 | James Hamilton - 1856 - 984 страници
...Burke, " on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the fir? t Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...facility, in happy invention, and in the richness arid harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages." "His social... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 страници
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ;... | |
 | T P Grinsted - 1859 - 342 страници
...a high eulogium upon the merits of Eeynolds as a painter, remarking that " in taste, in grace, and facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages." Cunningham, in his memoir of Sir Joshua, relates the following... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 страници
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorahle men of his time. He was the first Englishmen |, greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went heyond them ; for he communicated to that... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Allan Cunningham - 1860 - 394 страници
...Reynolds was, on many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...happy invention — and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 454 страници
...Burke,) was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest inventors of the renowned ages.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 страници
...elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest inventors of the renowned ages. " He possessed the theory as perfectly as the practice of... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1861 - 334 страници
...was, On very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he was beyond them ; for he communicated to that description of the art, in which English... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1861 - 622 страници
...intellectual and characteristic aspect. Burke was mistaken when be said that Reynolds was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. But if he was not that, we cannot but regard him, when we reflect on the influence which he exerted... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1862 - 432 страници
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other...equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for he communicated to that description of the art, in which English... | |
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Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and... 
