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The literary works [&c.]. In which is included a memoir by J. Farington - Page 141
by sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819
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Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present ..., Volume 2

William Seward - 1795 - 684 pages
...which "ia Painter owes to an Architect who compctfed "like a Painter, and was defrauded of the due ?i reward of his merit by the Wits of his time, '' .who did not underftand the principles of cotn" pofition in poetry better than he, and who kneiv " little or nothing...
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Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present ..., Volume 2

William Seward - 1796 - 418 pages
...This," " This," adds Sir Jofhua, " is a tribute which " a Painter owes to an Architecl who compofed " like a Painter, and was defrauded of the due " reward...his merit by the Wits of his time, ** who did not underftand the principles of com" pofition in poetry better than he, and who knew " little or nothing...
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Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volume 2

William Seward - 1796 - 430 pages
...which " a Painter owes to an Architect who compofed ** like a Painter, and was defrauded of the duo " reward of his merit by the Wits of his time, " who did not underftand the principles of com" pofition in poetry better than he, and who knew " little or nothing...
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Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding ...

William Seward - 1798 - 536 pages
...reward of his merit by the Wits of his time, " who did not underftand the principles of com" pofition in poetry better than he, and who " knew little or nothing of what he underftood " perfectly, the general ruling principles of " Architecture and Painting. Vanbrugh's fate...
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Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Last and Two ..., Volume 2

William Seward - 1804 - 492 pages
..."a Painter owes to an Architect who compofed " like a Painter, and was defrauded of the due re" ward of his merit by the Wits of his time, who " did not underftand the principles of competition " in poetry better than he, and who knew little or " nothing...
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A biographical history of England, from the Revolution to the end ..., Volume 2

Mark Noble - 1806 - 454 pages
...surprises me." The late Sir Joshua Reynolds ANN. CLASS X Reynolds declares, in opposition, that Vanburgh was defrauded of the due reward of his merit, by the wits of the time, who knew not the rules of architecture.' " Vanburgh's fate/' the knight adds, " was that...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 30

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 528 pages
...abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a painter owes to an architect who composed like a painter,...general ruling principles of architecture and painting. Vanbrugh's fate was that of the great Perrault. Both were the objects of the petulant sarcasms of factious...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 30

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 520 pages
...abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a painter owes to an architect who composed like a painter,...general ruling principles of architecture and painting. Vanbrugh's fate was that of the great Perrault. Both were the objects of the petulant sarcasms of factious...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kt. Late President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a Painter owes to an Architect who composed like a Painter;...principles of Architecture and Painting. His fate waa that of the great Perrault; both were the objects of the petulant sarcasms of factious men of letters;...
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The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the ..., Volume 2

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 pages
...abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a painter owes to an architect who composed like a painter;...who knew little, or nothing, of what he understood perfoctly, the general ruling principles of architecture and painting. His fate was that of the great...
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