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fence at the circumftances of bis admifFion among
junior artift (his only opponent) elected before him :
and himfelf chofen in confequence of public re-
prefentation in the news papers. Mr. Copley's
fkirmifh with the treafurer of the R. A. is no fecrei
to the public. Thefe artifts, in conjunction with
Mr. Stubbs and others, are faid to meditate a
fevere revenge. In the mean while the fociety they
quitted, reflect on them as juftly ferved, for accom-
panying thofe who occafioned the feparation from
their body ; to their great injury, and to the fevere
vexation (if not to the immediate caufe of the de-
ceafe) of their then worthy prefident Mr. Kirby.
Amidft thefe clamours and contentions, can there
be any pleafure in repeating or in hearing the news
of the day ? not to any onevvho wifhes to fee the arts
flourifh, and Britifh genius unrivalled. But if thefe
clouds blow over, and the horizon becomes clear,
we (hall, with the utmoft pleafure, be the firft to
hail returning brightnefs.
If wifliing was not £ the conftant hectic of a fool,*
we could wifh there were no foundation for fuch re-
ports, that the Royal Academy might afford a bafis
broad enough to include every artift of merit j and be
diitinguiflied by liberality of fcntiment, no lefs than
by public advantages.
them ; having had the
mortification to fee a vcy
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junior artift (his only opponent) elected before him :
and himfelf chofen in confequence of public re-
prefentation in the news papers. Mr. Copley's
fkirmifh with the treafurer of the R. A. is no fecrei
to the public. Thefe artifts, in conjunction with
Mr. Stubbs and others, are faid to meditate a
fevere revenge. In the mean while the fociety they
quitted, reflect on them as juftly ferved, for accom-
panying thofe who occafioned the feparation from
their body ; to their great injury, and to the fevere
vexation (if not to the immediate caufe of the de-
ceafe) of their then worthy prefident Mr. Kirby.
Amidft thefe clamours and contentions, can there
be any pleafure in repeating or in hearing the news
of the day ? not to any onevvho wifhes to fee the arts
flourifh, and Britifh genius unrivalled. But if thefe
clouds blow over, and the horizon becomes clear,
we (hall, with the utmoft pleafure, be the firft to
hail returning brightnefs.
If wifliing was not £ the conftant hectic of a fool,*
we could wifh there were no foundation for fuch re-
ports, that the Royal Academy might afford a bafis
broad enough to include every artift of merit j and be
diitinguiflied by liberality of fcntiment, no lefs than
by public advantages.
them ; having had the
mortification to fee a vcy
1 2
EX-