Ancient lights and certain new reflections, being the memories of a young man; . nd-sixpence a piece, Mr. Rathbone 143 Ancient Lights considered would be so handy for the Lancashire millgirls when they went on a days outing in the were in the most crowded part of Piccadilly;the eyes of Europe seemed to be already more thansufficiently upon us to suit my taste. Mr. Rath-bone suddenly announced that he had succeededin persuading the Liverpool Corporation to buyMr. Holman Hunts picture of The Triumph ofthe Innocents. Mr. Shields stopped eyes became as large and round a
Ancient lights and certain new reflections, being the memories of a young man; . nd-sixpence a piece, Mr. Rathbone 143 Ancient Lights considered would be so handy for the Lancashire millgirls when they went on a days outing in the were in the most crowded part of Piccadilly;the eyes of Europe seemed to be already more thansufficiently upon us to suit my taste. Mr. Rath-bone suddenly announced that he had succeededin persuading the Liverpool Corporation to buyMr. Holman Hunts picture of The Triumph ofthe Innocents. Mr. Shields stopped eyes became as large and round as those ofthe street child: You have, Harold ! he exclaimed, and openinghis arms wide he cried out: Let me kiss you,Harold ! The two artists, their Inverness capes flying outand seeming to cover the whole of Piccadilly, fell intoeach others arms. As for me I ran away at the topof my speed and hid myself in the gloomy entranceunder the steps of the orchestra at the back ofSt. Jamess Hall. But I wish now I could again wit-ness an incident arising from another such occasion. 144. WHERE llOSSETTI IllE FATIIKIl (IK JIANIE AND OFITALIA To face ji. 145 VIII VARIOUS CONSPIRATORS The earliest Pre-Raphaelites bothered themselvesvery little therefore with politics, Rossetti himself lessthan any of the others, though most of the Rossettishad always views of an advanced character. Howcould it be otherwise, with Italians whose earliestideas were centred around the struggle for Italianfreedom ? It has always seemed to me a curiousconjunction that Napoleon III, when he was apauper exile in London, was a frequent visitor at thelittle house in Charlotte Street where the Rossettislived in an odour of Italian conspiracy. And it hassometimes occurred to me to wonder whether thegerms of Napoleons later policy—that Utopian andtremendous idea that was his of uniting all Latinhumanity in one immense alliance under the gegisand hegemony of the eagle of France—that tremen-dous idea tha
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