 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....  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 19edited by - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1858
...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. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt. " You tell me... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Allan Cunningham - 1860 - 369 pages
...a place, says Percy, at the yearly dinner. Of this honor Goldsmith thus writes to his brother : '' I took it rather as a compliment to the institution...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 Great Britain,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1861
...in the 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...something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt. "You tell me that there are fourteen or fifteen pounds left me in the hands of my cousin Lawder, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864
...in the 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...something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt. " You tell me that there are fourteen or fifteen pounds left me in the hands of my cousin Lawder, and... | |
 | Samuel Neale - 1795
...remark, on hearing of his appointment, was somewhat characteristic. " I took it," he (107) 15 226 says, " rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man who wants a shirt." To the great... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, Irish - 1873 - 408 pages
...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 * The u Jenny" of a former letter; sea ante, :. 122. benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1876
...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. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt." After Goldsmith's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1879 - 71 pages
...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. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt." After Goldsmith's... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - English letters - 1880 - 573 pages
...in the 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...something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt. You tell me that there are fourteen or fifteen pounds left me in the hands of my covisin Lawder, and... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - English letters - 1880 - 573 pages
...in the 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...something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt. You tell me that there are fourteen or fifteen pounds left me in the hands of my cousin Lawder, and... | |
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