Sir Joshua ReynoldsHoughton, Osgood, 1878 - 176 pagina's |
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Pagina 94 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless and grand; His manners were gentle, complying and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Pagina 160 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Pagina 155 - 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*.
Pagina 105 - Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it ; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey, with an English inscription.
Pagina 142 - The great end of all those arts is, to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails, and something else succeeds. I think, therefore, the true test of all the arts is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is, to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind.
Pagina 104 - As to his person, — in his stature Sir Joshua Reynolds was rather under the middle size, of a florid complexion, roundish blunt features, and a lively aspect, — not corpulent, though somewhat inclined to it, but extremely active, — with manners uncommonly polished and agreeable.
Pagina 62 - I went to Mr. Sterne's lodging ; the mistress opened the door ; I inquired how he did. She told me to go up to the nurse ; I went into the room, and he was just a-dying. I waited ten minutes; but in five he said, ' Now it is come !' He put up his hand as if to stop a blow, and died in a minute.
Pagina 104 - in your house the company was of such a sort, that 'by — I believe all the rest of the world enjoyed peace for
Pagina 121 - Sir Joshua is not a plagiary, but will beget a thousand. The exuberance of his invention will be the grammar of future painters of portrait.
Pagina 51 - She never did sacrifice to the Graces : her face was gloriously handsome, but she used to play cricket and eat beefsteaks on the Steyne at Brighton.