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... artists , * from the earliest æra in which we can be said to have had either . Though there have been only gleams of light and flashes of genius , rather than pro- gressive improvements , or flourishing schools ; the inequality and ...
... artists , * from the earliest æra in which we can be said to have had either . Though there have been only gleams of light and flashes of genius , rather than pro- gressive improvements , or flourishing schools ; the inequality and ...
Page 71
... artists with emulation , dif- fuse their reputation , and recommend them to employment . The public examines and reasons on their works , and spectators by degrees be- come judges . Nor are persons of the first rank mere patrons . Lord ...
... artists with emulation , dif- fuse their reputation , and recommend them to employment . The public examines and reasons on their works , and spectators by degrees be- come judges . Nor are persons of the first rank mere patrons . Lord ...
Page 75
... artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome by the uncomfortable realization that he had kept an interested public waiting to complete its sets since 1764 when the ...
... artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome by the uncomfortable realization that he had kept an interested public waiting to complete its sets since 1764 when the ...
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