 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone, Thomas Gray - 1801
...ever, possess any degree of elegance: the same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...of something above humanity, which might fill the I' idea which is conceived of such beings, Ro"1"'-, the spectator finds little more than mere mortals,... | |
 | Joshua Reynolds (sir.) - 1801
...if ever, possess any degree of elegance: the same may be said of his young men and children: his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...representations of the highest characters in the Christian or th« fabulous world, instead of something above humanity, which might fill .the '" idea which is conceived... | |
 | 1808
...seldom possess any degree of elegance. The same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...representations of the highest characters in the Christian and the fabulous world, instead of something above humanity, which might fill the idea which is conceived... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809
...ever, possess any degree of elegance: the same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...little more than mere mortals, such as he meets with everyday. The incorrectness of Rubens in regard to his outline oftner proceeds from haste and carelessness,... | |
 | Historic gallery - 1812
...seldom possess any degree of elegance. The same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...never possessed a poetical conception of character. la his representations of the highest characters in the Christian and the fabulous world, instead of... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1816
...ever, possess any degree of elegance : the same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...than mere mortals, such as he meets with every day. <4 The incorrectness of Rubens, in regard to his outline, oftener proceeds from haste and carelessness,... | |
 | Joshua Reynolds (sir.) - 1819
...ever, possess any degree of elegance : the same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...might fill the idea which is conceived of such beings, Rom*, the spectator finds little more than mere mortals, such as he meets with every day. The incorrectness... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone, Joseph Farington, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1819
...if ever, possess any degree of elegance: the same may be said of his young men and children: his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...of something above humanity, which might fill the CIIAMC- idea which is conceived of such beingsy ftureic«. the spectator finds little more than mere... | |
 | John Thomas James - 1822 - 404 pages
...ever, possess any degree of elegance* : the same may be said of his young men and children : his old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...mere mortals, such as he meets with every day. The difference of the manner of Rubens from that of any other painter before him, is in nothing more distinguishable... | |
 | 1845 - 574 pages
...ever, possess any degree of elegance : the same may be said of his young men and children. His old men have that sort of dignity which a bushy beard...world, instead of something above humanity, which might (ill the idea which is conceived of such beings, the spectator finds little more than mere mortals,... | |
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... men have that sort of dignity which a 'bushy beard will confer; but he never possessed a poetical conception of character. In his representations of the highest characters in the Christian or the fabulous world, instead of something above humanity,... 
