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For this purpose I have opened a correspondence with members of the Royal Society , and of the Royal Academy ; of the Societies of Antiquaries and of Arts , and of the Royal , London , and British Institutions .
For this purpose I have opened a correspondence with members of the Royal Society , and of the Royal Academy ; of the Societies of Antiquaries and of Arts , and of the Royal , London , and British Institutions .
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The Muses Journal , the British Apollo , the Herald of the Arts , the Mercury of Science , and many other names , have been preferred and rejected in their turns . One was too presuming , another wanted simplicity , a third , dignity .
The Muses Journal , the British Apollo , the Herald of the Arts , the Mercury of Science , and many other names , have been preferred and rejected in their turns . One was too presuming , another wanted simplicity , a third , dignity .
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... a tribe of picture dealers , whose interest and occupation have been to defame the national character , to decry the talents of British artists , to discourage their efforts , to blight their hopes , and and prevent their success .
... a tribe of picture dealers , whose interest and occupation have been to defame the national character , to decry the talents of British artists , to discourage their efforts , to blight their hopes , and and prevent their success .
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The patient industry of the Flemish and Dutch schools has produced for us objects of study , and examples of imitation . But let not their magical powers of execution seduce the British artist to the THE DIRECTOR , 15.
The patient industry of the Flemish and Dutch schools has produced for us objects of study , and examples of imitation . But let not their magical powers of execution seduce the British artist to the THE DIRECTOR , 15.
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magical powers of execution seduce the British artist to the adoption of the topics which they in general have selected . Accustomed to mean and unworthy subjects , the mind becomes cramped and enfeebled .
magical powers of execution seduce the British artist to the adoption of the topics which they in general have selected . Accustomed to mean and unworthy subjects , the mind becomes cramped and enfeebled .
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Page 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Page 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Page 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Page 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Page 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Page 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Page 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
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| Title | The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volumes 1-2 |
| Editor | Thomas Frognall Dibdin |
| Published | 1807 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 23 Oct 2006 |
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