 I asked if I might enter; he opened the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work as for the curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactness, I never had before seen in all my travels.  Sir Christopher Wren - Page 134by Lena Milman - 1908 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1818 - 606 pages
...Tintoret, a copy of which I had myselfe brought from Venice, where the original painting remaines. I asked if I might enter; he open'd the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work as for yc curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactnesse, I never had before seene in all my travells.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 622 pages
...Tinturet, a copy of which I had myselfe brought from Venice, where the original painting remaines. I asked if I might enter; he open'd the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work as for ye curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactnesse, I never had before scene in all my travells.... | |
 | 1818 - 598 pages
...copy of which I had myselfe brought from Venice, where the original painting remaines. I asked if 1 might enter; he open'd the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work as for ye curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactnesse, I never had before scene in all my travells.... | |
 | 1819 - 630 pages
...Tintoret, a copy of which I hadmyselfe brought from Venice, where the original painting remaines. I asked if I might enter : he open'd the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work as for y* curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactnesse, I never had before seene in all my travells.... | |
 | 1820 - 422 pages
...myselfe brought from Venice, where the original painting remaines. I asked if I might enter ; he opened the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work as for ye curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactnesse, I never had before seene in all my travells.... | |
 | James Elmes - 1825 - 322 pages
...myself brought from Venice, where the original painting remains. I asked if I might enter ? He opened the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a...drawing, and studious exactness, I never had before seen in all my travels. I questioned him why he worked in such an obscure and lonesome place ? He told... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1820 - 384 pages
...myself brought from Venice, where the original painting remains. I asked if I might enter ? He opened the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a...drawing, and studious exactness, I never had before seen in all my travels. I questioned him why he worked in such an obscure and lonesome place ? He told... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 332 pages
...myself brought from Venice, where the original painting remains. I asked if I might enter ; he opened the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work, as, for curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactness, I had never before seen in all my travels.... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1830 - 494 pages
...myself brought fiom Venice, where the original painting remains. 1 asked if I might enter ; he opened the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a work, as, for curiosity of handling, drawing, and studious exactness, 1 had never before seen in all my travels.... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...Tintorei, a copy of which I bad myself brought from Venice — I asked if I might enter : he opened the door civilly to me, and I saw him about such a...drawing, and studious exactness, I never had before seen in all my travels. I questioned him why he worked in such an obscure and lonesome place ; he told... | |
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