"Art" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... took place during the next few days. Indeed, I could not if I would. First, the news which has reached me concerning them is scanty—so scanty that even if I recorded every word of it, it would add but little interest to the narrative I am writing. More than that, I am utterly ignorant of the art of war, and if I tried to describe in anything like detail the events which have been related to me, I should, doubtless, fall into many mistakes, and convey altogether wrong impressions. Besides, I am ...
— All for a Scrap of Paper - A Romance of the Present War • Joseph Hocking
... see. By that directing-post, where the two roads meet. As a man devoted to art, Ladywell, who has had the honour of being hung higher up on the Academy walls than any other living painter, you should take out your sketch-book and dash off ...
— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy
... out here are obliged to pelt each other with oranges to keep their hands in. One enthusiastic traveller compares it to a pearl set in sapphires and emeralds, but adds—lest we should all be running to hug the jewel—there is little art here and less society. ...
— Romantic Spain - A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) • John Augustus O'Shea
... "But thou art cross, then, my poor boy? Well, listen and I will read, though blame me not if it is not ...
— Sara, a Princess • Fannie E. Newberry
... to the jump. For one supreme moment Dinny Johnny thought she had cleared it, but at the next her hind legs had caught in the branch, and with a jerk that sent her rider flying over her head, she fell in a heap on the road. Fortunately for Mr. Denny, he was a proficient in the art of falling, and though his hands were cut, and blood was streaming down his face, he was able to struggle up, and run on towards the cry of the hounds. There was still time; panting and dizzy, and half-blinded with ...
— All on the Irish Shore - Irish Sketches • E. Somerville and Martin Ross
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