The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 133
... excellent viands , wines , fruit , & c . , were placed . The mayor having been pre- viously informed that his majesty never tasted wine in the morning , humbly entreated him to take a jelly . The king replied , " I never did yet take ...
... excellent viands , wines , fruit , & c . , were placed . The mayor having been pre- viously informed that his majesty never tasted wine in the morning , humbly entreated him to take a jelly . The king replied , " I never did yet take ...
Page 129
... excellent artist , after visiting Rome , and exe- cuting paintings which would do honour to any age or country , died in his thirty - second year . THE HOPWOODS . The late Mr. James Hopwood , the engraver , pos- sessed but slender ...
... excellent artist , after visiting Rome , and exe- cuting paintings which would do honour to any age or country , died in his thirty - second year . THE HOPWOODS . The late Mr. James Hopwood , the engraver , pos- sessed but slender ...
Page 149
... excellent drawing , which is the only portrait of Fielding extant , and which recals to the memory of all who have seen him , a corresponding image of the man . It has been said , that this portrait was painted from a representation of ...
... excellent drawing , which is the only portrait of Fielding extant , and which recals to the memory of all who have seen him , a corresponding image of the man . It has been said , that this portrait was painted from a representation of ...
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