A Distracted Scullion Pours A Cask Of Brandy Onto A Half-barrel Of Filthy Slops, Detail From An Election, Scene I, An Election Entertainment, 1744-45 Painting
Someone Who Has Given Both Heart And Mind To God In Prayer, Yet Who Is Distracted By Unwanted Images, Is No More To Blame For Them Than A Person Who Sits Quietly In Her Room Is To Blame For The Shadows Cast On Her Window-blind By Persons Outside In T Painting