 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 the picture might have been better if the...  Mammon in London; Or, The Spy of the Day ... - Page 74by Mammon - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...assured me that nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rnles; the one, always to observe, that the picture might have been better if th^ painter had taken more pains; and the other, to praise the works of Pietro Perngino. " But," says... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...connoscento so very sud' denly, he assured methat nothing was more 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 156 pages
...connoscento 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...picture might have been better, if the painter had t-.iken more pains; and the other, to praise the works of Pietro Penigeno. Hut, says he, as I once... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...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 the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praise the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...cognoscente so very suddenly, he assured me that nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted aining his superfluous moisture the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains; and the other, to praise the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...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 the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praise the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...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 the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains; and the other, to praise the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pages
...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, the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praise the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1843 - 336 pages
...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 the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains; and the other, to praise the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...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 the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains; and the other, to praise the... | |
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