Meissonier, his life and his art . CLOISTEKS OF MEISSONlliU S HOUSE IN PARIS. without evt;r knowing the freedomof absolute idleness. of a prolonged absence-, -S I pray God to grant me five more years of work, and then twoor three of repose, to end with. This morning, towards six oclock, as I stood at my window atPoissy, watching the morning brighten, listening to the birds, I wasstruck by a contrast on which a poet might write a set of verses. Theclock at the Mairie had just sounded, thin and shrill. Then the hourpealed out from the tower of the old church, full, and deep, and A Genl/eman of t
Meissonier, his life and his art . CLOISTEKS OF MEISSONlliU S HOUSE IN PARIS. without evt;r knowing the freedomof absolute idleness. of a prolonged absence-, -S I pray God to grant me five more years of work, and then twoor three of repose, to end with. This morning, towards six oclock, as I stood at my window atPoissy, watching the morning brighten, listening to the birds, I wasstruck by a contrast on which a poet might write a set of verses. Theclock at the Mairie had just sounded, thin and shrill. Then the hourpealed out from the tower of the old church, full, and deep, and A Genl/eman of the Time of Louis XV. (FOR fcU. UE UEAt?M?^ l^ I V-^ t i \i i-, > r Il-IFK- M. BEVtRS COLLlitTION.). Iiinli-ii li\ Diatqcrcl Lcsicur, Pa LAST VKARS 333
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