Davies, Randall · London: T. C. & E. C. Jack · leaf 448
eadiness in this respect pro-ceeded from an inordinate desire to possess every kindof excellence that I ever saw in the works of others,without considering that there are in colouring, as instyle, excellencies which are incompatible with eachother. ... I tried every effect of colour, and by… … The English School colour, I tried every new colour ; and often, as is well Reynoldsknown, failed. . . . My fickleness in the mode oiand Gains-colouring arose from an eager desire to attain the high- boroughest excellence. In the year 1759 Reynolds began to write, andthree of his essays were…
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