 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 sider
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
 | 1792 - 620 sider
...contrarieties •which cannot fubfifl together, and which deftroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in univerfal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth, and a minute exaftnefs in the detail,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 sider
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 sider
...ships, and reign once more in our native country." No. 82. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1759TO THE IDLER. SIR, DISCOURSING in my last letter on the different practice...selected the most beautiful part of the creation, it will shew how much their principles are founded on reason, and at the same time discover the origin of our... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 sider
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 sider
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal Nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say,... | |
 | 1819 - 792 sider
...imitation. The enlightened angler does not condescend to imitate specifically the detail of things — he attends only to the invariable, the great, and general ideas which are inherent in nature. He throws his fly lightly and with elegance on the surface of the glittering waters,... | |
 | 1819 - 792 sider
...imitation. The enlightened angler does not condescend to imitate specifically the detail of things — he attends only to the invariable, the great, and general ideas which are inherent in nature. He throws his fly lightly and with elegance on the surface of the glittering waters,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 sider
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 sider
...contrarieties which cannot subsist together, and which destroy the efficacy of each other. The Italian attends only to the invariable, the great and general...ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say of... | |
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The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general ; ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of nature modified by accident.... 
