INTRODUCTION. XXI
riods of his life, is classing a giant among
pigmies. His works will bear the relative
test of times when the Arts may be higher
than they were then or are now ; and I am
fully conscious that this Memoir must de-
rive its principal interest from the celebrity
of the Artist, who, like Louis de Camoens,
was a distinguished actor in the scenes he
describes.
Le Basir Rendu.
Vidt fmu
riods of his life, is classing a giant among
pigmies. His works will bear the relative
test of times when the Arts may be higher
than they were then or are now ; and I am
fully conscious that this Memoir must de-
rive its principal interest from the celebrity
of the Artist, who, like Louis de Camoens,
was a distinguished actor in the scenes he
describes.
Le Basir Rendu.
Vidt fmu