Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . nought but a sad memorial of the past. Ifelt glad that the University Press was on the confines ofthe town towards Godstow and Wolvercott, where mypainting ground lay. Mr. and Mrs. Combe were alwaysangels of cheerful benevolence and piety. Attendingconstantly the Infirmary, where the patients were madeintimate friends, the need of a chapel soon became evidentto Mrs. Combe. The building of this they entrusted toArthur Blomfield, and soon after its completion, findingthe neighbourhood called Jericho increasing greatlyin its population, they e
Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . nought but a sad memorial of the past. Ifelt glad that the University Press was on the confines ofthe town towards Godstow and Wolvercott, where mypainting ground lay. Mr. and Mrs. Combe were alwaysangels of cheerful benevolence and piety. Attendingconstantly the Infirmary, where the patients were madeintimate friends, the need of a chapel soon became evidentto Mrs. Combe. The building of this they entrusted toArthur Blomfield, and soon after its completion, findingthe neighbourhood called Jericho increasing greatlyin its population, they engaged the same architectto build a church and schools there, dedicated to A new duty, the consideration of which cost con-siderable anxiety, arose out of the question how Mr. Combe l82 PRE-RAPHAELITISM AND THE chap. could keep the University Press a continuing source ofprofit instead of Joss, as before his management it had been ;the University had made him an in recognition ofhis improvement of their affairs. The looming trouble. IF. II. H. THOMAS COMBE, which had to be met was the approaching cessation of themonopoly enjoyed by the University ot the printing ofBibles and Prayer Books, so that the surplus earned byhim, and threatened by this outer competition, might notbe lost. He knew that no modern Parliament wouldcontinue the University privilege, and he was driven to VII PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 183 consider whether the papermakers profit might not besaved by manufacturing it themselves, but the Universitywas debarred from engaging in business. One way thatremained was for him to make the venture himself, and
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