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A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)

Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 537

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ced an iniaginaiyrepresentation of Bewicks funeral, presents a correct view of the place.The following popular saying, which is well known in Northumberland,suggested the introduction of the rain-bow : *oo^ Happy is the bride that the sun shines on,And happy is the corpse that the rain rains on,—… … The following eloquent tribute to the merits of Bewick is from anarticle on Wilsons Illustrations of Zoology in Blackwoods Magazine forJune, 1828. Have we forgotten, in our hurried and imperfect enumeration ofwise worthies,—have we forgotten The Genius that dwells on the banks of the Tyne, * the…

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