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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure - Page 117
1780
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The Extractor; or Universal repertorium of literature, science ..., Volume 1

1829 - 762 pages
...and uninterrupted, whilst he was in search of the necessary expedients, he generally retired to hie bed ; and he has been known to lie there one, two, or three day«, till he had obtained the object in view. He would then get up and execute his design without...
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Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining

Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1831 - 418 pages
...extraordinary difficulty occurred to him, in the execution of his works, generally retired to bed, and has been known to lie there one, two, or three days, till he had surmounted it. He would then get up and execute his design without any drawing, or model, for he had...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

Biography - 1836 - 506 pages
...himself. In order therefore to be quiet and uninterrupted, whilst he was in search of the necessary expedients, he generally retired to his bed ; and...object in view. He then would get up, and execute his design without any drawing or model. Indeed, it never was his custom to make either, unless he was...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times, Volume 3

Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 pages
...himself. In order therefore to be quiet and uninterrupted, whilst he was in search of the necessary expedients, he generally retired to his bed; and he...object in view. He then would get up and execute his design without any drawing or model. Indeed, it never was his custom to make either, unless he was...
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Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits ...

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 pages
...himself. In order therefore to be quiet and uninterrupted, whilst he was in search of the necessary expedients, he generally retired to his bed ; and...object in view. He then would get up and execute his design without any drawing or model. Indeed, it never was his custom to make either, unless he was...
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Lives of Individuals who Raised Themselves from Poverty to Eminence Or Fortune

Richard Alfred Davenport - Europe - 1841 - 456 pages
...himself. In order, therefore, to be quiet and uninterrupted, whilst he was in search of the necessary expedients, he generally retired to his bed ; and...object in view. He then would get up and execute his design without any drawing or model. Indeed, it never was his custom to make either, unless he was...
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Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining: Alphabetically Arranged and ...

Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1841 - 520 pages
...extraordinary difficulty occurred to him in the execution of his works, generally retired to bed and has been known to lie there one, two, or three days, till he had surmounted it. He would then get up, and execute his design, without any drawing or model, for he had...
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A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most ...

Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1842 - 454 pages
...extraordinary difficulty occurred to him in the execution of his works, he generally retired to bed ; and has been known to lie there one, two or three days, till he had surmounted it. He would then get up, and execute his design without any drawing or model ; for he had...
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The United States Reader: Containing a Variety of Exercises in Reading ...

John D. Post - Readers - 1842 - 314 pages
...extraordinary difficulty occurred to him in the execution of his works, generally retired to bed, and has been known to lie there one, two, or three days, till he has surmounted it. He would then get up, and execute his design without any drawing or model, for he...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 22

Periodicals - 1843 - 280 pages
...quiet and uninterrupted whilst he was in search of expedients, he generally retired to his bed, and has been known to lie there one, two, or three days, till he had attained the object in view ; he would then get up, and execute his design without drawing or model — indeed it never was his custom...
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