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The grammar of painting and engraving (1874)

Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 238

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hould, perhaps, pay it no attention; cer-tainly we should not find in it the sentiment of rus-tic liberty and happiness that Rembrandt excites inus after having experienced it himself. Fortunatecabin ! What profound peace reigns around it. Thecity is far, far off; we see it just enough to feel… … PAINTING. 213 is plucking its feathers with its head thrust under itswing. One can forget ones self long in contempla-tion of this sublime disorder, this dilapidated thatchcarpeted with plants, and bright with flowers, andthis heap of fagots from which we might light up thehearth if we entered to…

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