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Excerpt from Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists, Vol. 10: Gainsborough Ost biographies are written with intent to make a man the demi-god, or to damn him as rogue who has hoodwinked a world. Of the first mentioned class, Weems' Life of Washington must ever stand as the true type. The author is so fearful that he will not think well of his subject that he conceals every attribute of our common humanity, and gives us a being almost devoid of eyes, ears, organs, dimensions, passions. Next to Weems, in point of literary atrocity comes John S. C. Abbott whose life of Napoleon is a splendid concealment of the man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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