THE LITERARY WORKS OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, KT. LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY; CONTAINING HIS DISCOURSES, PAPERS IN THE IDLER, THE JOURNAL OF A AND ALSO HIS COMMENTARY ON DU FRESNOY'S ART OF PAINTING. PRINTED FROM THE AUTHOR'S REVISED COPIES, IN THREE VOLUMES. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, Some Account of the Life of the Author, Br EDMOND MALONE, Esq. ONE OF HIS EXECUTORS. THE FIFTH EDITION, CORRECTED: In which is now included, A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, By JOSEPH FARINGTON, Esq. R. A. Quasi non ea præcipiam aliis, quæ mihi ipsi desunt. VOLUME THE SECOND. - CICERO. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND, BOOKSELLERS TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY. CONTENTS Sculpture: Has but one style. Its objects, form, and character. Ineffectual attempts of the mo- Particular methods of study of little consequence -Little of the art can be taught.-Love of method often a love of idleness. Pittori improv- visatori apt to be careless and incorrect; seldom 69 |