
“I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone to keep the cobwebs out of my eyes.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 33.
Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Precious Angel
“I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone to keep the cobwebs out of my eyes.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 33.
Quote of Turner, c. 1806?; told by Mr Wells' daughter, Mrs. Wheeler; included in The life of J.M.W. Turner, Volume II, George Walter Thornbury; Hurst and Blackett Publishers, London, 1862, p. 55
the first drawings for the publication of Turners's famous print-collection Liber Studiorum started here; Mrs. Clara Wheeler as a young girl sat by his side while Turner was making those drawings. A few years later she have gone out many times, sketching with Turner
1795 - 1820
"A Library That Would Rather Block Than Offend," by Pamela Mendels, The New York Times (January 18, 1997)