 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...believe you are pretty well convinced, that I will not be remiss when it arrives. The king has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History...myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt. You tell me that bard, that he found it difficult to live... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...believe you are pretty well convinced, that I will not be remiss when it arrives. The king has lately been pleased to make me professor of Ancient History...the institution, than any benefit to myself. Honours took the hint, and bound himself apprentice to a cabinet-maker. He had a shop in Dublin, when the Duke... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 438 pages
...believe you are pretty well convinced, that I will not be remiss when it arrives. The king has lately been pleased to make me professor of Ancient History...the institution, than any benefit to myself. Honours took the hint, and bound himself apprentice to a cabinet-maker He had a shop in Dublin, when the Duke... | |
 | 1813 - 662 pages
...history.' These distinctions were merely honorary, and Goldsmith whimsically observed of his ; — ' there is no salary annexed ; and I took it, rather...myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.' Reynolds was elected president, and knighted on the occasion.... | |
 | 1813 - 592 pages
...been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History in a Kov ul Academy of Painting which he hasju.it established ; but there is no salary annexed, and...rather as a compliment to the institution than any belied to myself. Honours to one in * With great deference to Mr. V. we would ask, " Was it nnt rather... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1814 - 718 pages
...annual dinner. ' Goldsmith himself, in a letter to his brother, says of it — ' The king has lately been pleased to make me professor of ancient history...myself. Honours to one in my situation are something liks ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.' ' The artist will find much valuable information in the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...believe you are pretty well convinced that I will not be remiss when it arrives. The king has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History...myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt. You tell me that there are fourteen or fifteen pounds left... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 324 pages
...him a place, says Percy, at the yearly dinner. Of this honour' Goldsmith thus writes to his brother: "I took it rather as a compliment to the institution...myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man who wants a shirt." Lastly, the King, to give dignity to the Royal Academy of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...believe you are pretty well convinced that I will not be remiss when it arrives. The king has lately l l Fainting, which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed; and I took it rather as a... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 726 pages
...was usual to invite several persons distinguished for rank or talent ; and as festive entertainments given under circumstances so novel could not fail...rather as a compliment to the institution than any beni-fit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a... | |
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The King has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History in a Royal Academy of Painting, which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed; and I took it rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself.... 
