Miscellaneous Works, Volume 1Claxton, Remsen & Hoffelfinger, 1869 - English literature |
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... heart . No angry passions rise to disturb the silent progress of the work , to shake the hand , or dim the brow : no irritable humours are set afloat : you have no absurd opin- ions to combat , no point to strain , no adversary to crush ...
... heart . No angry passions rise to disturb the silent progress of the work , to shake the hand , or dim the brow : no irritable humours are set afloat : you have no absurd opin- ions to combat , no point to strain , no adversary to crush ...
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... heart to the Exhibition , and seeing it hung up there by the side of one of the Honourable Mr. Skeffington ( now Sir George ) . There was nothing in common between them , but that they were the por- traits of two very good - natured men ...
... heart to the Exhibition , and seeing it hung up there by the side of one of the Honourable Mr. Skeffington ( now Sir George ) . There was nothing in common between them , but that they were the por- traits of two very good - natured men ...
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... heart . He goes away richer than he came , richer than the possessor ; and thinks that he may one day return , when he perhaps shall have done something of the same kind , or even from failure shall have learned 12 TABLE TALK . THE SAME ...
... heart . He goes away richer than he came , richer than the possessor ; and thinks that he may one day return , when he perhaps shall have done something of the same kind , or even from failure shall have learned 12 TABLE TALK . THE SAME ...
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... heart since gone a pilgrimage to thee ! It has been made a question , whether the artist , or the mere man of taste and natural sensibility , receives most pleasure from the contemplation of works of art ? And I think this question ...
... heart since gone a pilgrimage to thee ! It has been made a question , whether the artist , or the mere man of taste and natural sensibility , receives most pleasure from the contemplation of works of art ? And I think this question ...
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... heart is also . It is now seventeen years since I was studying in the Louvre ( and I have long since given up all thoughts of the art as a profession ) , but long after I returned , and even still , I sometimes dream of being there ...
... heart is also . It is now seventeen years since I was studying in the Louvre ( and I have long since given up all thoughts of the art as a profession ) , but long after I returned , and even still , I sometimes dream of being there ...
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