Page:Vasari - Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, volume 5.djvu/8

 “The enthralling Biographies of Vasari—biographies which from their peculiar diversity and fascination caused the late unfortunate Haydon to exclaim with enthusiasm, ‘If I were confined to THREE BOOKS, IN A DESERT ISLAND, I WOULD CERTAINLY CHOOSE THE Bible, Shakespere, and Vasari.’ ” — IVesfmitister and Foreign Quarterly.