| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 страници
...raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original, that it is difficult to... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 566 страници
...by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original that it [80 is difficult to suppose them not merely the product of imagination. As a teacher of wisdom, he... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 924 страници
...raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original that it [So is difficult... | |
| John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 страници
...raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original, that it is difficult to... | |
| Edward Alan Bloom, Lillian D. Bloom - 1995 - 508 страници
...raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original, that it is difficult to... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 страници
...by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so...difficult to suppose them not merely the product of the imagination. As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 страници
...raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original, that it is difficult to... | |
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