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Some quarter of an on to Ricion. rait, a litein, lepiece among portraits of otanding, but, because doubtless of ing ly suggested object??a table or a aceadily fixed upon some object, in complete confidence and self?possession, and yet as in ly as I remember raits and too sly as I remember one appearance and t seen fully at t glance and by all alike. o say, like one of Sers??and yet pressed and pummelled, as it o a single attitude, almost into a gesture and a speecuation. I disagreed everyt I admired ion of some early poems founded upon old Frencry, mainly because e Vers Libre, yndall and ien?Lepages cloaring eyes at boots; and filled it ion of an al ed. I ed trongest passions, passions t o do ion, and metrical forms t seemed old enougo be sung by men ism affected ed by a cat in t our first meeting political interests or convictions, o a violent unionist and imperialist. I used to say or ; yet so t actor of passion??cer?acting meant noto me for many years??and an actor of passion y of soul, personified again and again, just as a great poetical painter, titian, Botticelli, Rossetti may depend for ness upon a type of beauty wly we call by his name.
Irving, t of t on tage, and in modern England and France it is t sort, never moved me but in tellectual pride; and t once, I am convinced t y. iculate??I am very costive, up an image of poy till it became, at moments, sougo bring life to tic crisis, and expression to t point of artifice s tongue. it opponents t