Word: art
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...course of reading, - the reviews, of course; George Sand, of a warm afternoon; Schiller, of a cool one; Macaulay, when I am fresh; Irving, when I am weary; all capped by the inevitable Nation, in deference to which I form my opinions. These, together with my visits to the art galleries and an occasional evening in a drawing-room, - barter these for 80 per cent in Greek and the approbation of Spider? I cannot afford to do so. No! Let Spider spend all his evenings with Socrates and Plato, if he will. I am content to give...
...NORTON has invited the Art Club to visit him at his house on Tuesday evening, April 9; but as the vacation begins next day, and as many will already have left, the meeting has been postponed till after the recess...
...plays Chopin with art almost divine...
...Art Club at their meeting last night discussed Turner's Slave Ship. Mr. William Hunt has kindly invited the club to visit his studio some evening. The invitation will probably be accepted for Saturday...
...dozen pages in this way he selects a title at random, and publishes them as a new essay. Smith was following, in a measure, this plan. Every incident in the barn-yard, every narrow escape from a mowing-machine, was booked for future use. Such is the devotion to art which every literary man feels...