 | 730 σελίδες
...whole fecret confided in a iiiift adherence to two rules : the one always to obferve, that the piflure might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praife the works of Pietro Perugino. But, fays he, as 1 once taught you how to be an... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1770 - 238 σελίδες
...eafy. The whole fecret •* confifted ia a drict adherence to two * Rules : the one always to obferve, that * the picture might ha,ve been better if the '•* painter had taken more pains ; and the * other, to praife the works of Pietro Pe*'rugino. But, fays he, as I once taught * you how to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 σελίδες
...nothing was more easy. TJie whole secret. consisted in a strict adherence to two rules : the one always to observe , that the picture might have been better If the painter had taken more pains; and the Other, to praise the works of Fietro- Perugino. ,,But," says he, ,,as I once taught you how to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 106 σελίδες
...fecret confifted in a ftrict adherence to * two rules : the one always to ob' ferve, that the piiture might have ' been better if the painter had taken ' more pains; and the other to praife the ' works of Pietro Perugino. " But," ' fays he, " as I once taught you how to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 σελίδες
...fecret con' lifted in a ftriil adherence to two rules; the one, al' ways to obferve that the pifture might have been ' better if the painter had taken more pains; and the ' other, to praife the works of Pietro PCrugino. But, ' lays he, as I once taught you how to be... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 252 σελίδες
...eafy. The * whole fecret confifted in a ftrict adherence to two rules : ' the one always to obferve, that the picture might have ' been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the ' other to praife the works of Pietro Perugino. " But," ' fays he, " as I once taught you how to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 σελίδες
...nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules : the one, always to observe that the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praise the works of Pietro Perngino. But, says he, as I once tanght you how to be an... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 σελίδες
...easy. ' The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence ' to two rules: the one always to observe the picture might have been better if the painter had taken ' more pains; and the other to praise the works of Pietro Perugino. But says he, as I once taught you how to be an author... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 σελίδες
...nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules; the one, always to observe that the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains; and the other, to praise the works of Pietro Perugino. ' But,' says he, ' as I once taught you how to be... | |
 | 1820 - 406 σελίδες
...nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules; the one, always to observe, that the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praise the. works of Pietro Perugino. But, says he, as I once taught you how to be an... | |
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Upon asking how he had been taught the art of a cognoscente so very suddenly, he assured me that nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules: the one always to observe, that the picture might have been better if... 
