...already expounded show that the error of the artist frequently consists, as De Quincy so justly observes, in seeking truth short of the limits of every art, by a system of servile copy, which deprives thf imitation, or the image, of that fictions part which constitutes at once its essence and ifs character...

...the resources of another, an increase of imitative resemblance. The second error of the artist, — consists in seeking truth (short of the limits of...which deprives the imitation or the image, of that fictitious part which constitutes at once its essence and its character. " In every art there must...

...the resources of another, an increase of imitative resemblance. The second error of the artist, — consists in seeking truth (short of the limits of every art) by a systern of servile cop;, which deprives the imitation or the image, of that fictitioua part which constitutes...