Painting illustrated in three diallogues : containing some choice observations upon the art, together with the lives of the most eminent painters, from Cimabue, to the time of Raphael and Michel Angelo : with an explanation of the difficult terms (1685)
Aglionby, William, d. 1705 · London : Printed by John Gain for the author : ... Sold by Walter Kettilby · leaf 12
THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY My Lord, HE Liberal ARTS(amongfi which, with theGreeks and Romans,I place Painting) do fonaturally depend upon theCountenance of Great Men,that without their Protection, theyfeldom takeRoot enough to defend themfelves againft Envy … The Epiftle Dedicatory.Envy and Ignorance: Nor, on the otherfide, does Greatnefs it [elf, though never foLuxuriant, either fit Eafie in its prefentEnjoyments, or live Kindly in the Memory ofBojlerity, without thofe Ornaments of its Pow-er, the Arts ^/Sciences. But this Ali-ana of Knowledge and…
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![An illustration from The Odyssey of Homer. [Translated into English verse, by Pope, W. Broome, and E. Fenton; with notes by W. Broome.] (A general view of the Epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey, extracted from Bossu. Postscript, by Mr Pope. Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice [translated by T. Parnell], corrected by Mr Pope.) (1725)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/bl-bl_001722934_5-119-2.webp)
