Stories from old-fashioned children's books brought together and introduced to the reader (1900)
Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900 · London : The Leadenhall Prefs, Ltd. · leaf 72
ss. One trait in this gentlemans character, even a strangeron a slight interview, might discover. The love ofPainting was his darling passion; and its ascendancyover him sensibly affected his conduct. It was not unlikeAarons rod, which swallowed up those of the magicians. Ihave observed him using… … During my residence in town, I told the Connoisseur,that paintings gave me exquisite pleasure, and that with themost agreeable emotions I had surveyed the annual ex-hibition at Somerset House. He enquired instantlywhether I practised myself, and expressed a wish ofseeing my juvenile productions. I…
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