The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 134
... expression in Hogarth , the extreme delicacy and subtle gradations of character in his pictures have almost entirely escaped them . In the first picture of the Marriage a - la - Mode , the three figures of the young Nobleman , his ...
... expression in Hogarth , the extreme delicacy and subtle gradations of character in his pictures have almost entirely escaped them . In the first picture of the Marriage a - la - Mode , the three figures of the young Nobleman , his ...
Page 145
... expression and features in his subjects . Every stroke of his pencil tells according to a preconception in his mind . If the eye squints , the mouth is dis- torted ; every feature acts , and is acted upon by the rest of the face ; even ...
... expression and features in his subjects . Every stroke of his pencil tells according to a preconception in his mind . If the eye squints , the mouth is dis- torted ; every feature acts , and is acted upon by the rest of the face ; even ...
Page 240
... expression . So far , there is nobody else whom it would be either so difficult or so desirable to imitate ; but it would have been still better , if all his characters had been entirely his own , had stood out as much from others ...
... expression . So far , there is nobody else whom it would be either so difficult or so desirable to imitate ; but it would have been still better , if all his characters had been entirely his own , had stood out as much from others ...
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