 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...transcribing one short passage from one of his Discourses.* " It is indisputably evident (he says) that a great part of every man's life must be employed...more than a new combination of those images which hare been previously gathered and deposited in the memory. Nothing can come of nothing. He who has... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1827 - 472 pages
...16, Fleet-st. MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. lag.] SATURDAY, JUNE 16, Ш7. [Price 3d. " Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than...of those images which have been previously gathered anil deposited in the memory ; nothing can be mnde of nothing ; he who lias leid up DO materials, can... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...for them can, when they perish, grieve. Waller. — From the French. XCIV. It is indisputably evident that a great part of every man's life must be employed...gathered and deposited in the memory: nothing can be made of nothing: he who has laid up no materials, can produce no combination. — Sir J. xcv. An... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...for them can, when they perish, grieve. Waller.—From the French. XCIV. It is indisputably evident that a great part oF every man's life must be employed...little more than a new combination of those images wiiich Have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory: nothing can be made of nothing: he... | |
 | 1833 - 480 pages
...MATERIALS FOR THINKING. Extracted from the WORKS of ANCIENT and .MODERN AUTHORS. It is indisputably evident that a great part of every man's life must be employed...gathered and deposited in the memory: nothing can be made of nothing : he who has laid no materials, can produce no combination. Sir JuJiua Reynolds.... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with him, self.—Steels. 848. It is undisputably evident that a great part of every man's life must be employed...gathered and deposited in the memory. Nothing can be made of nothing. He who has laid up no materials can produce no combination.—Sir J. Reynolds.... | |
 | Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...earnest attention. — 7fer. Dr. Me All. KATZIUALS REQUIRED FOR IHVENTIOW. IT is indisputably evident that a great part of every man's life must be employed in collecting materials for the exercise of genins. Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1844 - 506 pages
...architect who possesses a respectable professional library. As Sir Joshua says, "It is indisputably evident that a great part of every man's life must be employed...of those images which have been previously gathered .mil deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing: Be who has laid up no materials, can produce... | |
 | 458 pages
...view to distant excellence, and to show the readiest path that leads to it. It is indisputably evident that a great part of every man's life must be employed...of genius. Invention, strictly speaking, is little mure than a lew combination of those images which have icon previously gathered and deposited in the... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason - Aesthetics, Modern - 1852 - 518 pages
...precepts, which it is his business to give, and your duty to understand. It is indisputably evident that a great part of every man's life, must be employed...Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than ^jgw^eomliination^f those imSgTs""'wn•TcS*'•bave" been previously gathered and depositecrltrtKeTnemory... | |
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It is indisputably evident that a great part of every man's life must be employed in collecting materials for the exercise of genius. Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered... 
