Such a profession is very well for your young protege; but for you----" "What for me ?" cries Clive.

"We are no such great folks that I know of; and if we were, I say a painter is as good as a lawyer, or a doctor, or even a soldier.

In Dr.Johnston's Life--which my father is always reading--I like to read about Sir Joshua Reynolds best: I think he is the best gentleman of all in the book.

My! wouldn't I like to paint a picture like Lord Heathfield in the National Gallery! Wouldn't I just! I think I would sooner have done that, than have fought at Gibraltar.

And those Three Graces--oh, aren't they graceful! And that Cardinal Beaufort at Dulwich!--it frightens me so, I daren't look at it.