 | Allan Cunningham - 1830 - 374 σελίδες
...the proper course of study, and bowed to unprofitable gods. " O, I could be happy," he very movingly says, " on my going home, to find some corner where...necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to cover me! I should care not what became of my work when it was done ; but I reflect with horror upon such a fellow as... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1833 - 292 σελίδες
...mistaken the proper course of study, and bowed to false gods. " Oh, I could be happy," he very movingly says, "on my going home, to find some corner where...could sit down in the middle of my studies, books, and easts after the antique, to paint this work and others, where 1 might have models of nature when neces.... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 σελίδες
...friend, he exclaims, in touching anticipation of the fate that awaited him, " O, I could be happy, on my going home, to find some corner where I could...necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to cover me." He had now hardly the prospect of securing even these humble accommodations, when he nevertheless determined,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 438 σελίδες
...friend, he exclaims, in touching anticipation of the fate that awaited him, ' O, I could be happy, on my going home, to find some corner where I could...necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to cover me.' He had now hardly the prospect of securing even these humble accommodations, when he nevertheless determined,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 292 σελίδες
...mistaken the proper course of study, and bowed to false gods. " Oh, I could be happy," he very movingly says, "on my going home, to find some corner where...bread and soup, and a coat to cover me ! I should care not what became of my work when it was done ; but I reflect with horror upon such a fellow as... | |
 | John Gould - 1835 - 430 σελίδες
...would reach a high degree of perfection in art. ^ "From Rome, in 1769 or 70. " Oh ! I could be happy on my going home, to find some corner where I could...books, and casts after the antique, to paint this work, (the Pandora) and others, where I might have models of nature when necessary, bread and soup, and a... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 260 σελίδες
...study, and painted only two original pictures whilst abroad ; on his preparing to return to England, he appears to have felt some misgivings as to his future...care what became of my work when it was done; but I reflect with horror upon such a fellow as I am, and with such a kind of art, in London, with house-rent... | |
 | John Gould - 1838 - 432 σελίδες
...Rome, in 1769 or 70. " Oh ! I could be happy on my going home, to find some corner where I could ait down in the middle of my studies, books, and casts after the antique, to paint this work, (the Pandora) and others, where I might have models of nature when necessary, bread and soup, and a... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 442 σελίδες
...decisively answered, that the painter thus mournfully wrote to a friend : — ' O, I could be happy, on my going home, to find some corner where I could...bread and soup, and a coat to cover me ! I should care not what became of my work when it was done ; but I reflect with horror upon such a fellow as... | |
 | 1845 - 496 σελίδες
...characters, which are upon record, than from any real feeling of their excellence : oh ! I could be happy, on my going home, to find some .corner where I could...and casts after the antique, to paint this work and others.where I might have models of nature when necessary ; bread and soup, and a coat to cover me.... | |
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I could be happy," he very movingly says, "on my going home, to find some corner where I could sit down in the middle of my studies, books, and casts after the antique, to paint this work and others, Where I might have models of nature when necessary,... 
