The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the Royal Academy : with an Original Memoir, and Anecdotes of the Author, Volum 1 |
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82 , “ The true Idea of Beauty . ... The second essay is more of an original
character , and examines the maxim of imitating nature with great acuteness ;
and , in a true spirit of philosophical discrimination , shows that there is a
sublimity in ...
82 , “ The true Idea of Beauty . ... The second essay is more of an original
character , and examines the maxim of imitating nature with great acuteness ;
and , in a true spirit of philosophical discrimination , shows that there is a
sublimity in ...
Side 152
Opinions generally received and floating in the world , whether true or false , we
naturally adopt and make our own ; they may be considered as a kind of
inheritance to which we succeed and are tenants for life , and which we leave to
our ...
Opinions generally received and floating in the world , whether true or false , we
naturally adopt and make our own ; they may be considered as a kind of
inheritance to which we succeed and are tenants for life , and which we leave to
our ...
Side 155
... some with more , some with less clearness , but all exactly in the same way . A
picture that is unlike , is false . Disproportionate ordonnance of parts is not right :
because it cannot be true , until it ceases to be a contradiction to assert , that the ...
... some with more , some with less clearness , but all exactly in the same way . A
picture that is unlike , is false . Disproportionate ordonnance of parts is not right :
because it cannot be true , until it ceases to be a contradiction to assert , that the ...
Side 184
If what has been advanced be true , — that beside this beauty or truth , which is
formed on the uniform , eternal , and immutable laws of nature , and which of
necessity can be but one ; that beside this one immutable verity there are
likewise ...
If what has been advanced be true , — that beside this beauty or truth , which is
formed on the uniform , eternal , and immutable laws of nature , and which of
necessity can be but one ; that beside this one immutable verity there are
likewise ...
Side 185
The true spirit of philosophy , by giving knowledge , gives a manly confidence ,
and substitutes rational firmness in the place of vain presumption . A man of real
taste is always a man of judgment in other respects ; and those inventions which
...
The true spirit of philosophy , by giving knowledge , gives a manly confidence ,
and substitutes rational firmness in the place of vain presumption . A man of real
taste is always a man of judgment in other respects ; and those inventions which
...
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The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the ..., Volum 3 Sir Joshua Reynolds Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1824 |
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The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the ..., Volum 2 Sir Joshua Reynolds Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1824 |
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