 ... faces to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them ; not but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that maketh an excellent...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 134by Joseph Warton - 1762Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...taking the best parts out of divers faces to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think,...painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music, and not by rule.... | |
 | James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - Painting - 1848 - 586 pages
...the best parts out of divers faces, to make one excellent.* Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think...painter may make a better face than ever was, but he must do it by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent ailin music, and not by rule.... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...taking the best parts out of divers faces, to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them : not but I think a painter may make a better face than e^ei was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that raaketh an excellent air in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...taking the best parts out of divers faces, to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think...painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music, and not by rule.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...taking the best parts out of divers faces to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think...painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity (as a musician that maketh an excellent ailin music) and notby rule.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...by taking the beft Parts out of divers Faces, to make one Excellent. Such Perfonages, I think, would pleafe nobody, but the Painter, that made them. Not...of Felicity (as a Mufician that maketh an excellent Air in Mufick), and not by Rule. A Man fhall fee Faces, that if you examine them, Part by Part, you... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...the best parts out of several faces, to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think...painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, — as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music, — and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...taking the best parts out of divers faces to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them. Not but I think...painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music) and not by rule.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...taking the best parts out of divers faces, to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please est link of nature's chain must needa be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. must do it by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music, and not by rule.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...taking the best parts out of divers faces to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them : not but I...painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music,) and not by... | |
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