Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 233
sometimes standbeside a wall, says Vasari, and image forth the mostextraordinary landscapes that ever were ) may be seen inthis picture : so also may his love of animals, in which, saysVasari, he took indescribable pleasure. The subjects of his pictures were generally allegorical.In Romola he… … THE DEATH OF PROCRIS 169 way believed the report and secretly followed him to thewoods, for he was a great hunter. And Cephalus calledupon aura, the Latin for breeze, for Cephalus was hotafter the chase : Sweet air, O come, and echo answered, Come, sweet air. But Procris, thinking that he…
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