 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pàgines
...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...compliment to the institution, than any benefit to myfelf. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt. You... | |
 | 1846 - 784 pàgines
...make me Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of Painting he has just established, but there is no salary annexed, and I took it rather as...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." Before we stay... | |
 | 1846 - 782 pàgines
...make me Professor of Ancient History in the Koyal Academy of Painting he has just established, but there is no salary annexed, and I took it rather as...compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation arc something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt." Before we stay... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1846 - 828 pàgines
...make me Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of Painting he has just established, but there is no salary annexed, and I took it rather as...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." Before we stay... | |
 | 1846 - 316 pàgines
...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 than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man who wants a shirt." Lastly, the... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 pàgines
...professor of ancient history : both appointments were merely honorary. Goldsmith observed concerning his, " 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 a man who wants a shirt." Thus favourably... | |
 | James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - 1848 - 586 pàgines
...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...compliment to the institution, than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt."* The exhibition... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pàgines
...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...compliment to the institution, than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation, are something Hke ruffes to one that wants a shirt. . You tell me that... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 734 pàgines
...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...compliment to the institution, than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation, are something like ntffles to one that wants o shirt. . You tell me... | |
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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.... 
