Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 50John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1860 - American periodicals |
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... PAINTER OF SVENDBORG CASTLE . of the old castle - an offer which Bertel Rovsing very gratefully accepted . And thus it was that the young man soon be- came locally known and spoken of as " The Painter of Svendborg Castle . " AT the ...
... PAINTER OF SVENDBORG CASTLE . of the old castle - an offer which Bertel Rovsing very gratefully accepted . And thus it was that the young man soon be- came locally known and spoken of as " The Painter of Svendborg Castle . " AT the ...
Page 105
... painter . He was obviously gifted , ardent , metaphysi- cal , and ambitious ; versed in the lore , and deeply imbued with the spirit of by- gone ages ; partial to wild , fantastic sub- jects , and habituated to blending the real with ...
... painter . He was obviously gifted , ardent , metaphysi- cal , and ambitious ; versed in the lore , and deeply imbued with the spirit of by- gone ages ; partial to wild , fantastic sub- jects , and habituated to blending the real with ...
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... painter was no ordinary dauber , but as regarded his profession , a man of genius , who only required time and opportunity to command the world's homage . At the second sitting she felt her bosom throb with a mingled feeling of admira ...
... painter was no ordinary dauber , but as regarded his profession , a man of genius , who only required time and opportunity to command the world's homage . At the second sitting she felt her bosom throb with a mingled feeling of admira ...
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... Painter of Svendborg Castle . What ! His Olüfina , with whom he could willingly pay down ( to a husband of his own choice ) a dowry of two hundred thousand specie - dalers , to clandestinely betroth herself to a beggarly artist ! The ...
... Painter of Svendborg Castle . What ! His Olüfina , with whom he could willingly pay down ( to a husband of his own choice ) a dowry of two hundred thousand specie - dalers , to clandestinely betroth herself to a beggarly artist ! The ...
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... painters who were as much neglected at the outset of their career , and who triumphantly passed through ordeals as trying as yours , and won for themselves honors , wealth , and the loftiest renown ? And why should not you ? You can ...
... painters who were as much neglected at the outset of their career , and who triumphantly passed through ordeals as trying as yours , and won for themselves honors , wealth , and the loftiest renown ? And why should not you ? You can ...
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