 | Enos Bronson - 1812 - 556 Seiten
...never saw him satisfied with any one of his productions, and often, very often have I seen him entering my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an agony...discrimination of their respective merits, that I learnt to appreciate the value of an exhibition. He used to study at Somerset House when the pictures were hung... | |
 | D. E. Williams - 1831 - 516 Seiten
...himself in an agony of despondency on the sofa, exclaim, ' I am the most stupid of created beings ; I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live.' " I may sport a paradox in saying, that this was perhaps true ; but although no painter whilst he lived,... | |
 | 1871 - 870 Seiten
...him enter my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an agony of despondence on the sofa, exclaim, ' I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live.' " On the other hand, we read of a sculptor who stood sorrowful before his masterpiece, and to the inquiry... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1854 - 440 Seiten
...him enter my sitting room, and throwing himself in an agony of despondence on the sofa, exclaim, ' I never, never shall be a painter, as long as I live!'" Happily for women they have, in the little domestic cares of every day life, a source of employment... | |
 | 1854 - 506 Seiten
...him enter my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an ngony of despondence on the sofa, exclaim, ' I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live !'" It was a noble despair, such as is never felt by the, self-complacent daubers of sign-boards, and... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1861 - 412 Seiten
...him enter my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an agony of despondency on the sofa, exclaim, ' I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live ! ' " In the autumn of this year Mrs. Opie's long cherished desire of visiting Prance, and more especially... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 312 Seiten
...seen him enter my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an agony of despondence on the sofa, exclaim,' I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live !'" It was a noble despair, such as is never felt by the self-complacent daubers of signboards, and... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 294 Seiten
...him enter my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an agony of despondence on the sofa, exclaim, ' I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live !' " It was a noble despair, such as is never felt by the self-complacent daubers of signboards, and... | |
 | 1871 - 832 Seiten
...him enter my sitting-room, and throwing himself in an agony of despondence on the 'sofa, exclaim, ' I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live.' " On the other hand, we read of a sculptor who stood sorrowful before his masterpiece, and to the inquiry... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 376 Seiten
...him enter my sitting-room, and, throwing himself in an agony of despondence on the sofa, exclaim, < I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live !'" It was this noble despair, which is never felt by vulgar artists, this pursuit of an ideal which,... | |
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I never saw him satisfied with one of his productions ; and often, very often have I seen him enter my sitting-room, and, throwing himself in an agony of despondence on the sofa, exclaim, < I never, never shall be a painter as long as I live... 
