| 1843 - 844 страници
...was born in the sime age with that painter." — " I feel a self- congratulation," adds Sif Joshua, " in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he...without vanity, that these Discourses bear testimony 6f my admiration of that trnly divine man; and I should desire that tholast words which I should pronounce... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 страници
...the slightest of his perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of...admiration of that truly divine man; and I should desire jthat the last words which I should pronounce in this academy, and from this place, might be the name... | |
| British Institution - 1824 - 372 страници
...In the Possession of Prince Regent Ph. J. Miles, Esq. Sir H. Wellesley Miscellaneous Observations. " I reflect, not without vanity, that these discourses...divine man, and I should desire that the last words that I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of M. Angelo."—Sir... | |
| 1824 - 436 страници
...lovers of art, he delivered as President of the Royal Academy, he thus concludes : — " Gentlemen, I reflect not without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony of my admiration of this truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 страници
...the slightest of his perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite; and should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this academy, and from this place,... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 страници
...Raffaelle, the exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano all disappear before them. « * * » * " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 606 страници
...Raffaelle, the exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano all disappear before them. * * * * * " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
| Lives - 1833 - 588 страници
...Raffaelle, the exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano all disappear before them. * * * * * " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
| John Gould - 1835 - 430 страници
...exquisite grace of Correggio and Parmegiano, all disappear before them. ***** " I feel a self-gratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1837 - 594 страници
...Michael Angelo." Sir Joshua Reynolds, two centuries later, declared to the British Institution, " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite." It will be readily conceded, that a man of such habits and such deeds, made good his pretensions to... | |
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