The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 109
... painter and the shoemaker is very well known . The shoe- maker set the painter right with regard to some mistakes he had made in the shoe of one of his figures , which the painter , who had not made such accurate observations on shoes ...
... painter and the shoemaker is very well known . The shoe- maker set the painter right with regard to some mistakes he had made in the shoe of one of his figures , which the painter , who had not made such accurate observations on shoes ...
Page 110
... painter who executed this piece , or than a thousand European connoisseurs , who pro- bably never would have made the same observa- tion . His Turkish majesty had indeed been well acquainted with that terrible spectacle , which the ...
... painter who executed this piece , or than a thousand European connoisseurs , who pro- bably never would have made the same observa- tion . His Turkish majesty had indeed been well acquainted with that terrible spectacle , which the ...
Page 148
... painters call still- life . In these a cottage , a dunghill , the meanest and most ordinary utensils of the kitchen , are ca- pable of giving us pleasure . But when the object of the painting or poem is such as we should run to see if ...
... painters call still- life . In these a cottage , a dunghill , the meanest and most ordinary utensils of the kitchen , are ca- pable of giving us pleasure . But when the object of the painting or poem is such as we should run to see if ...
Page 154
... painters , and those who cultivate other branches of the liberal arts , have , without this critical knowledge , succeeded well in their several provinces , and will succeed : as among artificers there are many machines made and even ...
... painters , and those who cultivate other branches of the liberal arts , have , without this critical knowledge , succeeded well in their several provinces , and will succeed : as among artificers there are many machines made and even ...
Page 167
... painter did not intend something ludicrous . Several painters have han- dled a subject of this kind , with a view of assem- bling as many horrid phantoms as their imagination could suggest ; but all the designs I have chanced to meet of ...
... painter did not intend something ludicrous . Several painters have han- dled a subject of this kind , with a view of assem- bling as many horrid phantoms as their imagination could suggest ; but all the designs I have chanced to meet of ...
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