 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise. By his mother's solicitation he was admitted into Westminster School, where he was soon distinguished.... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1854 - 366 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's Treatise."* # Cowley's Life. CHAP. IV. 1779—1783. FIRST ATTEMPTS AT RHYME. — THE OLD MORAVIAN HYMN BOOK. —... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise.3 By his mother's solicitation he was admitted into Westminster School, where he was soon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise.3 By his mother's solicitation he was admitted into Westminster School, where he was soon... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - 1864 - 352 pages
...\l. 16s. Bindley, pt iii. 1695, 11. Is. Nassau, pt. ii. 269, 11. 2s. Brockett, 2963, russia, 31. 6s. Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his...art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise. Works, corrected and prepared for the press by his Son. Lond. 1773, 8vo. Works on Painting. Lond. 1725,... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1858 - 330 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise." — Lives of the Poets, LETTER XVIII. THE PHRENOLOGICAL ORGANS CONSIDERED AS INDICATIONS OF MENTAL... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 544 pages
...a continual study of poetry, he became so enchanted by the Muse, that he grew irrecoverably a poet. Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his...art excited by the perusal of Richardson's Treatise. Vaucanson displayed an uncommon genius for mechanics. His taste was first determined by an accident:... | |
 | 1860 - 436 pages
...1773 1. Theory of Painting. II. Art of Criticism in Painting. III. The Science of a Connoisseur. " Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's works."— Lmandet. 4005 RICHARDSON'S (Professor, Glasgow J Poems, chiefly Rural, small 8vo. calf,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1861 - 660 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Kichardsoii's treatise. — Joussox : Life of Cowley, 1. 4. Epistle supposed to have been addressed... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1865 - 536 pages
...a continual study of poetry, he became so enchanted by the Muse, that he grew irrecoverably a poet. Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his...art excited by the perusal of Richardson's Treatise. Vaucanson displayed an uncommon genius for mechanics. His taste was first determined by an accident... | |
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... forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.... 
