the same...not to be obtained by pains or study, if we are not bora to it : for the motions which are studied are never so natural as those which break out in the... | |
| William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 436 pages
...consists the principal difficulty, as well as -the excellency of that Art. " This," says my Author, " is the gift of Jupiter ;" and, to speak in the same heathen language, we call it the gift of pur Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or study, if we are not born to it : for the motions which... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 494 pages
...the excellency of that art. This (says Du Fresnoy) is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the -ame heathen language, we call it the gift of our Apollo,...not to be obtained by pains or study, if we are not bora to it. For the motions which are studied, are never •so natural as those which break out in... | |
| David Erskine Baker - Actors - 1812 - 500 pages
...of that art. This (says " my author) is the gift of Jupiter: " and, to speak in the sam*: hea" then language, we call it the " gift of our Apollo : not...to be " obtained by pains or study if we " are not bom to it. For the " motions which are studied are YEN '/ never so natural as those wbich " break out... | |
| David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 492 pages
...of that art. This (say» " my author) is the gift of Jupiter: " and, to speak iu the same hea" then language, we call it the / " gift of our Apollo : not to be " obtained by pains or study if we " i«re not born to it. For the " motions which are studied are ^ never so natural as those which '*... | |
| David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 494 pages
...of that art. This (says " my author) is the gift of Jupiter; " and, to s¡>eak in the same hea" then language, we call it the "gift of our Apollo; not to be " obtained by pains or study if vifc " are not born to it. For the " motions which are studied are VEN " never eo natural as those... | |
| Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 332 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excelIcncy of that art. This, says my aufhor, is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the same...Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or study, if we arc not born to it; for the motions which are studied, are ncver: so natural as those which break out... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 492 pages
...the excellency of that art. This (says Du Fresnoy) is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the ame heathen language, we call it the gift of our Apollo,...which break out in the height of a real passion. Mr. Ofcway possessed this part as thoroughly as. any of the ancients and moderns. I will not defend every... | |
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