 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 str.
...thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it.' The Dunciad, iv. 249. * ' Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures ;...is often lost in the obscurity of his subject. But 250 Records not consulted by historians. [Sept. 17. think it of no consequence whether portraits are... | |
 | 1803 - 196 str.
...covered with pictures, that, however excellent, neither imply the owner's virtue nor excite it. VoL. I. O Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures, and the art of the painter of portrait is often lost in the obscurity of his subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 str.
...are covered with pictures, that, however excellent, neither imply the owner's virtue, nor excite it. Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures;...lost in the obscurity of his subject. But it is in pointing as in life; what is greatest is not always best. I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 str.
...are covered with pictures, that, however excellent, neither imply the owner's virtue, nor excite it. Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures ;...art of the painter of portraits is often lost in the obscnrity of his subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is greatest is not always best. I... | |
 | 1828 - 592 str.
...can desire it but for the sake of those whom he loves and by whom he hopes to be remembered. . . . Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures,...painting as in life: what is greatest is not always best. 1 should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and to goddesses, to empty splendour and to airy... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 324 str.
...spoke of painting in another mood, and of Reynolds with civility and affection. " Gsnius," he says, " is chiefly exerted in historical pictures, and the...painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of the subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is greatest is not always best. I should grieve... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1830 - 402 str.
...historical pictures, and the art of the painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of the subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is greatest is not always best. / should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and goddesses, to empty splendour and to airy fiction,... | |
 | 1846 - 316 str.
...spoke of painting in another mood, and of Reynolds with civility and affection. " Gsnius," he says, " is chiefly exerted in historical pictures, and the...painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of the subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is greatest is not always best. I should grieve... | |
 | John Burnet - 1848 - 244 str.
...are covered with pictures, that, however excellent, neither imply the owner's virtue nor excite it. Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures,...of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of his subjects ; but it is in painting as in life: what is greatest is not always best. I should grieve to... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1851 - 400 str.
...required. Hence he was one of the best critics of manners, and worst of poetry, that ever existed. " Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures ;...painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of the subject. But it is in painting, as it is in life — what is greatest is not always best. I should... | |
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is chiefly exerted in historical pictures, and the art of the painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of the subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is greatest is not always best. I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes... 
