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" Painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom of a picture, but in the uppermost parts ;" nor the Poet to place what is proper to the end or middle in the beginning of a Poem. I might enlarge on this ; but there are few Poets or Painters who can be supposed... "
The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds - Page 247
by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809
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The Art of Painting:

Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Painters - 1716 - 504 pages
...difficuh to retain. To avoid Abfordities and Incongruities, is the fame Law eftabliih'dfor&i/^r/j-. The Painter is not to paint a Cloud at the Bottom .of a Picture^ but in the uppermoft Parts : nor the Poet to place what is proper to the End, x>r Middle, in thefifginqingof *.P»em....
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The Art of Painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy

Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Art - 1783 - 248 pages
...difficult to retain-. To avoid abfurdities and incongruities is the fame law eftablifhed for both Arts. " The Painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom of a picture, but in the uppermoft parts;" nor the Poet to place what is proper to the End or Middle in the Beginning of a Poem....
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ... Containing His ..., Volume 3

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1798 - 394 pages
...ficult to retain. To avoid absurdities and incongruities is the same law established for both Arts. f The Painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...beginning of a Poem. I might enlarge on this ; but there fcre few Poets or Painters who can be supposed to sin so grossly against the laws of nature and of...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...difficult to retain. To avoid absurdities and incongruities, is the same law established for both arts. The painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...; but there are few poets or painters, who can be sup7 By the translation of Virgil, in which he was now engaged. posed to sin so grossly against the...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...difficult to retain. • To avoid absurdities and incongruities, is the same law established for both arts. The painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...; but there are few poets or painters, who can be sup' By the translation of Virgil, in which he was nowengaged. posed to sin so grossly against the...
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The works of sir Joshua Reynolds. To which is prefixed an account ..., Volume 3

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 pages
...difficult to retain. To avoid absurdities and incongruities is the same law established for both Arts. " The Painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...the laws of nature and of art. I remember only one play, and for once I will call it by its name 'The Slighted Maid, where there is nothing in the first...
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ...: Containing His ..., Volume 3

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 388 pages
...difficult to retain. To avoid absurdities and incongruities is the same law established for both Arts. " The Painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...the laws of nature and of art. I remember only one play, arid for once I will call it by its name Tie Slighted Maid, where there is nothing in the first...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 520 pages
...difficult to retain. To avoid absurdities and incongruities, is the same law established for both arts. The painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...the laws of nature and of art. I remember only one play, and for once I will call it by its name, " The Slighted Maid,"* where there is have recollected...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 518 pages
...difficult to retain. To avoid absurdities and incongruities, is the same law established for both arts. The painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...the laws of nature and of art. I remember only one play, and for once I will call it by its name, " The Slighted Maid,7'* where there is have recollected...
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The Works of John Dryden,: The life of Plutarch. Specimen of the translation ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 516 pages
...difficult to retain. To avoid absurdities and incongruities, is the same kw established for both arts. The painter is not to paint a cloud at the bottom...the laws of nature and of art. I remember only one play, and for once I will call it by its name, " The slighted Maid,"* where there is have recollected...
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