e, that the conditions stillobtained under which those old masters worked—that a country still saw it honoured itself in foster-ing genius by arranging material circumstances sothat, with no sordid cares to vex the mind anddissipate nervous energy, with no limit set to thenature of the work or its… … THE CALL OF THE SEA* BY ALFRED GILBERT {Frompholo by M. Maurice Rcnard)
Art · Decoration and ornament
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