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" Oh lasting as those colours may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works display, 65 Soft without weakness, without glaring gay; Led by some rule, that guides, but not constrains ; And finish'd more... "
The works of sir Joshua Reynolds. To which is prefixed an account of the ... - Page 289
by sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801
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Hogarth's works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures by J ...

William Hogarth - 1874 - 528 pages
...quoted : " Oh, lasting as thy colours may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line ! New graces yearly like thy works display, Soft without...constrains, And finish'd more through happiness than pains. " In what light can we consider the character painted by the bard when we compare it with the pictures...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...made ; Modems, beware ! or, if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end. POPE. New graces yearly like thy works display, Soft without weakness, without glaring gay. POPE. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town. POPE....
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Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient ...

Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 pages
...fruits as well as Flemings, which is the common glory of their pencils. — Reliquice Wottoniance. The kindred arts shall in their praise conspire, One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre. POPE, Epistle to Mr. Jervas. It was Hogarth's custom to sketch on the spot any remarkable face of which...
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Lectures on the English Poets and the English Comic Writers

William Hazlitt - 1876 - 474 pages
...New graces yearly like thy works display, Soft wi'hout weakness, without glaring gay ; Led by eome rule that guides, but not constrains ; And finish'd more through happiness than pains. The ki adred arts shall in their praise conspire, One d'p the pencil, and one string the lyre. Yet s? puld...
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The poets' year, a birthday register with selections from Chaucer to Longfellow

Poets - 1877 - 300 pages
...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Essay on Man. SocIates, BC 488. Adam Smith, 1723. The kindred arts shall in their praise conspire One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre. To Mr. y, Diego Velasquez, 1599. Pierre Corneille, 1606. 5, Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 pages
...without weakness, without glaring gay ; Led by some rule, that guides, but not constrains ; And finished more through happiness than pains> The kindred arts...conspire ; One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre. 70 Yet should the graces all thy figures place, And breathe an air divine on every face ; Yet should...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...have Moderns, beware ! or, if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end. POPE. New graces yearly like thy works display, Soft without weakness, without glaring gay. POPE. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town. POPE....
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...ever glow9. Oh lasting as those Colours may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line; New graces yearly like thy works display, Soft without...that guides, but not constrains; And finish'd more thro' happiness than pains. The kindred Arts shall in their praise conspire ; One dip the pencil, and...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1881 - 572 pages
...without weakness, without glaring gay ; Led hy some rule that guides, but not constrains ; \_And finished more through happiness than pains. The kindred Arts...conspire, One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre. »o Yet should the Graces all thy figures place, And breathe an air divine on every face ; Yet should...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Poetry

Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 pages
...shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line, New graces yearly like thy works display, 05 Soft without weakness, without glaring gay ; Led by some rule that guides, but not constrains ; And finished more through happiness than pains. The kindred Arts shall in their praise conspire, One dip...
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