 Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.  The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 271by Charles Sumner - 1870Full view - About this book
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Catalogs, Dictionary - 1862 - 432 pages
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman •who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Chronology, Historical - 1862 - 880 pages
...' was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. Ho was the first Englishman ^Ir In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 pages
...Reynolds was, on many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste — in grace — in facility — in happy invention — and in the richness and harmony of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he... | |
 | Charles Robert Leslie, Tom Taylor - Painters - 1865 - 676 pages
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1866 - 432 pages
...eulogium cannot be better expressed than in the words of Bnrke : — ' He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country ;' ' The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.' Sir... | |
 | National gallery - 1869 - 208 pages
...document, "was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of Ms country. In taste, in grace, and facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1870 - 556 pages
...Jurist. Overflowing with tenderness and appreciation of merit in all its forms, his soul was touched by the scene. In vivid words, as he slowly left the...third great man. What Washington was as a statesman, Channing as a moralist, that was Allston as an artist."2 Here again is discerned the inseparable union... | |
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