 | Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 1008 pages
...which they are to be difplayed. His Superiority is not feen in eafel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works, which are Seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expreffion, but in the general effect — in the genius which pervades and illuminates... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in . the genius • . . -.;.•-,. .. ' ,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 452 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached -parts of his greater works ; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius his being murdered by his fellow-regicides,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 538 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works ; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius which pervades and illuminates... | |
 | Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius which pervades and illuminates... | |
 | Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius which pervades and illuminates... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art, English - 1819 - 446 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius being murdered by his fellow-regicides,... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works ; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius being murdered by his fellow-regicides,... | |
 | John Thomas James - Art - 1822 - 424 pages
...which they are to be displayed. This superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works, which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius which pervades and animates... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1824 - 324 pages
...which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works ; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an attitude, or in any peculiar expression, but in the general effect, in the genius which pervades and illuminates... | |
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They really increase in proportion to the size of the canvas on which they are to be displayed. His superiority is not seen in easel pictures, nor even in detached parts of his greater works ; which are seldom eminently beautiful. It does not lie in an... 
