 There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so...  Warren Hastings - Page 158by Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | World - 1884 - 560 pages
...of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 pages
...oppressor of Africa. There were seen side by side the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel...matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labors on that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition — a treasure... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1885 - 556 pages
...her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of th« stage. ful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the...his labors in that dark and profound mine from which lie had extracted a vast treasure of erudition — a treasure too often buried in the earth, — too... | |
 | Isaac Hinton Brown - 1886 - 342 pages
...of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest scholar and the greatest painter of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to U3 the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1888 - 366 pages
...seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had lured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us...which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition. There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees... | |
 | A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 290 pages
...side the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. 4. The spectacle had allured Reynolds3 from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful...sweet smiles of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr4 to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure... | |
 | 1891 - 120 pages
...africa, there were seen, side by side, the greatest 1 painter and the greatest scholar of the age, the spectacle had allured reynolds from that easel...thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and 1 the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons, it had induced parr to suspend his labors in that dark... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 344 pages
...Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), a famous portrait painter. and the greatest scholar ' of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel...writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many 5 noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which... | |
 | George E. Gay - 1893 - 120 pages
...of africa, there were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age, the spectacle had allured reynolds from that easel...treasure of erudition, a treasure too often buried iu the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, but still precious, massive,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 260 pages
...of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a... | |
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