 | 1819 - 550 pages
...between gayety and unconcern; the act of a mind at leisure, to regard the actions of another. IMITATION. IT is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; hot it requires judgment to distinguish those parts of nature which are mort proper for imitation.... | |
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...most to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation as to display that lustre which before...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation : greater care... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 198 pages
...most to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which...nature ; but it it necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation: greater care is still required in representing... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 190 pages
....to be employed; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in Midi a situation, as to. display that lustre which before...nature ; but it it necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation : greater care is still required in representing... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 206 pages
...may bo polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before wus buried among common stones. ' It is justly considered...nature ; but it it necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation r greater care is still required in representing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...ought most to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most' proper for imitation : greater care... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situa. tion, as to display that lustre which before was buried...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nawre which are most proper for imitation : greater care... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...most to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation: greater care... | |
 | 1810 - 464 pages
...most to be employed: as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation : greater care... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before w.,s buried among common stones. It is justly considered...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation : greater care... | |
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It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation : greater care is still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured... 
