...splendor and to airy fiction, that art whiich is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead." Such opinions, though emanating from men so distinguished in letters, can have little influence with...

...sec Reynolds trmisfer to heroes and to goddesses, to empty splendour nnd to airy fiction, that »rt which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in...reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absvut and continuing the presence of the dead. — Dr. Johnson. IN Si'KciMEV ROOMS the walls should...

...this question but halfway when he wrote — "I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and goddesses, to empty splendour and to airy fiction,...which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the...

...declared that he и should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and goddesses, to empty splendor and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the...

...declared that he " should grieve to see* Reynolds transfer to heroes and goddesses, to empty splendor and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the...

...possessed a knowledge of their personal appearance. now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead." Sir Joshua was a remarkable colorist, and knew how to blend his tints with the most consummate skill....

...always best. I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and to goddesses, to empty splendor and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the...

...pictures, and the art of the painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of the subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is greatest is not always best. / should grieve to see Eeynolds transfer to heroes and goddesses, to empty splendour and to airy fiction,...

...and airy fiction, which can be employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in awakening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead." It would be a melancholy instance of the mutability of things human, if miniatures came to be altogether...

...photographs of those we love do fulfil Dr. Johnson's description of portrait-painting: ' That art which is employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness,...the absent and continuing the presence of the dead.' Mr. Morris spoke of the fireplace as such an important thing in our climate; it is so indeed. One of...