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Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers (1907)

Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 66

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lves everyday and every hour beneath the careless glance of thepedestrian. What we never see, the painter perceived andremembered. A beggar, a wretch, or a lame man arerepulsive to us, and we turn our eyes away from these un-fortunate beings; the mother who cares for her raggedchild upon the… … IHfc liuLY FAMILY. THE HOLY FAMILY 43 of common life and finding them agreeable. It was thensettled. Our young man would make a tour of Europe. Conceived by a greater than he, other great projects havehad the fate of castles in the air! But the galleons ofAmerica had always a few piastres to pay…

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