 | 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
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...for imitation : greater care is still required in presenting life, which is so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...is justly considered as the greatesi excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it requires judgment to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation. Rambler, vol. i, p. 21. As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a' proof of imitation,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 190 pages
...stones. ' It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it it necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which...still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 188 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed iir such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. ' It is justly...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; but it it necessary to distinguish those farts of nature which are most proper for imitation: greater care... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 198 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. ' It is justly...greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it it necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation: greater care... | |
 | 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...greatest excellency of art. to imitate nature ; but it it necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation r greater care... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...cannot be made, be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...which are most' proper for imitation : greater care still is required in representing life, wTiich is so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness.... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situa. tion, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nawre which are most proper for imitation : greater care still is required in representing life, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot... | |
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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... 
