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Michael Angelo, Fontana, and Raphael, will hereafter be what Phidias, Vitruvius, and Apelles are at present; the Names of great Statuaries, Architects and Painters, whose Works are lost.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

It is observed, that all the Virtues are represented by both Painters and Statuaries under Female Shapes, but if any one of them has a more particular Title to that Sex, it is Modesty.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Statuaries carve her under the form of a large skeleton, armed with a scythe, and bearing wings.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

"Have you a royal donation, sir, the 'Armales,' or have you an authentic Transsumtum, or the Statuaries with the clause 'Cum nos,' or, at least, according to Verbötzi I. 6., the receipts for the quartalitium?"

From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef

A Fragment of Sappho, which I design for the Subject of this Paper2, is in as great Reputation among the Poets and Criticks, as the mutilated Figure above-mentioned is among the Statuaries and Painters.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph