 ... proportions; the other, by taking the best parts out of divers faces to make one excellent. Such personages, I think, would please nobody but the painter that made them; not but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was; but he must do...  Literary and professional works - Page 226by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...fee Faces, that if you examine them part by part, you fhall find never a good, and yet all together do well. If it be true, that the principal part of...in decent motion, certainly it is no marvel, though Perfons in Tears feem many times more amiable, Pulchrorum Auttimnus pulcher i for no Tout b can be... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 pages
...than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent ayre in music, and not by rule. A man shall see faces,...examine them, part by part, you shall find never a good one ; and yet altogether doe well."* 1 2. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music,)...though persons in years seem many times more amiable; " pulchrorum autumnus pulcher;" for no youth can be comely but by pardon, and considering the youth... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music)...part by part, you shall find never a good, and yet all together do well. If it be true, that the principal part of Beauty is in decent motion, certainly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music)...part by part, you shall find never a good, and yet all together do well. If it be true, that the principal part of Beauty is in decent motion, certainly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...and not by rule. A man shall see faces, that if you examine them part by part, you shall never find a good ; and yet altogether do well. If it be true,...though persons in years seem many times more amiable ; pulchrorum autumn us pulcher: for no youth can be comely but by pardon, and considering the youth,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music,...faces, that if you examine them part by part, you shall % never find a good ; and yet altogether do well. If it be true, that the principal part of beauty... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music)...though persons in years seem many times more amiable; "pulchrorum autumnus pulcher;" for no youth can be comely but by pardon, and considering the youth... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music)...do well. If it be true, that the principal part of beanty is in decent motion, certainly it is no marvel, though persons in years seem many times more... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...I think, a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of felicity, as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music,...examine them, part by part, you shall find never a good one ; and yet altogether do well." " Non ratione aliqua (says Quintilian finely) sed motu nescio an... | |
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