| 1857 - 610 pages
...tradition alone. When, therefore, in the year 1734, some noblemen and gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...into a Society under the name of ' the Dilettanti,' it is not surprising that they should avow friendly and social intercourse to be the first great object... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 542 pages
...society so called, composed originally (in 1734) of some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, and were desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those...contributed so much to their entertainment abroad. On a report of the state of this society's finances in. 1764, it appeared that they we're in possession... | |
| Pickering Dodge - 1850 - 404 pages
...early as the year 1734, in the reign of George the Second, several gentlemen who had travelled into Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...themselves into a society under the name of the Dilettanti, for the promotion of arts, science and literature ; and, more especially, for the advancement of knowledge... | |
| Pickering Dodge - 1850 - 376 pages
...early as the year 1 734, in the reign of George the Second, several gentlemen who had travelled into Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...themselves into a society under the name of the Dilettanti, for the promotion of arts, science and literature ; and, more especially, for the advancement of knowledge... | |
| 1860 - 568 pages
...of disparagement and ridicule, is quite modern. In the year 1734 some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...thought necessary to keep up the spirit of their scheme. Mr. James Stuart and Mr. Nicholas Revett were elected members in 1751, and the Society liberally assisted... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...now existed some 130 years, is due to certain gentlemen, who had travelled much in Italy, and were desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those objects which had contributed so much to their intellectual gratification abroad. Accordingly, in the year 1 734, they formed themselves into a Society,... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...now existed some 130 years, is due to certain gentlemen, who had travelled much in Italy, and were desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those objects which had contributed so much to their intellectual gratification abroad. Accordingly, in the year 1734, they formed themselves into a Society,... | |
| Adolf Theodor F. Michaelis - 1882 - 898 pages
...counts, the foundation of the Society 1734" (more probably 1733), "some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...under the name of The Dilettanti, and agreed upon such resolutions as they thought necessary to keep up the spirit of the scheme." This description is taken... | |
| Adolf Michaelis - 1882 - 248 pages
...from probably in December, AD 1733. 1734" (more probably 1733), "some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...under the name of The Dilettanti, and agreed upon such resolutions as they thought necessary to keep up the spirit of the scheme." This description is taken... | |
| Adolf Michaelis - 1882 - 248 pages
...from probably in December, AD 1733. 1734" (more probably 1733), "some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...formed themselves into a Society under the name of Tlu Dilettanti, and agreed upon such resolutions as they thought necessary to keep up the spirit of... | |
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