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Before the conclusion, the author says,
"To the rest that succeed,
We need not proceed,
Enough has already been penn'd,
And now it's high time,
For our doggrel rhyme
To come, lest it err, to an end."
This hint I shall apply to myself, lest my article become as dry and
uninteresting as my subject, and conclude with a declaration in which I
heartily concur:
"Fee simple, and a simple fee,
And all the fees in tail,
Are nothing when compared to thee,
Thou best of fees--female."
W.A.R.
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FINE ARTS
THE NINTH EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS.
We are happy to learn that the "British Artists" continue to flourish.
Their association, we believe, originated in the inefficiency of similar
Institutions. They started in a spirit of generous rivalry, and, above all
things, with the view to aid aspiring merit. It could, however, scarcely
be called rivalry to any other Institution, and to this line of conduct we
attribute much of the success of the Society of British Artists. As the
Secretary states in an Address to the Public, prefixed to this year's
Catalogue, "they have never opposed, either directly or indirectly, any
existing Institution for the promotion of the Fine Arts, but have
uniformly sought to go hand in hand with whatever tended to their general
advancement." It appears likewise, that works in Painting, Sculpture,
Architecture, and Engraving, to the amount of L18,000.
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