 | Samuel Johnson - 1779
...refufe •*• This, from no venal or ungrateful Mufe. Whether thy hand ftrike out fome free defign, Where Life awakes, and dawns at every line ; Or blend in beauteous tints the colour'd mafs, 5 And from the canvas call the mimic face: Read thefe inftruftive leaves, in which confpire Frefnoy's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779
...refufc •*• This, from no venal or ungrateful Mufe. Whether thy hand ftrike out fome free defign, Where Life awakes, and dawns at every line ; Or blend in beauteous tinfs the colour'd mafs, 5 And from the canvas call the mimic face: Read thefe inftruftive leaves,... | |
 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1783 - 213 pages
...nor thou refufc This, from no venal or ungrateful Mufe. Whether thy hand ftrike out fome free defign, Where life awakes, and dawns at every line; Or blend in beauteous tints the colour'd mafs, And from the canvas call the mimic face : Read thefe inftrudtive leaves, in which confpire FRESNOY'S... | |
 | English poets - 1790
...nor thou refufe This, from no venal or ungrateful Mufe. Whether thy hand ftrike out fome free defign, Where Life awakes, and dawns at every line; Or blend in beauteous tints the colour'd mafs, " 5 And from the canvafs call the mimic face: Read thefe inftruftive leaves, in which confpire... | |
 | 1794
...nor thou refufc This, from no venal or ungrateful mufe. Whether thy hand ftrike out fomc free dcfign, Where life awakes, and dawns at every line ; Or blend in beauteous tints the colour'd m»f«, And from tht canvifs call the mimic face: Read thefe inftruSivc leaves, in which confpire Frefnoy'»... | |
 | 1795
...nor thou refufe This, from no venal or ungrateful mufe. Whether thy hand flrike out fome free defign, •Where life awakes, and dawns at every line ; Or blend in beauteous tints the colour'd mafs, And from th* canvafs call the mimic face : Read thefe inftrunive leaves, in which confpire Frefnoy's... | |
 | John Bell - 1796
...EPISTLE II1. Ta Mr. Jenai, u-iik Mr. Dryden's Translation of Frcenoy's Art of Painting.* THIS verse be thine, my Friend! nor thou refuse This from no venal or ungrateful Muse. Whether thy hand strike out same free design, Wherelife awakes, and dawns at ev'ry line; Or blend in beauteous tints the colour'd... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1798
...lines. M. TO * MR. JERVAS, WITH FRESNOY'S ART OF PAINTING, TRANSLATED BY MR. DRYDpN*. THIS verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse This, from no venal...in beauteous tints the colour'd mass, And from the canvas call the mimic face: Read these instructive leaves, in which conspire . •, Fresnoy's close... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801
...lines. M. TO MR. JERVAS, WITH FRESNOY'S ART OF PAINTING, TRANSLATED BY MR. DRYDEN*. JL HIS verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse This, from no venal...in beauteous tints the colour'd mass, And from the canvas call the mimic face: Read these instructive leaves, in which conspire Fresnoy's close Art, and... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801
...WITH FRESNOY'S ART OF PAINTING, TRANSLATED BY MR. DRYDEN*. J. HIS verse be thine, my friend, nor them refuse This, from no venal or ungrateful Muse. Whether...in beauteous tints the colour'd mass, And from the canvas call the mimic face : Read these instructive leaves, in which conspire Fresnoy's close Art,... | |
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Or blend in beauteous tints the colour'd mass, And from the canvas call the mimic face, Read these instructive leaves, in which conspire Fresnoy's close art and Dryden's native fire ; And reading wish, like theirs, our fate and fame, So mix'd our studies,... 
