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I Blame Walter Pater

Posted on 03/11/2018 by carolinemmurray

‘She is older than the rocks among which she sits’ is one of those much repeated quotes which really needs a bit of context. Pater’s full paragraph on the subject of the Mona Lisa is positively rococo in its ramblings, … Continue reading →

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