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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR MAY 1794 .
MEMOIRS OF . . THOMAS BANKS , ESQ . R . A . [ WITH A PORTRAIT . ]
' Led by THE MUSE , my step pervades ' The sacred haunts , the peaceful shades < Where . ScuLPTURE holds her reign : 1 I see , I see , at her command , ' The living stones in order stand , ' And Marble breathe thro' ev'ry vein ! * TIME breaks his hostile scythe ; he sighs
' To find his pow ' r malignant fled : " And what avails my dart , " he cries , " Since these can animate the dead ! " Since walt ' cl to mimic life again in stone " The Patriot seems to speak , the Hero frown . "
IT is a very common but a very just remark , that the character and conduct of the Author and the Artist must be sought in their ivories , since it is necessary to the attainment of excellence in literature , and more particularly in those performances which are to reach the mind through the medium of the outward senses , that almost the whole , of life should be devoted to the province in which that
excellence may exist . This remark is not less applicable to the present subject of our attention than on former occasions , as the person to whom we now draw , the notice of our readers has been indebted for the distinguished rank he holds in his profession to a diligent and persevering practice of his art , as well as to nature for the genius with which she has so liberally endowed him . ' Rt 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR MAY 1794 .
MEMOIRS OF . . THOMAS BANKS , ESQ . R . A . [ WITH A PORTRAIT . ]
' Led by THE MUSE , my step pervades ' The sacred haunts , the peaceful shades < Where . ScuLPTURE holds her reign : 1 I see , I see , at her command , ' The living stones in order stand , ' And Marble breathe thro' ev'ry vein ! * TIME breaks his hostile scythe ; he sighs
' To find his pow ' r malignant fled : " And what avails my dart , " he cries , " Since these can animate the dead ! " Since walt ' cl to mimic life again in stone " The Patriot seems to speak , the Hero frown . "
IT is a very common but a very just remark , that the character and conduct of the Author and the Artist must be sought in their ivories , since it is necessary to the attainment of excellence in literature , and more particularly in those performances which are to reach the mind through the medium of the outward senses , that almost the whole , of life should be devoted to the province in which that
excellence may exist . This remark is not less applicable to the present subject of our attention than on former occasions , as the person to whom we now draw , the notice of our readers has been indebted for the distinguished rank he holds in his profession to a diligent and persevering practice of his art , as well as to nature for the genius with which she has so liberally endowed him . ' Rt 2