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" I have taken another course, one more suited to my abilities, and to the taste of the times in which I live. Yet however unequal I feel myself" to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master : to... "
The Discourses - Page 266
by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 283 pages
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 5

1791 - 618 pages
...fuitcd to my abilities, and to the talk of the times in which i live. Yet however unequal I feel myfelf to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the fteps of that great mailer : 10 kifs the hem of his garment; to catch the flighted of his perfections,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 33

1795 - 688 pages
...to my .abilities, and to the tafte of the times in which I live. Yet however unequal I feel myfelf to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the tleps of that great mafter : to kifs the hem of his garment; to catch the fliehteil of his perfections,...
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany, Volume 5

1842 - 612 pages
...associates — a scholar of no mean standing, and an artist of surpassing merit, thus expressed himself, " I would tread in the steps of that great master :...perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an amhitious man." The remarkable man, thus idolized by one who is himself an idol in his own sphere at...
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The literary works [&c.]. In which is included a memoir by J ..., Volume 1

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...taken another course, one more suited to my abilities, and to the taste of the times in which I live. Yet however unequal I feel myself to that attempt,...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. V I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite....
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...taken another course, one more suited to my abilities, and to the taste of the times in which I live. ber us poor Slayers all. And thus do we begin To lead...all this day, And DOW returned back again We have He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose hands it assumed...
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The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports ...

William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...taken another course, one more suited to my abilities, and to the taste of the times in which I live. Yet however unequal I feel myself to that attempt,...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose hands it assumed...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...taken another course, one more suited to my abilities, and to the taste of the times in which I live. y, as it has been thought worthy of legislation, should...without the interposition of the legislature. Uur ambilious man. He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 2

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 892 pages
...Reynolds says, ' Were I now to begin the world again, however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, I would tread in the steps of that great master :...a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of inch sensations as he intended to • AI ii,-; nnd should desire that the last words which I should...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...taken another course, one more suited to my abilities, and to the taste of the times in which I live. Yet however unequal I feel myself to that attempt,...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose hands it assumed...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 348 pages
...taken another course, one more suited to my abilities, and to the taste of the times in which I live. Yet, however unequal I feel myself to that attempt,...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man." — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS' Discourses, vol. il. p. 216-] (3) The statue of Moses on the monument of Julius...
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