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Zola met Daudet at this time and has left us an attractive picture of him: "He was in the employ of a successful newspaper, he used to bring in his article, receive his remuneration, and disappear with the nonchalance of a young god, sunk in poetry, far from the petty cares of this world. He was living, I think, outside of the city, in a remote corner with other poets, a band of joyous Bohemians.
You cannot imagine the scie that became my pastel; it is so very good every one speaks of it to my friends who come to me and say what they have heard. I am quite sorry it is not picture. Bastien says that it is art even if it were a mere fusain.
Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1874. The Picture of Scotland, by ROBERT CHAMBERS, 2 vols. Edinburgh, William Tait, 1827. Scotland illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by Messrs T. Allom, W. H. Barlett, and H. Mac Culloch, by WILLIAM BEATTIE, M. D., Grad. of the Univ. of Edin. M. R. C. P. London, etc., 2 vols. London, George Virtue, 1837.
Avouons pourtant qu'il semble bien jugé par Hawkins dans son New Picture of Québec.
The picture I was doing for the Salon is not yet finished. You may well understand that I can have no pleasure in sending something that is not entirely good, at least that is as good as I may do. I am flattered by the admiration of B.... you find her intelligent; she is so, but when you know her better you will see that the first days she looks more that she is in reality.
Ceci est un gentil livre, assez bien fait, aimable, et celui qu'il convient le mieux d'emporter avec soi quand on va visiter le pays de Burns. In Ayrshire. A Descriptive Picture of the County of Ayr, by WILLIAM SCOTT DOUGLAS Kilmarnock. Mac Kie and Diennan, 1874. Auld Ayr. At the office of the Ayr Observer, n. d. The History of Kilmarnock, by ARCHIBALD MAC KAY, fourth edition.
De La Ferrière, in his Projets de Mariage de la Reine Elisabeth, says: "Elisabeth was very desirous of making the acquaintance of the Duke of Nemours. She received the Count of Randan and directed the conversation upon the Duke. Randan drew so flattering a picture of the latter that he soon awakened in her a spark of love which could easily be perceived in the face and manner of the Queen.
What is the end of fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their «midnight taper,» To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. What are the hopes of man?
The "mirage" effects of the southern sun pursue him to Paris; quick to promise out of the fullness of his hearty enthusiasm, he encourages and disappoints those who trust themselves to him. He deceives his wife, begs her forgiveness with abundant tears, and in a disgusting manner deceives her a second time. The book ends with the picture of Rosalie Roumestan bending over her new-born son.
Do not think I think bad of her, it is merely the love of analyses that makes me look into people's nature more than it would perhaps be suitable. B... has des défauts, mais elle a aussi des qualités, unfortunately one cannot say so of many. As to the picture canaille it would not be yet bad to do it, if there were talent.
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