 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 366 sider
...of Michael Angelo." Sir Joshua Reynolds, two centuries later, declared to the British Institution, " I feel a selfcongratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite." A man of such habits and such deeds, made good his pretensions to a perception and to delineation of... | |
 | Sir Claude Phillips - 1894 - 474 sider
...has recognised himself to be too imperfectly equipped. The concluding passage is as follows : — " I reflect, not without vanity, that these Discourses...divine man ; and I should desire that the last words I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of Michael Angelo." Leslie... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 704 sider
...perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 sider
...perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 sider
...perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he...without vanity, that these discourses bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should... | |
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1899 - 280 sider
...catch the slightest of his perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a selfcongratulation in knowing myself capable...such sensations as he intended to excite. I reflect without vanity, that these 'Discourses' bear testimony to my admiration of that truly divine man; and... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - 1899 - 650 sider
...cateh the slightest (if his perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as ho intended to excite. I reflect, not without vanity, that these Discourses bear testimony of my admiration... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - 1904 - 948 sider
...perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self -congratulation in knowing myself capable- of such sensations as he...admiration of that truly divine man; and I should desire 1784] that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might bo the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 638 sider
...of Michael Angelo." Sir Joshua Reynolds, two centuries later, declared to the British Institution, " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite." A man of such habits and such deeds made good his pretensions to a perception and to delineation of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 686 sider
...of Michael Angelo." Sir Joshua Reynolds, two centuries later, declared to the British Institution, " I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite." A man of such habits and such deeds made good his pretensions to a perception and to delineation of... | |
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I reflect, not without vanity, that these Discourses bear testimony of my admiration of that truly divine man ; and I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of — MICHAEL ANGELO.*... 
