 | John Smythe Memes - 1825 - 610 páginas
...writing of this period in a private letter, " I laboured for a mere pittance, — but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth." One of his intimate friends, likewise, in a... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 páginas
...work. " I laboured," says he, in one of his letters*, "for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth.1' His day, therefore, was thus divided ; the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 438 páginas
...work. ' I laboured,' says he, in one of his letters,* ' for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — °- for I never thought of wealth.' His day, therefore, was thus divided ;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 436 páginas
...work. " I laboured," says he, in one of his letters*, "for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth.1' His day, therefore, was thus divided ; the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1840 - 288 páginas
...work. " I laboured," says he, in one of his letters, " for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards ; for I never thought of wealth." His day, therefore, was thus divided ; the morning... | |
 | 1841 - 536 páginas
...laboured," says Canova, in a letter to a friend, " for a mere pittance, — but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, for I never thought of wealth." It is evident, therefore, that, young and inexperienced... | |
 | 1861 - 378 páginas
...artist himself, afterwards, in a letter : " I laboured for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution, and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, for I never thought of wealth." The man who could utter such noble thoughts as... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1854 - 732 páginas
..." I laboured for a mere pittance, hut it was sufficient," is the language of one of his letters. " It was the fruit of my own resolution; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth." Under successive masters, Canova acquired a... | |
 | George L. Craik - 1858 - 894 páginas
...the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth." His day,...the improvement of his mind in general knowledge. * 'Memoirs.' by Memo*, p. 188. The first commission which Canova ever obtained was from a Venetian... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - 1454 páginas
...knowledge. " I labored," he says in one of his letters, " for a mere pittance ; but it was sufficient ; it was the fruit of my own resolution, and, as I then...honorable rewards, for I never thought of wealth." Having thus obtained some popularity, and being still a favorite with his old patron Faliero, he found... | |
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I laboured," says he, in one of his letters, " for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards; for I never thought of wealth. 
