 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...fure to fucceed beft; for the painter of genius cannot ftoop to drudgery, in which the underftanding has no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim kindred with poetry; but by its powers over the imagination ? To this power the painter of genius dire£ts him ; in this fenfe he ftudies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...fure to fucceed beft; for the painter of genius cannot ftoop to drudgery, in which the underftanding has no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim kindred with poetry, but by its powers over the imagination ? To this power the painter of genius directs him ; in this fenfe he ftudies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...fure to fucceed beft; for the painter of genius cannot ftoop to drudgery, in which the underftanding has no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim kindred with poetry, but by its powers over the imagination ? To this power the painter of genius directs him ; in this fenfe he ftudies... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to Poetry ; this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the slowest intellect...imagination ? To this power the Painter of genius directs his aim; in this sense he studies Nature, and often arrives at his end, even by being unnatural, in... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...considered as a liberal art, and sister to Poetry ; this imitation being merely mechanical, in which tne slowest intellect is always sure to succeed best ;...imagination ? To this power the Painter of genius directs his aim; in this sense he studies Nature, and often arrives at his end, even by being unnatural, in... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pages
...lose its rank, and be no longer considered as u liberal art, and sister to pot-try ; this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the slowest intellect...has the art to claim kindred with Poetry, but by its powers over the imagination ? To this power the painter of genius directs him ; in this sense he studies... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pages
...must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to Poetry; this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the slowest intellect...imagination? To this power the Painter of genius directs his aim; in this sense he studies Nature, and often arrives at his end, even by being unnatural, in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to poetry, this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the slowest intellect...has the art to claim kindred with poetry, but by its powers over the imagination ? To this power the painter of genius directs him ; in this sense he studies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to poetry, this imitation being merely mechanical, itj which the slowest intellect is always sure to succeed...has the art to claim kindred with poetry, but by its powers over the imagination ?" To this power the painter of genius directs him ; in this sense he studies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to poetry, this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the slowest intellect...painter of genius cannot stoop to drudgery, in which the understandinghas no part ; and what pretence has the art to claim kindred with poetry, but by its powers... | |
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Poetry: this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the slowest intellect is always sure ( to succeed best; for the Painter of genius cannot stoop to drudgery, in which the understanding has no part; and what pretence has the Art to claim kindred... 
