 It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of these forms ; and which, by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discerning what each wants in particular.  The Discourses - Page 29by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Field Stanfield - 1813 - 402 pages
...able to get above all singular forms, local customs, particularities, and details of every kind." " It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of those forms : and which, by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 pages
...have something about them like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection. But it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long...contemplation and comparison of these forms ; and which by_a_Jlong habit of observing what any setofpbjects of the same kind havejn common, has acquired the... | |
 | Buonarroti - 1828 - 24 pages
...these blemishes. It must be an eye long ac" customed to the contemplation and comparison " of those forms ; and which by a long habit of " observing what any set of objects of the same 16 SAMPSON. " kind have in common, has acquired the power " of discerning what each wants in particular.... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1836 - 336 pages
...have something about them like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection. But it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long...power of discerning what each wants in particular. " Thus it is from a reiterated experience, and a close comparison of the objects in nature, that an... | |
 | 1842 - 554 pages
...have something about them like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection : but it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes ; it must be an eye long...; and which, by a long habit of observing what any eet of objects of the same kind have in common, has acqifired the power of discerning what each wants... | |
 | Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1844 - 364 pages
...about them, like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection; but it is not every eye which perceives those blemishes. It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of these forms, and which by long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power... | |
 | 458 pages
...imperfecition. But it is not every eye that perceives jthese blemishes. It must be an eye long used jto the contemplation and comparison of these | forms;...This long laborious comparison should be the first j study of the painter who aims at the greatest style. By this meanshe acquires a just idea of ibeautiful... | |
 | George Cleghorn - 1848 - 368 pages
...have something about them like weakness, minuteness, and imperfection, but it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long...same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discussing what each wants in particular. This long, laborious comparison should be the first study... | |
 | George Cleghorn (writer on art.) - 1848 - 366 pages
...have something about them like weakness, minuteness, and imperfection, but it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long...same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discussing what each wants in particular. This long, laborious comparison should be the first study... | |
 | 1854 - 466 pages
...have something about them like weakness, minuteness, and imperfection, but it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long...forms, and which, by a long habit of observing what one set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discerning what each... | |
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