Depose him,’ said Will Scott, astonished. ‘The Grand Master’s holy office terminates with his life. ’ ‘And can … - Dorothy Dunnett

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A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the works of nature. . . but he must be as necessarily an imitator of the works of other painters. This appears more humiliating, but is equally true; and no man can be an artist, whatever he may suppose, upon any other terms.

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Depose him,’ said Will Scott, astonished. ‘The Grand Master’s holy office terminates with his life. ’ ‘And can nobody think of an answer to that?’ said Will Scott.

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