Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers (1907)
Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 178
erally, as such, with all its technicali-ties, difficulties, and particular ends, is nothing but a nobleand expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle ofthought, but by itself nothing. He who has learned whatis commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is,the art of representing any… … THE OLD SHEPHERDS CHIEF MOURNER 13: who has learned how to express himself grammatically andmelodiously has towards being a great poet. The lan-guage is, indeed, more difficult of acquirement in the onecase than in the other, and possesses more power of de-lighting the sense, while it speaks to the…
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