I may get a good run of portraits or I may not; it depends so much on the whim of the public; if they should happen to fancy my pictures, I shall succeed; if not, why, I shall not succeed.

I am, however, encouraged to hope....
"If I am prohibited from writing or thinking of politics, I hope my brothers will not be so ungenerous as to give me any....
"Mr.Allston's large picture is now exhibiting in the British Gallery.

It has excited a great deal of curiosity and he has obtained a wonderful share of praise for it....

The picture is very deservedly ranked among the highest productions of art, either in ancient or modern times.

It is really a pleasant consideration that the palm of painting still rests with America, and is, in all probability, destined to remain with us.