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... of illustration with which that censure is enforced , if he had not prece- dent to plead in his defence . To say the truth however , he has not much respect for this species of justification , and if no better can be PREFACE . XXV.
... of illustration with which that censure is enforced , if he had not prece- dent to plead in his defence . To say the truth however , he has not much respect for this species of justification , and if no better can be PREFACE . XXV.
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... Truth , Thou comest to Genius - comest in all thy charms , Blest in his love , and bright'ning in his arms . As erst , fair Eve in Adam's eye bestow'd A richer bloom o'er Eden's pure abode ; Of thee enamour'd , as he roves around , SO ...
... Truth , Thou comest to Genius - comest in all thy charms , Blest in his love , and bright'ning in his arms . As erst , fair Eve in Adam's eye bestow'd A richer bloom o'er Eden's pure abode ; Of thee enamour'd , as he roves around , SO ...
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... truth and experience . * To assert , that labour , however persevering or well di- rected , is adequate to the attainment of excellence in the more refined pursuits of life , may , possibly , be an en- couragement to patient industry ...
... truth and experience . * To assert , that labour , however persevering or well di- rected , is adequate to the attainment of excellence in the more refined pursuits of life , may , possibly , be an en- couragement to patient industry ...
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... Truth's purest colours freed from Error's hues ! Safe pilot of the soul ! without whose aid Equipp'd in vain , Ambition's anchor's weigh'd : Science misguided quits her course sublime , And Learning founders with the freight of Time ...
... Truth's purest colours freed from Error's hues ! Safe pilot of the soul ! without whose aid Equipp'd in vain , Ambition's anchor's weigh'd : Science misguided quits her course sublime , And Learning founders with the freight of Time ...
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... truth and experience . They felt the necessity of refining the public judgment , and did not leave the task to the vitiating interference of officious pretenders ; they stepped forward boldly to enlighten the tribunal before which they ...
... truth and experience . They felt the necessity of refining the public judgment , and did not leave the task to the vitiating interference of officious pretenders ; they stepped forward boldly to enlighten the tribunal before which they ...
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Page 38 - As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath; And keep them in the pale of Words till death...
Page 12 - Nothing is denied to well-directed labour: nothing is to be obtained without it. Not to enter into metaphysical discussions on the nature or essence of genius, I will venture to assert that assiduity unabated by difficulty, and a disposition eagerly directed to the object of its pursuit, will produce effects similar to those which some call the result of natural powers.
Page 78 - Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Page 202 - To conclude, I will venture to repeat in favour of Rubens, what I have before said in regard to the Dutch school — that those who cannot see the extraordinary merit of this great painter, either have a narrow conception of the variety of art, or are led away by the affectation of approving nothing but what comes from the Italian school.
Page 43 - The imputation of novelty is a terrible charge amongst those who judge of men's heads, as they do of their perukes, by the fashion, and can allow none to be right but the received doctrines.
Page 15 - It is of no use to prescribe to those who have no talents ; and those who have talents will find methods for themselves — methods dictated to them by their own particular dispositions, and by the experience of their own particular necessities.
Page 156 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess...
Page 194 - Such faults may be said to be the ebullitions of genius; but at least he had this merit, that he never was insipid, and whatever passion his works may excite, they will always escape contempt. What I have had under consideration is the...
Page 12 - Guido, and the Caraccis. It is true, there is nothing very captivating in Carlo Maratti ; but this proceeded from a want which cannot be completely supplied; that is, want of strength of parts. In this certainly men are not equal; and a man can bring home wares only in proportion to the capital with which he goes to market. Carlo, by diligence, made the most of what he had...
Page 387 - ... tecta figuris : tum paries nullo crimine pictus erat. sed non immerito velavit aranea fanum et mala desertos occupat herba deos.