...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — I reply in the words of the painter Zeuxis, when the same question was addressed to him, on exhibiting...masterpiece of imitative art, 'The curtain is the picture' . . . the curtain (to us?) conceals nothing behind, and cannot by any ingenuity be withdrawn." Nevertheless,...

...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — I reply in the words of the painter Zeuxis, when the same question was addressed to him on exhibiting his masterpiece of imitative art1 — ' The curtain is the picture P What we now read as poetry and legend was once accredited history,...

...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — I reply in the words of the painter Zeuxis, when the same question was addressed to him on exhibiting...which the first Greeks could conceive or relish of past time : the curtain conceals nothing behind, and cannot by any ingenuity be withdrawn. I undertake...

...curtain for tho picture it is supposed to hide, because for us the eurtain is the picture, and though what we now read as poetry and legend was once accredited...Greeks could conceive or relish of their past time, it has become a curtain to us which cannot be withdrawn. The historian undertakes merely to show it...

...curtain for tho picture it is supposed to hide, because for us the curtain is the picture, and though what we now read as poetry and legend was once accredited...the first Greeks could conceive or relish of their pnst timo, it has become a curtain to us which cannot be withdrawn. Tho historian undertakes merely...

...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — I reply in the words of the painter Zeuxis, when the same question was addressed to him on exhibiting...masterpiece of imitative art — ' The curtain is the * Clarendon's History of the Rebellion. Book VII. picture.' What we now read as poetry and legend was...

...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — 1 reply in the words of the painter Zcuxis, when the same question was addressed to him, on exhibiting...which the first Greeks could conceive or relish of the past time: the curtain conceals nothing behind, and cannot by any possibility be withdrawn. I undertake...

...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — I reply in the words of the painter Zeuxis, when the same question was addressed to him, on exhibiting...which the first Greeks could conceive or relish of the past time: the curtain conceals nothing behind, and cannot by any possibility be withdrawn. I undertake...

...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — I reply in the words of the painter /euxis, when the same question was addressed to him. on exhibiting his masterpiece of imitative art: 'The curtain i» the picture' What we now read as poetry and legend, was once accredited history, and the only genuine...

...do not undraw the curtain and disclose the picture — I reply in the words of the painter Zeuxis, when the same question was addressed to him on exhibiting...behind, and cannot, by any ingenuity, be withdrawn."* Now, to apply this to the legendary history of Britain, there is such uncertainty as to its origin...