 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1778 - 346 страници
...youth only, we fhould^ tothe laft moment of our lives, continue * a fettled C 2» a fettled intercourfe with all the true examples of grandeur, Their inventions are not only the food of our infancy, but the fubftance which fupplies the fulleft maturity of our vigour. / , THE mind is but a barren foil ; is... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1785 - 360 страници
...contented to make fuch habits, we mould, to the laft mo-ment of oar lives, continue a fettled intercourie with all the true examples of grandeur. Their inventions are not only the food of our infancy, but the fubftance which fupplies the fulleft maturity of our vigour. " The mind is but a barren foil ; is a... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 страници
...being contented to make such habits the discipline of our youth only, we should, to the last moment of our lives, continue a settled intercourse with...produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter. When we have had continually before us the great works... | |
 | 1809 - 344 страници
...powers, in his usual striking and masterly manner. " The mind," says he, " a barren soil — is a soil " soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or " only one, unless it be continually fertilized, and " enriched with foreign matter." Yet it has been objected, that study is a great enemy... | |
 | Hannah More - 1810 - 220 страници
...powers, in his usual striking and masterly manner. " The mind," says he, " is a barren soil, is a soil soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized, and enriched with foreign matter/' Yet it has been objected, that study is a great enemy... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 страници
...being contented to make such habits the discipline of our youth only, we should, to the last moment of our lives, continue a settled intercourse with...which supplies the fullest maturity of our vigour. I The mind is but a barren soil; a soil V which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 страници
...being contented to make such habits the discipline of our youth only, we should, to the last moment of our lives, continue a settled intercourse with...which supplies the fullest maturity of our vigour. ally fertilized and enriched with foreign matter. When we have had continually before us the great... | |
 | James Northcote - 1819 - 382 страници
...others, that we learn to invent ; as, by reading the thoughts of others, we learn to think." — — " The mind is but a barren soil ; a soil which is soon...produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter." — Such were a few of the most striking general truths... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 страници
...being contented to make such habits the discipline of our youth only, we should, to the last moment of our lives, continue a settled intercourse with...substance which supplies the fullest maturity of our vigor. The mind is but a barren soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only .one,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 страници
...being contented to make such habits the discipline of our youth only, we should, to the last moment of our lives, continue a settled intercourse with...substance which supplies the fullest maturity of our vigor. / The mind is but a barren soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one,... | |
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... far from being contented to make such habits the discipline of our youth only, we should, to the last moment of our lives, continue a settled intercourse with all the true examples of grandeur. 
