...tradition alone. When, therefore, in the year 1734, some noblemen and gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...into a Society under the name of ' the Dilettanti,' it is not surprising that they should avow friendly and social intercourse to be the first great object...

...society so called, composed originally (in 1734) of some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, and were desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those...contributed so much to their entertainment abroad. On a report of the state of this society's finances in. 1764, it appeared that they we're in possession...

...early as the year 1734, in the reign of George the Second, several gentlemen who had travelled into Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...themselves into a society under the name of the Dilettanti, for the promotion of arts, science and literature ; and, more especially, for the advancement of knowledge...

...early as the year 1 734, in the reign of George the Second, several gentlemen who had travelled into Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...themselves into a society under the name of the Dilettanti, for the promotion of arts, science and literature ; and, more especially, for the advancement of knowledge...

...of disparagement and ridicule, is quite modern. In the year 1734 some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...thought necessary to keep up the spirit of their scheme. Mr. James Stuart and Mr. Nicholas Revett were elected members in 1751, and the Society liberally assisted...

...now existed some 130 years, is due to certain gentlemen, who had travelled much in Italy, and were desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those objects which had contributed so much to their intellectual gratification abroad. Accordingly, in the year 1 734, they formed themselves into a Society,...

...now existed some 130 years, is due to certain gentlemen, who had travelled much in Italy, and were desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those objects which had contributed so much to their intellectual gratification abroad. Accordingly, in the year 1734, they formed themselves into a Society,...

...counts, the foundation of the Society 1734" (more probably 1733), "some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...under the name of The Dilettanti, and agreed upon such resolutions as they thought necessary to keep up the spirit of the scheme." This description is taken...

...from probably in December, AD 1733. 1734" (more probably 1733), "some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...under the name of The Dilettanti, and agreed upon such resolutions as they thought necessary to keep up the spirit of the scheme." This description is taken...

...from probably in December, AD 1733. 1734" (more probably 1733), "some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for...formed themselves into a Society under the name of Tlu Dilettanti, and agreed upon such resolutions as they thought necessary to keep up the spirit of...