Vulgar words in Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters (Page 1)
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His work was done with such ease that he was not aware it was extraordinary in quality; and when Swanenburch sold several of his sketches at goodly prices and put the silver in the lad's hand, he asked who the blockheads were who had invested.
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And about this time Van Dyck was busying himself as understudy, by making love to Rubens' wife.
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The Princess was plain in feature but finely formed, and had attracted the favorable attention of various worthy young men, but no man had ever dared to make love to her except by post or proxy.
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It was all the sublime effrontery and conceit--or naturalness, if you please--of a country bumpkin who did not know his place.