Meissonier, his life and his art . LAST YEARS 341 Ive not done any orood tn-d:iy. I could throw my [)alctto on thefloor, I am so angry. I am furious with myself. Oh! the bitter feeling of a wasted day! And to-morrow may belike it! Fatigue is nothincr, when the result of the finished labour isgood, when one has a right to be pleased with ones self I Ah! dearest child, life, with all its memories, is like grapes in thewine-press. The piled-up clusters overflow the vat, but the wineexpressed is little enough ! Life ! -how little it really comics to, after all,in the bottom of the glass !. £/ APPE


Meissonier, his life and his art . LAST YEARS 341 Ive not done any orood tn-d:iy. I could throw my [)alctto on thefloor, I am so angry. I am furious with myself. Oh! the bitter feeling of a wasted day! And to-morrow may belike it! Fatigue is nothincr, when the result of the finished labour isgood, when one has a right to be pleased with ones self I Ah! dearest child, life, with all its memories, is like grapes in thewine-press. The piled-up clusters overflow the vat, but the wineexpressed is little enough ! Life ! -how little it really comics to, after all,in the bottom of the glass !. £/ APPENDIX •^-^v^ ^ ^• Y^ ^ ^ Y^ i«tv/ 7 FACSIMILE OK MElSbONEEKS LETTER OF THANKS TO THE DUC 1) ATM ALE, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS TROMOTIONTO THE KANK OF GRAND OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR APPENDIX


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