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... genius for the pencil , judging from scraps of sketches I have found in his Latin and copy - books , whereas for books and learning he appears to have a positive aversion . You cannot force Nature , and I am afraid you will find that ...
... genius for the pencil , judging from scraps of sketches I have found in his Latin and copy - books , whereas for books and learning he appears to have a positive aversion . You cannot force Nature , and I am afraid you will find that ...
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... genius for paint- ing , and will one day be a great man if you do not crush that genius in the bud . Whilst shut up in yonder room yesterday he has drawn a sketch of which many an ad- vanced artist would be proud , and that with no ...
... genius for paint- ing , and will one day be a great man if you do not crush that genius in the bud . Whilst shut up in yonder room yesterday he has drawn a sketch of which many an ad- vanced artist would be proud , and that with no ...
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... genius in him , though she mistook the direc- tion in which it lay . When a week had gone by , and still no news of him could be gathered , she became terrified , and as for his sisters , Maria and Carlina , they were constantly in ...
... genius in him , though she mistook the direc- tion in which it lay . When a week had gone by , and still no news of him could be gathered , she became terrified , and as for his sisters , Maria and Carlina , they were constantly in ...
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... genius when he found it existing , as undoubtedly it did exist , in the lad he was befriending . " Bravo , Salvator ! " he exclaimed , as , after a long silence in which both had been deeply engaged with their work , he stopped to look ...
... genius when he found it existing , as undoubtedly it did exist , in the lad he was befriending . " Bravo , Salvator ! " he exclaimed , as , after a long silence in which both had been deeply engaged with their work , he stopped to look ...
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... genius around him . " Let me but go forth to watch nature , mother , " he continued , " and you shall sec how I will paint , when I have well studied her ; and then , mother , you shall be proud of your son . " But Guilia Rosa only ...
... genius around him . " Let me but go forth to watch nature , mother , " he continued , " and you shall sec how I will paint , when I have well studied her ; and then , mother , you shall be proud of your son . " But Guilia Rosa only ...
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