An outline history of painting for young people and students (1883)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, White, Stokes, & Allen · leaf 18
an invalid—many an unfortunateone is thus made content by pictures during hours thatwould otherwise be wretched. This is the result of culti-vating the perceptive and imaginative faculties, and whenonce this is done, we have a source of pleasure within our-selves and not dependent on others which… … Fig. I.—Harp-1LAYER. From an Egyptian painii?ig. 4 IAINTIXC;. and happy, the other heavy and sad. If you can find outthe truth, it will result that the sad one is matter-of-fact, andhas no imagination—he can only think of his work andwhat concerns him personally ; but the merry one wouldsurprise…
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