| Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 324 pages
...author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the same heathen language, we call it the gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or study, if we...born to it; for the motions which are studied, are nevec so natural as those which break out in the height of a real passion. Mr. Otway possessed this... | |
| Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Painters - 1716 - 504 pages
...: and to fpeak in the fame Heathen Language, we call it the Gift of our Apollo : not to be obtain'd by Pains or Study, if we are not born to it. For the Motions which are ftudied, are never fo natural, as thofe which break out in the Height of a real Paffion. Mr. Otway... | |
| Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...fpeak in the fame Hea* then language, is the gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or ftudy, if we are not born to it ; for the motions which are ftudied, are never fo natural, as thofe which break out in the heighth of a real paiTton. Mr. Otway... | |
| Thomas Otway - 1757 - 350 pages
...is the gift of Jupiter ; and, to fpeak in the *' fame heathen Language, we call it the Gift of our " Apollo, not to be obtained by Pains or Study, " if...we are not born to it. For the Motions, "which are fludied, are never fo natural as thofe " which break out in the height of a reaI PaiTiou. " Mr. Otway... | |
| Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Art - 1783 - 248 pages
...the fame Heathen language, We call it the gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or ftudy, if we are not born to it : For the motions which are ftudied are never fb natural as thofe which break out in the height of a real paflion. Mr. Otway pofleffed... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1798 - 394 pages
....author, " is the gift of Jupiter;" and, to speak in the same heathen language, We call it the gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or study, if we...motions which are studied are never so natural as those ivhich break out in the height of a real passion. Mr. Otway possessed this part as thoroughly as any... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the same heathen language, we call it the gift of our Apollo, — not to be obtained by pains or study,...Otway possessed this part as thoroughly as any of the ancients or moderns. I will 8 A comedy written by Sir Robert Stapylton, and acted by the Duke of York's... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the same heathen language, we call it the gift of our Apollo, — not to be obtained by pains or study,...Otway possessed this part as thoroughly as any of the ancients or moderns. I will 8 A comedy written by Sir Robert Stapylton, and acted by the Duke of York's... | |
| sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 pages
...author, " is the gift of Jupiter;" and, to speak in the same heathen language, We call it the gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or study, if we...Otway possessed this part as thoroughly as any of the ancients or moderns. I will not defend every thing in his Venice Preserved., but I must bear this testimony... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 388 pages
..." is the gift of Jupiter ;" and, to speak in the same heathen language, We call it the gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or study, if we are not born to it ; far the motions which are studied are never so natural as those which break put in the height of... | |
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