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Two hundred sketches, humorous and grotesque (1870)

Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, arrtist, Frederick Warne and Co., publisher · leaf 41

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38 PEOPLE WHO "GIVE THEMSELVES AlES " m SOCIETY. A gentleman ■who gives himself the airs of a great These young ladies give themselves airs of great sim- draughtsman, and especially affects facility of execution. plicity— but, no, wc can hardly say "give themselves airs," for the simplicity is… … And here is Idiot No. 2, giving him- The idiot represented above gives him- Monsieur gives himself tlie airs of a self the airs of a serious and modest self the airs of an enemy of the public musician, because he knows just enough man, who shuts his eyes to the vanities to turn over the leaves.…

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