 | Allan Cunningham - 1829 - 380 Seiten
...as a whole. " I had (he writes) one material advantage over my competitors, viz. the early habit I acquired of retaining in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate. Sometimes, but too seldom, I took the life for correcting the... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1830 - 402 Seiten
...at leisure. " I had (he writes) one material advantage over my competitors, viz. the early habit I acquired of retaining in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate. Sometimes, but too seldom, I took the life for correcting the... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1833 - 540 Seiten
...with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz....in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate.* Sometimes, but too seldom, I took the life, for correcting the... | |
 | 1846 - 316 Seiten
...leisure. " I had," he writes, " one material advantage over my competitors, viz. the early habit I acquired of retaining in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate. Sometimes, but too seldom, I took the life for correcting the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 Seiten
...with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz.,...in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate. " The instant I became master of my own time, I determined to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 Seiten
...with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz.,...in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate. traits—so various, so faithful, and so admirable? In the London... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 314 Seiten
...with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz.,...acquired of retaining in my mind's eye, without coldly copy ing it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate. traits—so various, so faithful, and so admirable?... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 Seiten
...with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz.,...habit I thus acquired of retaining in my mind's eye, "As I had naturally a good eye, and a fondness for drawing, shows of all sorts gave me uncommon pleasure... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 Seiten
...with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz....in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the s;iot, whatever I intended to imitate. various, so faithful, and so admirable ? In the National Collection... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 Seiten
...with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which resulted from the circumstances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz....in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the spot, whatever I intended to imitate. various, so faithful, and so admirable ? In the National Collection... | |
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had one material advantage over my competitors, viz. the early habit I thus acquired of retaining in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the 
