| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...excellent. Such Perfonages I think would pleafe no body, but the Painter that made them. Not but I think a Painter may make a better Face than ever was, but he muft do it by a kind of Felicity, ( as a Mufician that maketh an excellent Air in Mufick ) and not... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1720 - 528 pages
...Piftures, I think, would pleafe no Body, but the Painter that made them. Not but that I think a 27® EAUTY. a Painter may make a better .Face than ever was: But he muft do it by a kind of Felicity or Chance,, (as a Mufician that maketh an excellent Air in Mufick)... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...141. pleafe 134 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS pleafe nobody, but the painter that made them. Not but I think, a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he muft do it by a kind of felicity, as a mufician that maketh an excellent ayre in mufic, and not by... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...excellent. Such perfonages, I think, would pleafe nobody, but the painter that made them. Not but I think, a painter may make a better face than ever was; but he muft do it by a kind of felicity, as a mufician that maketh an excellent air in mufic, and not by rule.... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 pages
...excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody, but the painter that made them. Not but I think, a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but...of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent ayre in music, and not by rule. A man shall see faces, that, if you examine them, part by part, you... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody, but the painter that made them. Not but I think, a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but...by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an exceU lent ayre in music, and not by rule. A man shall see faces, that, if you examine them, part by... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...excellent. Such perfonages, I think, would pleafe nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think, a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he muft do it by a kind of felicity, as a mufician that maketh an excellent air in mufic, and not by rule.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 pages
...excellent. Such perfonages, I think, would pleafe nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think, a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he muft do it by a kind of felicity, as a mufician that maketh an excellent air in mufic, and not by rule.... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...excellent. Such personages, I think, would please no body but the painter that made them: not but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was; but...the principal part of beauty is in decent motion, certainly it is no marvel, though persons in years seem many times more amiable; " pulchrorum autumnus... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...excellent. Such personages, I think, would please no body but the painter that made them ; not but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was; but...the principal part of beauty is in decent motion, certainly it is no marvel, though persons in years seem many times more amiable ; " pulchrorum autumnus... | |
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