Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, Burnet, John, 1784-1868 · London : J. Carpenter · leaf 301
ter is to be read, and the criticism whichwould destroy the power of pleasing, must be blown aside. Pope wrote for his own age andhis own nation : he knew that it was necessary to colour the images and point the sentimentsof his author; he, therefore, made him graceful, but lost him some of his… … // ■ s THE FIFTEENTH DISCOURSE. 271 Many of the Flemish painters, who studied at Rome in that great eraof our art, such as Francis Floris, Hemskerk, Michael Coxis, Jerom Cock,and others, returned to their own country with as much of this grandeuras they could carry. But like seeds falling on a soil…
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