 | 1739 - 336 pages
...and that the Art of the Statuary only clears away the fuperfiuous Matter, and removes the Rubbifn. The Figure is in the Stone, the Sculptor only finds...Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to an human Soul. The Philofopher, the Saint, or the Hero, the Wife, the Good, or the Great Man, very... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of maible; and that the art of the statuiuy only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid m rn a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a h'.man soul.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 300 pages
...supposed to be indolent and uninterested in the affairs of men, but not malignant or gruel beings. fluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 384 pages
...in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter,and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, the...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...only clears away the superfluous matter, and re-' iMTeiie rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, edtakat is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or '* here, the wise, the good, Uie great man,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away, the superfluous matter, and removes the...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero ; th« wise, the good, or the great man, very... | |
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Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the... 
