Anecdotes of William Hogarth: Written by HimselfJ.B. Nichols and son, 1833 - 416 páginas |
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... finished , than he did before it was begun . There may be , and I believe are , some who , like the en- grossers of deeds , copy every line without remembering a word ; and if the deed should be in law Latin , or old French , probably ...
... finished , than he did before it was begun . There may be , and I believe are , some who , like the en- grossers of deeds , copy every line without remembering a word ; and if the deed should be in law Latin , or old French , probably ...
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... , * and unascer- [ In part of this violent philippic , Hogarth may possibly glance at Sir Joshua Reynolds , whom it has been said , but I tained by tradition , the best preserved and highest finished 16 ANECDOTES OF HOGARTH ,
... , * and unascer- [ In part of this violent philippic , Hogarth may possibly glance at Sir Joshua Reynolds , whom it has been said , but I tained by tradition , the best preserved and highest finished 16 ANECDOTES OF HOGARTH ,
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Written by Himself William Hogarth. tained by tradition , the best preserved and highest finished picture ( though it should have been painted by Raphael ) , will not , at a public auction , produce five shillings ; while a despicable ...
Written by Himself William Hogarth. tained by tradition , the best preserved and highest finished picture ( though it should have been painted by Raphael ) , will not , at a public auction , produce five shillings ; while a despicable ...
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... finished , -BUT How ! the painter's death ( as usual ) , can only positively determine . The price required for it was therefore not on account of its value as a pic- ture , but proportioned to the value of the time it took in painting ...
... finished , -BUT How ! the painter's death ( as usual ) , can only positively determine . The price required for it was therefore not on account of its value as a pic- ture , but proportioned to the value of the time it took in painting ...
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... finishing . These twelve prints were calculated for the instruction of young people , and every thing addressed to them is fully described in words as well as figures ; yet to foreigners a translation of the mottoes , the intention of ...
... finishing . These twelve prints were calculated for the instruction of young people , and every thing addressed to them is fully described in words as well as figures ; yet to foreigners a translation of the mottoes , the intention of ...
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Página 223 - Give me another horse! bind up my wounds! Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream. O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
Página 160 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Página 109 - Hogarth, in whom the satirist never extinguished that love of beauty which belonged to him as a poet, so often and so gladly introduces as the central figure in a crowd of humorous deformities, which figure (such is the power of true genius) neither acts nor is meant to act as a contrast; but diffuses through all and over...
Página viii - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who, being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — " Shakespeare : " being asked which he esteemed next best, replied,—
Página 103 - Achilles' image stood his spear Griped in an armed hand ; himself behind Was left unseen, save to the eye of mind : A hand, a foot, a face, a leg, a head, Stood for the whole to be imagined.
Página 63 - ' The stagnation rendered it necessary that I should do some timed thing to recover my lost time, and stop a gap in my income. This drew forth my print of 'The Times...
Página 244 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Página 77 - I have shown that his views were more generous and extensive. Mirth coloured his pictures, but benevolence designed them. He smiled like Socrates, that men might not be offended at his lectures, and might learn to laugh at their own follies.
Página 151 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reach'd the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
Página 46 - Your People, Sir, are partial in the rest: Foes to all living worth except your own, And Advocates for folly dead and gone. Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old; It is the rust we value, not the gold. Chaucer's worst ribaldry is learn'd by rote, And beastly Skelton' Heads of houses quote: One likes no language but the Faery Queen; A Scot will fight for Christ's Kirk o...