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" ... the meaner sort of painters, who counterfeit only such faces as are set before them, and the more excellent, who, having no law but wit, bestow that in colours upon you which is fittest for the eye to see... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors - Page 102
by Allan Cunningham - 1833
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The London Christian instructor, or, Congregational magazine, Volume 1

1822 - 746 pages
...only such faces as are set before them, and the more excellent, who having no law but wit (genius) bestow that in colours upon you, which is fittest for the eye to see." " For these third be they, which moat properly d» imitate lo tench and delight ; and to imitate, borrow...
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The literary reader: prose authors, with biogr. notices &c. by H.G. Robinson

Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...sort of painters, who counterfeit only such faces as are set before them ; and the more excellent, who, having no law but wit, bestow that in colours...she punished in herself another's fault : wherein he paiuteth not Lucretia, whom he never saw, but painteth the outward beauty of such a virtue. For these...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...sort of painters, who counterfeit only such faces as are set before them ; and the more excellent, who having no law but wit, bestow that in colours...to see ; as the constant, though lamenting look of Lucret ii, when sho punished in herself another's fault ; wherein he painteth not Lucretia, whom he...
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Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella und Defence of poesie: nach den ...

Philip Sidney - 1889 - 238 pages
...as are set before them and the more excelent, who hauing no law but wit, bestow that in colours vpon you, which is fittest for the eye to see, as the constant, though 10] lamenting looke of Lucretia, when shee punished in her selfe anothers s. 12 [Rücks. faulte:2 wherein...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - 1890 - 206 pages
...as are set before them, and the more excellent, who having no law but wit, 15 bestow that in colors upon you which is fittest for the eye to see, —...wherein he painteth not Lucretia, whom he never saw, t but painteth the outward beauty of such a virtue. For 2° these third be they which most properly...
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 9

Henry Morley - 1892 - 484 pages
...meaner sort of painters, who counterfeit only such faces as are set before them, and the more excellent, who having no law but wit, bestow that in colours...she punished in herself another's fault, wherein he pairiteth not Lucretia, whom he never saw, but painteth the outward beauty of such a virtue. For these...
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The Prelude to Poetry: The English Poets in the Defence and ..., Volume 10

Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 250 pages
...are sette before them) and the more excellent : who having no law but wit, bestow that in cullours upon you which is fittest for the eye to see : as the constant, though lamenting looke of Lucncia, when she punished in her selfe an others fault. Wherein he painteth not Lucrecia...
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Literary Pamphlets Chiefly Relating to Poetry from Sidney to Byron ...

Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 286 pages
...are sette before them) and the more excellent : who having no law but wit, bestow that in cullours upon you which is fittest for the eye to see : as the constant, though lamenting looke of Lucreda, when she punished in her selfe an others fault. Wherein he painteth not Lucreda whom...
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Introduction. I. Johnson's preliminary essay - 'On the origin and importance ...

1897 - 292 pages
...are sette before them) and the more excellent : who having no law but wit, bestow that in cullours upon you which is fittest for the eye to see : as the constant, though lamenting looke of Lucrecia, when she punished in her selfe an others fault. Wherein he painteth not Lucrecia...
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Introduction to Rhetoric

William B. Cairns - 1899 - 296 pages
...sort of painters, who counterfeit only such faces as are set before them ; and the more excellent, who having no law but wit, bestow that in colours...though lamenting look of Lucretia, when she punished in her- 35 self another's fault; wherein he painteth not Lucretia, whom he never saw, but painteth the...
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