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Page vi - the humble pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstructions, from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress.
Page 241 - hemmed, till his father, who had heard him with growing impatience, could contain his vexation no longer, but, pushing open the door, thrust in his head, and prompted him to the sentence— ' a nobler gratitude Rose in her soul, for from that hour she loved me, Till, for her life, she paid me with herself." then added—
Page 420 - the sensibility and virtues of his mind. Like the greatest of modern painters, he delighted to trace from the actions of familiar life, the lines of sentiment and passion; and from the populous haunts and momentary peacefulness of poverty and want, to form his inimitable groups of childhood, and maternal tenderness; with those nobler compositions from Holy
Page 277 - During the nine years that I was his wife, I never saw him satisfied with any one of his productions; and often, very often, have I seen him enter my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an agony of despondency on the sofa, exclaim,
Page 260 - the contrary. One part of Mrs. Lisle's examination seems as if she had a question put to her, upon the supposition that I had been left alone with Mr. Lawrence at his own house; to which she answers, that she indeed had left me there, but that she thinks she left Mrs. Fitzgerald with me.
Page 258 - it was at the other end of the house from my apartment. " At that time, Mr. Lawrence did not dine with me; his dinner was served in his own room. After dinner, he came down to the room where I and my ladies generally sat in an evening.
Page 257 - began a large picture of me and of my daughter, towards the latter end of the year 1800, or the beginning of 1801. Miss Garth and Miss Hayman were in the house with me at the time. The picture was painted at Montague House. Mr. Lawrence
Page 296 - be so reported by me. You will believe that I can sincerely feel the loss of a brother artist, from whose works I have often gained instruction, and who has gone by my side in the race these eighteen years.
Page 65 - of drawing a strong likeness of any person present, which had generally much freedom and grace, if the subject permitted. He is likewise an excellent reader of blank verse, and will immediately convince any one that he both understands and feels the striking passages of Milton and Shakspeare."•
Page 67 - of the most eminent persons then at Oxford; but his pencil was not confined to grave sexagenarians; for many of the younger nobility and gentry were anxious to have their portraits taken by the phenomenon; and the female beauty of this dignified city and its wealthy neighbourhood, equally pressed upon his talents