 | 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustrewhich before was buried among common stones. It is justly...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...most to be employed : as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...most to be employed ; as a diamond-, though it cannot be made, may be polished by 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 of art, to imitate nature ; but it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 pages
...most to be employed : as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situ-! ation, as to display that lustre which before was\ buried...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...most to be employed : as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation as to display that lustre which before...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... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...most to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation as to display that lustre which before...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 476 pages
...ought most to be employed; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art and placed in such a situation as to display that lustre which before...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...ought most to be employed; as a diamond though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that lustre which...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... | |
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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... 
