Identifier: literaryhistoryo00brer (find matches)
Title: The literary history of the Adelphi and its neighbourhood
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Brereton, Austin, 1862-1922
Subjects: Literary landmarks -- England London English literature -- England London London (England) -- Intellectual life
Publisher: New York : Duffield
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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n to make or tokeep few friends, and to shun all acquaintances; itwas not often, therefore, that, in these passages toand fro, he had any companion; but the event wasnoticeable when he had, from the striking changein his demeanour. He became full of animation,and of a kind of sparkling cheerfulness ; his con-versation was at once frank, weighty, and elevating,and even the oaths, with which he made somewhatfree, could not spoil the delight of the most fastidiouscensor of words, whilst borne along on the full andfree current of the painters thoughts. No one buthimself at such times would have called his counten-ance hard-featured ; its smile was inexpressiblysweet, its look of scorn or anger, when roused,such as few men could have met unmoved. Butwhat was the employment that thus determined forso long a period his daily movements ? The answerwill require a brief review of his past career.Whilst a young student at Rome, Barry, annoyed by the absurd taunts of foreigners as to the un-104 -
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Wathaniel Smith. HE STRAND ENTRANCE TO DURHAM YARD. ( 1790.( To face p. 104. JAMES BARRY genial character of the British soil for the growthof art, was often seduced into answering them insuch a manner as suited rather his fiery temper andindomitable will than the cause which he so im-patiently espoused. But a better result was his ownquiet determination to devote his life to the dis-proof of the theory. He began admirably, by astrict analysis of his own powers, and by inquiringhow they were best to be developed. Here is theresult: If I should chance to have genius, or any-thing else, he observes, in a letter to a friend, it is so much the better; but my hopes are groundedupon an unwearied, intense application, of which Iam not sparing. At present I have little to showthat I value; my work is all underground diggingand laying foundations, which, with Gods assist-ance, I may hereafter find the use of. I everyday centre more and more upon the art; I givemyself totally to it; and except

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