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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ; Late President of the Royal ... - Page 222
by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809
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The Discourses

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 330 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking ; and...lessened my affection for the study of Criticism is, that Critics, so far as I have observed, debar themselves from receiving any pleasure from the polite arts,...
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The Discourses

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 332 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking ; and...lessened my affection for the study of Criticism is, that Critics, so far as I have observed, debar themselves from receiving any pleasure from the polite arts,...
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Eighteenth Century Essays

1888 - 266 pages
...own part, I profess mysolf an Idl r, aud love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking ; and...those perceptions right, it will be vain for him to endeavor to supply their place by rules, which may enable him to talk more learnedly, but not to distinguish...
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The Desire of Beauty: Being Indications for Æsthetic Culture

Theodore Child - 1892 - 192 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking, and...lessened my affection for the study of criticism, is that critics, so far as I have observed, debar themselves from receiving any pleasure from the polite arts,...
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The Desire of Beauty: Being Indication for Aesthetic Culture

Theodore Child - 1892 - 198 pages
...my part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking, and...those perceptions right, it will be vain for him to endeavor to supply their place by rules, which may enable him to talk more learnedly, but not to distinguish...
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English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin

William Peacock - 1903 - 408 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking; and...a man has not those perceptions right, it will be in vain for him to endeavour to supply their place by rules, which may enable him to talk more learnedly,...
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Eighteenth Century Essays

Austin Dobson - 1914 - 326 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking ; and...will be vain for him to endeavour to supply their p'ace by rules, which may enable him to talk more learnedly, but not to distinguish more acutely. Another...
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La estética inglesa del siglo XVIII.

Francisco Mirabent - 1927 - 280 pages
...estéticos alemanes de su tiempo (1. c., pág. 202). (8) The Idler, núm. 76: «...if a man has not these perceptions right, it will be vain for him to endeavour to supply their place sí, para hacer el tipo corriente de connoisseur. Cita Eeynolds el caso del aficionado que visita en...
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