 When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers ; and was reading the other, but could not go so far in it as I would have done, by reason of the impatience of my friends and fellow-travellers, who all of them pressed to see such a piece of curiosity.  Notes and Queries - Pagina 31886Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 pagina’s
...any other kind of work among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of King Charles the First, which...in the lines of the face and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers ; and was reading the other, but could not... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pagina’s
....other kind of work among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than t and frugal young man sold Yarico to a Barbadian...that the poor girl, to incline him to commisserate When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers, and was reading the other, but could not go... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 pagina’s
...any other kind of work among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of king Charles the First, which...in the lines of the face, and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford, I perused one of the whiskers, and was reading the other, but could not... | |
 | Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - 1864 - 344 pagina’s
...any other kind of work among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of King Charles the First, which...in the lines of the face and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers, and was reading the other, but could not go... | |
 | Shrimpton, Thomas and son, publishers - 1871 - 74 pagina’s
...very interesting to the antiquary. There is one remarkable curiosity : a portrait of Charjes L, having the whole Book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and on the hairs of the head. The words are small, but may be read by the use of a magnifying glass. This... | |
 | Edward Cox Alden - 1874 - 172 pagina’s
...fine rooms ; and, besides a good collection of books, contains a curious portrait of Charles I. with the whole Book of Psalms written in the lines of the face ; and some interesting relics of Abp. Laud, such as the cap worn by him at his execution, his walking-stick,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pagina’s
...which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of King Charles I, which has the whole book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and the hair of the head n . When I was last at Oxford, I perused one of the whiskers; and was reading the other, but could... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pagina’s
...which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of King Charles I, which has the whole book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and the hair of the headn. When I was last at Oxford, I perused one ofj the whiskers ; and was reading the other, but could... | |
 | 1906 - 730 pagina’s
...a passage, which is worth quoting : " I . . . remember . . . that famous picture of King Charles I, which has the whole book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and the hairs of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers ; and was reading the other,... | |
 | John Oxenford - 1877 - 536 pagina’s
...raise, And torture one poor word a thousand ways. He speaks also of a famous picture of Charles I., which has the whole book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and the hair of the head. THs extraordinary conception was imitated by some ingenious artist so late as the time of the First... | |
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