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L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        To The Rev^d D^r Trusler

 
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        Hercules Build^gs Lambeth Aug^st 16. 1799
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        Rev^d Sir
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        I find more & more that my Style of Designing is a Species
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        by itself. & in this which I send you have been compelld by my
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        Genius or Angel to follow where he led if I were to act otherwise
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        it would not fulfill the purpose for which alone I live. which is
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        in conjunction with such men as my friend Cumberland to renew the
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701|        lost Art of the Greeks
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701|        I attempted every morning for a fortnight together to follow
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701|        your Dictate. but when I found my attempts were in vain. resolvd
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701|        to shew an independence which I know will please an Author better
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701|        than slavishly following the track of another however admirable
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701|        that track may be At any rate my Excuse must be: I could not do
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701|        otherwise, it was out of my power!
L4.3Trustler8'99; E701|        I know I begged of you to give me your Ideas & promised to
L4.3Trustler8'99; E701|        build on them here I counted without my host I now find my
L4.3Trustler8'99; E701|        mistake
L4.4Trustler8'99; E701|        The Design I have Sent. Is
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        A Father taking leave of his Wife & Child. Is watchd by Two
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        Fiends incarnate. with intention that when his back is turned
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        they will murder the mother & her infant--If this is not
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        Malevolence with a vengeance I have never seen it on Earth. & if
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        you approve of this I have no doubt of giving you Benevolence
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        with Equal Vigor. as also Pride & Humility. but cannot previously
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        describe in words what I mean to Design for fear I should
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        Evaporate [some of m] the Spirit of my Invention. But I
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        hope that none of my Designs will be destitute of Infinite
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        Particulars which will present themselves to the Contemplator.
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        And tho I call them Mine I know that they are not Mine being of
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        the same opinion with Milton when he says That the Muse visits
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        his Slumbers & awakes & governs his Song when Morn purples The
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        East. & being also in the predicament of that prophet who says I
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701|        cannot go beyond the command of the Lord to speak good or bad
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        If you approve of my Manner & it is agreeable to you. I
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        would rather Paint Pictures in oil of the same dimensions than
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        make Drawings. & on the same terms. by this means you will have a
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        number of Cabinet pictures. which I flatter myself will not be
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        unworthy of a Scholar of Rembrant & Teniers. whom I have Studied
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        no less than Rafael & Michael angelo--Please to send me your
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        orders respecting this & In my next Effort I promise more
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        Expedition
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        I am Rev^d Sir
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        Your very humble serv^t
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701|        WILL^m BLAKE
 

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