...who, being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered — " Shakspeare :" being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — " Hogarth."...myself with comparing the Timon of Athens of Shakspeare " Oh that I were a mockery king of snow, To melt before the sun of Bolingbroke," if we have been going...

...who, being asked which book he esteemed the best in his library, answered ' Shakspeare ;. being asked which he esteemed next best, replied 'Hogarth.. His...meaning of words. Other pictures we look at, — his we read." ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. — " The character of William Hogarth as a man is to be sought for in...

...gentleman who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered Shakespeare ; being asked which he esteemed next best, replied Hogarth. His...they have the teeming fruitful suggestive meaning of wards. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read." An ingenious foreigner, M. Bartsch arrives...

...Hogarth's genius, by Lamb, in his incomparable essay, that his graphic representations are books, and have the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of...Other pictures we look at — his prints we read." Mr. Cruikshank aspires to the same kind of praise ; and no trifling share of it may be conceded to...

...who, being asked which book be esteemed the best in his library, answered ' Shakspeare ;' being asked which he esteemed next best, replied 'Hogarth.' His...meaning of words. Other pictures we look at, — his we read." ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. — " The character of William Hogarth as a man is to be sought for in...

...and fixed him almost alone in his glory. As a painter of life in all its phases, he is unrivalled ; ' his graphic representations are indeed books : they...Other pictures we look at — his prints we read.' Such is the testimony of Lamb ; but it may be objected, he was a literary man, not an artist. The testimony...

...who, being nsked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered — " Shakspeare :" being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — " Hogarth."...Other pictures we look at — his prints we read. In pursuances of this parallel, I have sometimes entertained myself with comparing the Timon of Athens...

...answered, 'Shakspere:' being asked whieh he esteemed the next best, replied, ' Hogarth.' His graphie representations are indeed books : they have the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of words. Others' pietures we look at, — his prints we read. " In pursuanee of this parallel, l have sometimes...

...being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — " Shakspeare : " being asked which he esteemed next best, replied, " Hogarth."...have sometimes entertained myself with comparing the Timón of Athens of Shakspeare (which I have just mentioned) and Hogarth's Rake's Progress together....

...who, being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, ' Shakspeare :' being asked which he esteemed next best, replied, ' Hogarth.'...words. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read " The quantity of thought which Hogarth crowds into every picture would almost unvulgarise every subject...