Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, Johnson, Edward Gilpin ed · Chicago : A.C. McClurg · leaf 295
feeling, so far he pushed it.True, he would fain have passed over the ugly, fain have softened it ;but since his piece did not admit either of its omission or diminution,what was left him but its concealment ? He left to conjecture whathe might not paint. In short, this concealment is a sacrifice… … Sir Joseph Banks. DISCOURSE IX. Delivered at the Opening of the Royal Academy, in SomersetPlace, October i6, 1780. Ox THE REMOVAL OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY TO SOMERSET PLACE.— THE ADVANTAGES TO SOCIETY FROM CULTIVATING INTELLECT-UAL PLEASURE. The honor which the arts acquire by being- per-mitted to take…
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