Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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Page 132
... painter the question you push , ' What's the first part of painting ? ' he'll say : ' A paint - brush . ' ' And what is the second ? ' with most modest blush , He'll smile like a cherub , and say : ' A paint - brush . ' And what is the ...
... painter the question you push , ' What's the first part of painting ? ' he'll say : ' A paint - brush . ' ' And what is the second ? ' with most modest blush , He'll smile like a cherub , and say : ' A paint - brush . ' And what is the ...
Page 141
... Painters ; they may call it mad- ness , but it is true . All the genuine old little Pictures , called Cabinet Pictures , are in fresco and not in oil . Oil was not used , except by blundering ignorance , till after Vandyke's time ; but ...
... Painters ; they may call it mad- ness , but it is true . All the genuine old little Pictures , called Cabinet Pictures , are in fresco and not in oil . Oil was not used , except by blundering ignorance , till after Vandyke's time ; but ...
Page 143
... Painter has consequently varied the heads and forms of his personages into all Nature's varieties ; the Horses he has also varied to accord to their Riders : the Costume is correct according to authentic monuments . The Knight and ...
... Painter has consequently varied the heads and forms of his personages into all Nature's varieties ; the Horses he has also varied to accord to their Riders : the Costume is correct according to authentic monuments . The Knight and ...
Page 144
... Painter has also grouped with these the Pardoner and the Sompnour and the Manciple , and has here also introduced one of the rich citizens of London ; characters likely to ride in company , all being above the common rank in life , or ...
... Painter has also grouped with these the Pardoner and the Sompnour and the Manciple , and has here also introduced one of the rich citizens of London ; characters likely to ride in company , all being above the common rank in life , or ...
Page 148
... Painter has put them side by side , as if the youthful clerk had put himself under the tuition of the mature poet . Let the Philosopher always be the servant and scholar of Inspiration , and all will be happy . Such are the characters ...
... Painter has put them side by side , as if the youthful clerk had put himself under the tuition of the mature poet . Let the Philosopher always be the servant and scholar of Inspiration , and all will be happy . Such are the characters ...
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