ha-a-ate

Updated: May 15, 2025

'I can fancy a man fond of his art who painted like Reynolds, Hoppner would say; 'but how a man can be fond of art who paints like that fellow Northcote, Heaven only knows! There was no love lost between them. 'As to that poor man-milliner of a painter Hoppner, said Northcote, 'I hate him, sir, I ha-a-ate him!

Dutton Cook - Art in England: Notes and Studies