Life and letters of John Constable, RA . o 2 2 z 5 o £ t ^^ o - m 5 4 ?>-- ,-•? --:-< ,< . ^-^ 2 o 1- I ,? O o: m q: < u ^?^ V -z - ^ CO ^i Q /I, -1 tl u. Z c: O f/^Sk. o. i824.] MRS. SOBER.—CONSTABLE AND THE FRENCHMAN. 153 History are instructive and entertaining, calculated for childrenof all ages ; his History of Trees is delightful. We are atNo. 9, Mrs. Sobers Gardens, so called from Mrs. Sober, the ladyof the manor. She has built a Chapel; and a man who was takenbefore the magistrates quite drunk, when asked what he was, saidhe was one of Mrs. Sobers congregation. Last Tuesday
Life and letters of John Constable, RA . o 2 2 z 5 o £ t ^^ o - m 5 4 ?>-- ,-•? --:-< ,< . ^-^ 2 o 1- I ,? O o: m q: < u ^?^ V -z - ^ CO ^i Q /I, -1 tl u. Z c: O f/^Sk. o. i824.] MRS. SOBER.—CONSTABLE AND THE FRENCHMAN. 153 History are instructive and entertaining, calculated for childrenof all ages ; his History of Trees is delightful. We are atNo. 9, Mrs. Sobers Gardens, so called from Mrs. Sober, the ladyof the manor. She has built a Chapel; and a man who was takenbefore the magistrates quite drunk, when asked what he was, saidhe was one of Mrs. Sobers congregation. Last Tuesday, thefinest day that ever was, we went to the Dyke, which is, in fact,the remains of a Roman encampment, overlooking one of thegrandest natural landscapes in the world, and consequently ascene the most unfit for a picture. It is the business of a painternot to contend with nature, and put such a scene, a valley filledwith imagery fifty miles long, on a canvas of a few inches; butto make something out of nothing, in attempting which he mustalmost of necessity become poetical—but you understand all thisbetter than I. My wife and children are delightfully well. In June, Const
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