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" Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb... "
The Mirror of Justice - Page 99
by Herbert Raine Curlewis - 1906 - 304 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 201

1905 - 606 pages
...conceit of the artist so nearly approaches ' the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard ' much of cockney impudence before now : but never expected ' to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a ' pot of paint in the public's face.' Whistler waited a year after...
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The Living Age, Volume 308

Literature - 1921 - 864 pages
...ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Time has shown that from the...
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Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth ..., Volume 1

Henry Hallam - Europe - 1877 - 434 pages
...conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now ; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Among the minor works carefully...
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Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, Volume 7

John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1877 - 426 pages
...conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now ; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. but I think M. Tissot's require...
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The Literary World, Volumes 9-10

Literature - 1878 - 638 pages
...ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. This language was a little more than Mr. Whistler could stand, and he brought suit for libel. The verdict...
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Church and State

1878 - 636 pages
...as Mr. Whistler. The words upon which the action for libel were founded were " I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask zoo guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face," and, also, he expressed his opinion...
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Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook ..., Volume 2

Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton - Artists - 1879 - 486 pages
...ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of willful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Mr. Ruskin claimed this to be a fair and bona-fide criticism upon a painting which had been exposed...
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Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook ..., Volume 1

Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton - Artists - 1879 - 592 pages
...ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of willful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for Ringing a pot of paint in the public's face. " Mr. Ruskin claimed this to be a fair and bona-flde criticism...
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The Annual Register

History - 1879 - 740 pages
...ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged...
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The Annual Register

Edmund Burke - History - 1879 - 766 pages
...ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged...
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