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Excerpt from Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Ses Souvenirs, Ses Entretiens: Pr�c�d�s d'une �tude sur Sa Vie Et Son OEuvre
D�cid� pour le dessin la simple vue d'une gravure nous fait n�gliger bien souvent des devoirs essentiels On peut croire que la jeune m�re, qui devait mourir l'ann�e suivante, � vingt cinq ans, fut plus touch�e des premiers mots de la note que de tout le reste. Car elle serra pr�cieusement le bulletin dans sa bo�te de couleurs, o�, vingt ans plus tard, quand il perdit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.