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" The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what... "
The Discourses - Page 81
by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 283 pages
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ...: Containing His ..., Volume 1

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work...
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Volume 1

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by s uch men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kt. Late President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...: Containing His ..., Volume 1

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work...
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The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work...
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The complete works of sir Joshua Reynolds, with an orig. memoir and ...

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what be has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult...
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster, Volume 16

Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock. He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what be haï before often repeated." An examination of the earlier works of most of the great masters will...
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The literary works of sir Joshua Reynolds. To which is prefixed a ..., Volume 1

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 726 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...imitations ; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and repeat what he has before often repeated." — Discourse 6. " It is indisputably evident, that a great...
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The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 318 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 4

Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the •subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of...
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