Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy by the President, 1778

Academy acquired againſt antient appear Artiſt beauty becauſe beſt ceaſe character Claude Lorrain colouring compofition confequence confiderable confidered confifts courſe cuſtom defire dignity DISCOURSE diſtinct diſtinguiſhed drefs endeavour excellencies expreffing expreffion faid fame faſhion feems fhall fhew figures fimplicity fince firſt fome fomething ftile ftudy fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fure genius give greateſt higheſt himſelf hiſtory idea imagination imitation induſtry invention itſelf laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewiſe Lodovico Caracci manner maſters Michael Angelo mind modern moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neral never obfervation opinion ornaments paffions Painter Painting perfect Phidias picture pleaſe poffeffed portrait Pouffin praiſe preſent principles profeffors purpoſe purſue racter Raffaelle reafon repreſent reſpect ſame ſchools ſeem ſenſe ſeparate ſhall ſhould Sir Joshua Reynolds ſome ſpeak ſtile ſtill Student ſtudy ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Titian truth uſe Venetian whoſe wiſh