We drew at the Royal Academy in the evening and worked at home in the day.

Our mentors were Allston and King, nor could we have been better provided; Allston, a most amiable and polished gentleman, and a painter of the purest taste; and King, warm-hearted, sincere, sensible, prudent, and the strictest of economists.
"When Allston was suffering extreme depression of spirits after the loss of his wife, he was haunted during sleepless nights by horrid thoughts, and he told me that diabolical imprecations forced themselves into his mind.

The distress of this to a man so sincerely religious as Allston may be imagined.

He wished to consult Coleridge, but could not summon resolution.

He desired, therefore, that I should do it, and I went to Highgate where Coleridge was at that time living with Mr.Gillman.