 | 1809 - 1020 pages
...his happiness. " It is justly considered," says Dr Johnson, in the fourth number of the Kambler, " as the greatest excellency " of art, to imitate nature...most proper for " imitation. Greater care is still rc" quired in representing life, which is " so often discoloured by passion, or " deformed by wickedness.... | |
 | 1810 - 464 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...required in representing -life, which is so often discoloured by passion or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before w.,s buried among common stones. It is justly considered...still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion or deformed by wickedness". If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre twhich before was buried among- common stones. : It is justly...care is still required in representing life, which h so often discolored by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which'are most proper for imitation : greater care is still required in representing life, which is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among eommon stones. It is justly considered as the greatest excellency...distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imit*tion: greater care is still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly...still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situ-! ation, as to display that lustre which before was\ buried among common stones. It is justly...still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. -""It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of y art, to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper... | |
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It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation : greater care is still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured... 
