 ... cattle," says the Poet : or at best, the keepers of cattle for other men : they have nothing which is properly their own ; that is a sufficient mortification for me, while I am translating Virgil. But to copy the best author is a kind of praise if...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 313by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Painters - 1716 - 504 pages
...Bat to Copy the beft Author is a kind ofPraHej if I perform it as I ought. As a Copy after Raphael is more to be commended, than an Original of any indifferent Painter. Under this Head of Invention is-plac'd the Difpofition of the Work^ to put all things in a beautiful Order and Harmony j that the... | |
 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Art - 1783 - 248 pages
...Bat to copy the beft author is a kind of praife, if I perform it as I ought; as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...Painter. Under this head of Invention is placed the Difpofition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and -harmony, that the whole may be... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1798 - 394 pages
...But to copy the best author is a kind of praise, if I perform it as I ought; as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...harmony, that the whole may be of .a piece. " The com-, positions of the Painter should be conformable to the text of antient authors, to the custom... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...to copy the best author, is a kind of praise, if I perform it as I ought ; as a copy after Raffaelle is more to be commended than. an original of any indifferent painter. Under this bead of INVENTION is placed the disposition of the work, — to put all things in a beautiful order... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 pages
...But to copy the best author is a kind of praise, if I perform it as I ought; as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...of the Painter should be conformable to the text of antient authors, to the custom and the times;" and this is exactly the same in Poetry : Homer and Virgil... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 388 pages
...But to copy the best author is a kind of praise, if I perform it as I ought; as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...the disposition of the work, to put all things in a be"S*itiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. " The compositions of the Painter... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1809 - 368 pages
...But to copy the best author is a kind of praise, if I perform it as I ought: as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...of the Painter should be conformable to the text of antient authors, to the custom and the times;" and this is exactly the same in Poetry : Homer and Virgil... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1809 - 438 pages
...But to copy the best author is a kind of praise, if I perform it as I ought: as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...of the Painter should be conformable to the text of antient authors, to the custom and the times;" and this is exactly the same in Poetry: Homer and #irgil... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 436 pages
...to copy the best author is a kind of prai.se, if I perform it as I ought : as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...of the Painter should be conformable to the text of antient authors, to the custom and the times ;" and this is exactly the same in Poetry : Homer and... | |
 | William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 432 pages
...But to copy the best author is a kind of praise, if I perform it as I ought : as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent...of the Painter should be conformable to the text of antient authors, to the custom and the times;" and this is exactly the same in Poetry : Homer and Virgil... | |
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