 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 pages
...finished. Apelles said of Protogenes, that " he knew not when to give over." A work may be over-wrought as well as under-wrought : too much labour often takes...drawn off, there is nothing but a " caput mortuum." Statius never thought an expression could be bold enough ; and if a bolder could be found, he rejected... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1835 - 514 pages
...finished. Apelles said of Protogenes, that " he knew not when to give over." A work may be over-wrought as well as under-wrought : too much labour often takes,...drawn off, there is nothing but a " caput mortuum." Statius never thought an expression could be bold enough ; and if a bolder could be found, he rejected... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - English literature - 1836 - 488 pages
...are evidently shown to be the clothing of the thought, in the same sense as colours are the clothing of the design, so the painter and the poet ought to...without any considerable faults, but with few beauties 5 for when the spirits are drawn off, there is nothing but a caput mortuum. Statius never thought an... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Painters - 1846 - 506 pages
...finished. Apelles said of Protogenes, that " he knew not when to give over." A work may be over-wrought as well as under-wrought: too much labour often takes...drawn off, there is nothing but a " caput mortuum." Statius never thought an expression could be bold enough; and if a bolder could be found, he rejected... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey - Art - 1852 - 512 pages
...wrought as well as under- wrought : too much i labour often takes away the spirit, by adding to the j polishing; so that there remains nothing but a dull...drawn off, there is nothing but a " caput mortuum." Statius never thought an expression could be bold enough ; and if a bolder could be found, he rejected... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...DRYDF.N. He who proposes to be an author, should first be a student. DRYDEN. Too much labour often lakes away the spirit by adding to the polishing; so that there remains nothing but a dull correctness; apiece without any considerable faults, but with few beauties. DRY DEN. Whatsoever makes nothing to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...brass money in a payment. DRYDEN. He who proposes to be an author, should first be a stuJent. DRYDEN. hed him also with language, which was to be the great...cementer of society. LOCKE. Language being the conduit w apiece without any considerable faults, but with few beauties. DRYDEN. Whatsoever makes nothing to... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1892 - 520 pages
...finished. Apelles said of Protogenes, — that he knew not when to give over. A work may be over-wrought, as well as under-wrought ; too much labour often takes...are drawn off, there is nothing but a caput mortuum. Statius never thought an expression could be bold enough ; and if a bolder could be found, he rejected... | |
 | John Dryden - 1882 - 320 pages
...finished. Apelles said of Protogenes, that " he knew not when to give over." A work may be over-wrought as well as under-wrought : too much labour often takes...piece without any considerable faults, but with few lieauties : for when the spirits are drawn off, there is nothing but a " Caput mortuum." Statius never... | |
 | John Dryden - 1895 - 266 pages
...when to give over." A work may be over-wrought as well as under-wrought: too much labour often-takes away the spirit, by adding to the polishing; so that...drawn off, there is nothing but a " Caput mortuum." Statius never thought any expression could be bold enough ; and if a bolder could be found, he rejected... | |
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Apelles said of Protogenes that he knew not when to give over. A work may be over-wrought as well as underwrought : too much labour often takes away the spirit by adding to the polishing, so that there remains nothing but a dull correctness, a piece without... 
