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And like this is the argument of many an artist, when he would cover the poverty of his invention under the plea of his imitation of nature a plea, too, urged in ignorance of nature, for nature does actually endeavour if such a word as endeavour maybe used where all is done without effort to subdue the rawness of every colour, and even to stain the white-wash we put upon her works, and covers the lightest rocks with lichen.
"Do you think if I warnted to soft sawder you, I'd take the white-wash brush to you, and slobber it, on, as a nigger wench does to a board fence, or a kitchen wall to home, and put your eyes out with the lime? No, not I; but I could tickel you though, and have done it afore now, jist for practice, and you warn't a bit the wiser.
The mouldings of the beautiful ceilings are still extant in some of the rooms, although what once was gilt is now white-wash.
I take a scrap of the epidermis and manage to separate pretty neatly half of one of the shining belts. I place my preparation under the microscope. On the skin, a sort of white-wash lies spread, formed of a very fine, granular substance. This is certainly the light-producing matter. To examine this white layer more closely is beyond the power of my weary eyes.
"Nugent's town," said the postilion, "once a snug place, when my Lady Clonbrony was at home to white-wash it, and the like." As they drove by, some men and women put their heads through the smoke out of the cabins; pale women, with long, black, or yellow locks men with countenances and figures bereft of hope and energy. "Wretched, wretched people!" said Lord Colambre.
This last will cause the paint to adhere to the cloth, to which it is applied with a common white-wash brush. By applying the brush on the coating while it is wet, it may be so blended that not a line can be seen, and a perfectly smooth color of any shade can be obtained. The shade of color I use is a light reddish-brown.
If the wall be quite smooth, one or two coats will do; but each must be dry before the next is put on. The month of March is the best season for doing this. STUCCO WASHES. The most beautiful white-wash is made of clean good lime mixed with skim milk instead of water. For Blue wash, put four pounds of blue vitriol into an iron or brass pot, with a pound of the best whiting, and a gallon of water.
The dirt occasioned by flies, may be gently taken off with a wet sponge, after the print has been well soaked. Spots of white-wash may be removed by spirit of sea salt diluted with water. If grease spots appear in leather, a different process must be pursued.
Lamp-black mixed with molasses, and put in white-wash, makes a good color for a kitchen. To Dye Orange Color.
This custom prevails, and its stipulations are most religiously binding, whenever women are employed to white-wash Government houses and establishments. Once a Targhee received some money, which a woman thus employed offered to him, to entrap him. Immediately exclaimed the virago, "You cowardly rascal, instead of giving us money, you take money away from us."
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