Samuel Butler: Sketching from nature is very like trying to put a pinch of salt on her tail. And yet many manage to do it very nicely.

Sketching from nature is very like trying to put a pinch of salt on her tail. An — Samuel Butler

Sketching from nature is very like trying to put a pinch of salt on her tail. And yet many manage to do it very nicely.

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A lawyer 's dream of heaven : every man reclaimed his own property at the resurr — Samuel Butler
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