 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 sider
...mankind ; on the contrary, my not relishing them as I was conscious I ought to have done, was one of .tH* most humiliating circumstances that ever happened to me, I found myself in the midst o€ works executed upon principles with which I was unacquainted : I felt mf ignorance, and stood,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 sider
...conscious I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened to m*; I found myself in the midst of works executed upon...painting which I had brought with me from England, where thtf art was in the lowest state it had ever been in, (it could not indeed be lower,} were to be totally... | |
 | 1867 - 816 sider
...passage : " I found," says the future President of the Royal Academy, on reaching the Vatican — " I found myself in the midst of works executed upon...unacquainted. I felt my ignorance and stood abashed. All the undigested notions of painting which I had brought with me from England were to be totally done away... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 sider
...mankind; on the contrary, my not relishing them, as I was conscious I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened...executed upon principles with which I was unacquainted; 1 felt my ignorance, and stood abashed. All the indigested notions of painting which I had brought... | |
 | James Elmes - 1825 - 322 sider
...mankind, on the contrary, my not relishing them, as I was conscious I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened...midst of works executed upon principles with which 1 was unacquainted : I felt my ignorance, and stood abashed. All the undigested notions of painting... | |
 | 1830 - 658 sider
...mankind; on the contrary, my not relishing them as I was conscious I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened...abashed. All the indigested notions of painting which 1 had brought with me from England, where the art was in the lowest state it had ever been in, (it... | |
 | 1834 - 614 sider
...mankind ; on the contrary, my not relishing them, as I was conscious I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened...unacquainted: I felt my ignorance, and stood abashed." He returned to England, in October, 1752, and shortly afterwards took a house in St. Martin's Lane,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 sider
...mankind; on the contrary, my not relishing them as I was conscious I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened...executed upon principles with which I was unacquainted : 1 felt my ignorance, and stood abashed. All the indigested notions of painting which 1 had brought... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1834 - 410 sider
...mankind; on the contrary, my not relishing them as I was conscious I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened...unacquainted : I felt my ignorance, and stood abashed." He remained in Italy about three years, visiting most of the principal cities, returning to England... | |
 | John Smythe Memes - 1834 - 320 sider
...performances, made pretensions to instantaneous raptures on first beholding them. I found myself iu the midst of >works executed upon principles with...unacquainted ; I felt my ignorance, and stood abashed. I viewed them again and again ; I even affected to admire them more than I really did. In a short time... | |
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I ought to have done, was one of the most humiliating circumstances that ever happened to me. I found myself in the midst of works executed upon principles with which I was unacquainted : I felt my ignorance, and stood abashed. 
