The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 108
... Johnson . Reynolds met him at their house in 1753 or 1754 , and a lasting friendship ensued . The intimacy imparted a new impulse to the Whatever merit , ' he wrote the active intellect of 108 Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds .
... Johnson . Reynolds met him at their house in 1753 or 1754 , and a lasting friendship ensued . The intimacy imparted a new impulse to the Whatever merit , ' he wrote the active intellect of 108 Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds .
Page 109
... Johnson , and making some appli- cation of them to his profession , when Johnson neither understood , nor desired to understand , anything of painting . ' * The comparison was unjust . Johnson was blind in one eye , and could only see ...
... Johnson , and making some appli- cation of them to his profession , when Johnson neither understood , nor desired to understand , anything of painting . ' * The comparison was unjust . Johnson was blind in one eye , and could only see ...
Page 110
Johnson was the first of many celebrities who became the intimates of Reynolds . Gainsborough says of himself , in one of his letters , that he was well read in the volume of nature , which was learning sufficient for him . ' The ...
Johnson was the first of many celebrities who became the intimates of Reynolds . Gainsborough says of himself , in one of his letters , that he was well read in the volume of nature , which was learning sufficient for him . ' The ...
Page 112
... Johnson wrote word to Baretti , six thousand a year , and once , when lamenting the interruptions from idle visitors , he dropped the remark , Those people do not consider that my time is worth five guineas an hour . ' * The influx of ...
... Johnson wrote word to Baretti , six thousand a year , and once , when lamenting the interruptions from idle visitors , he dropped the remark , Those people do not consider that my time is worth five guineas an hour . ' * The influx of ...
Page 113
... Johnson upon some sudden emergency requested Reynolds to furnish him with an ' Idler . ' The essay appeared on Sept. 29 , 1759 , and was devoted to ridiculing the false connoisseurship which prevailed . The pretenders to taste had ...
... Johnson upon some sudden emergency requested Reynolds to furnish him with an ' Idler . ' The essay appeared on Sept. 29 , 1759 , and was devoted to ridiculing the false connoisseurship which prevailed . The pretenders to taste had ...
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