 The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what...  The Discourses - Side 81av Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 283 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by s uch men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what be has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock. He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what be haï before often repeated." An examination of the earlier works of most of the great masters will... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 726 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...imitations ; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and repeat what he has before often repeated." — Discourse 6. " It is indisputably evident, that a great... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 318 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the •subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of... | |
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