| 1905 - 606 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approaches ' the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard ' much of cockney impudence before now : but never expected ' to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a ' pot of paint in the public's face.' Whistler waited a year after... | |
| 1921 - 864 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Time has shown that from the... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1877 - 434 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now ; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Among the minor works carefully... | |
| John Ruskin - 1877 - 426 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now ; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. but I think M. Tissot's require... | |
| 1878 - 638 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now,...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. This language was a little more than Mr. Whistler could stand, and he brought suit for libel. The verdict... | |
| 1878 - 636 pages
...equally well known" as Mr. Whistler. The words upon which the action for libel were founded were " I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask zoo guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face," and, also, he expressed his opinion... | |
| Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton - 1879 - 486 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of willful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now,...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Mr. Ruskin claimed this to be a fair and bona-fide criticism upon a painting which had been exposed... | |
| Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton - 1879 - 592 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of willful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now,...never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for Ringing a pot of paint in the public's face. " Mr. Ruskin claimed this to be a fair and bona-flde criticism... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1879 - 766 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged... | |
| 1879 - 740 pages
...the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged... | |
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