| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 470 pages
...employed: as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a «ituation, 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... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 638 pages
...diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to if display that lustre which before was buried among...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... | |
| 1823 - 886 pages
...he never transgress the laws of virtue, or at least that he never transgress them with impunity. " 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situaRL c tiou, 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 - 1825 - 530 pages
...as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situaRI c tion, 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 - 1825 - 530 pages
...as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situaRI c tion, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly^ considered as thejrreatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those ' of nature,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...to be employed : as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in euch is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation ; greater care... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...most t<r 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 common stones. Jt is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary... | |
| Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - 276 pages
...rare to meet with a man who has a just taste without a sound understanding. * Hume. DISCRIMINATION. 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...most to be employed : as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in for the author. My landlady was very "I art, to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most... | |
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