 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and .distinction enough. for an ambitious man, I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite.... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite.... | |
 | 1842 - 612 էջ
...artist of surpassing merit, thus expressed himself, " I would tread in the steps of that great master : to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an amhitious man." The remarkable man, thus idolized by one who is himself an idol in his own sphere at... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite.... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. V I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite.... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite.... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master : to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose hands it assumed... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master : to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose hands it assumed... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 էջ
...that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master : to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...perfections, would be glory and distinction enough for an ambilious man. He was the bright luminary from whom painting has borrowed a new lustre, under whose... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 էջ
...however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, I would tread in the steps of that créât master : to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest...glory and distinction enough for an ambitious man. I feel a self-congratulation in knowing myself capable of such sensations as he intended to excite;... | |
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Yet however unequal I feel myself to that attempt, were I now to begin the world again, I would tread in the steps of that great master: to kiss the hem of his garment, to catch the slightest of his perfections, would be glory and .distinction enough.... 
