We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye.... Critical and historical essays - Page 416by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
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