Præterita: Outlines of Scenes And Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My ...
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I perceived then, and conclusively, that if you do a foolish thing, you suffer for it exactly the same, whether you do it piously or not. I Digitized by VjOOQ IC 1 04 PR^TTERITA.
knew perfectly well that this drawing was the best Swiss landscape yet painted by man; and that it was. entirely proper for me to have it, and inexpedient that anybody else shoald.
I ought to hav^ secured it instantly, and begged my father's pardon, tenderly. He would have been angry, and surprised, and grieved ; but l...oved me none the less, found in the end I was right, and been entirely pleased. I should have been very uncomfort- able and penitent for a while, but loved my father all the more for having hurt him, and, in the good of the thing itself, finally satisfied and triumphant. As it wa», the Splugen was a thorn in both our sides,* all our lives. My father was always trying to get it ; Mr. Munro, aided by dealers, always raising the price on him, till it got up from 80 to 400 guineas.
Then we gave it up, — with unspeakable wear and tear of best feelings on both sides.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I perceived then, and conclusively, that if you do a foolish thing, you suffer for it exactly the same, whether you do it piously or not. I Digitized by VjOOQ IC 1 04 PR^TTERITA.
knew perfectly well that this drawing was the best Swiss landscape yet painted by man; and that it was. entirely proper for me to have it, and inexpedient that anybody else shoald.
I ought to hav^ secured it instantly, and begged my father's pardon, tenderly. He would have been angry, and surprised, and grieved ; but l...oved me none the less, found in the end I was right, and been entirely pleased. I should have been very uncomfort- able and penitent for a while, but loved my father all the more for having hurt him, and, in the good of the thing itself, finally satisfied and triumphant. As it wa», the Splugen was a thorn in both our sides,* all our lives. My father was always trying to get it ; Mr. Munro, aided by dealers, always raising the price on him, till it got up from 80 to 400 guineas.
Then we gave it up, — with unspeakable wear and tear of best feelings on both sides.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 to read onlineMoreLess
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