 | 1803 - 572 pages
...maturity ?" The same friend also> remembers that when Mr. B. wai modelling the bust of his Majesty, the King asked him, " If he had ever been out of the kingdom ?" Upon being aswered in the negative, his Majesty said, " I am glad of it — you will be a greater... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 602 pages
...maturity?" The same friend also remembers, that when Mr. B. was modelling the bust of His Majesty, the King asked him if he had ever been out of the kingdom : upon being answered in the negative, his Majesty said, " I am glad of it— you will be the greater... | |
 | John Watkins - 1821 - 1570 pages
...(afterwards archbishop) Markham, to employ him in making a bust of his majesty, for Christ-church college, Oxford. While modelling this bust, the king asked..." if he had ever been out of the kingdom ;" and on Bacon answering in the negative, " I am glad of it (said his majesty) : you will be the greater honour... | |
 | Robert Huish - Great Britain - 1821 - 746 pages
...be presented to the university of Gottingen. When this artist was modelling the bust of his majesty, the king asked him if he had ever been out of the kingdom ; on being answered in the negative, the king said, " I am glad of it, you will be the greater honour... | |
 | John Galt - Great Britain - 1824 - 498 pages
...presented to the University of Gottingen.* * When this artist was modelling the bust of His Majesty, the King asked him if he had ever been out of the kingdom : on being answered in the negative, the King said, " I am glad of it ; you will be the greater honour... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 476 pages
...maturity ?" The same friend also remembers, that when Mr. B. was modelling the bust of his majesty, the king asked him if he had ever been out of the kingdom : upon being answered in the negative, his majesty said, " I am glad of it — you will be the greater... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...placed in -the hall of Christ Church College, Oxford. While he was modelling this bust, his majesty asked him ' if he had ever been out of the kingdom;' and receiving an answer in the negative, said, « I am glid of it, you will be the greater honor to it.'... | |
 | John Gould - Art - 1835 - 430 pages
...the hall of Christ College, Oxford, where it is now placed. While modelling this bust, his majesty asked him if he had ever been out of the kingdom ? and on being answered in the negative, the king said, he was glad of it, as he would be the greater ornament to it. The admirable execution... | |
 | Frederick Teague Cansick - 1869 - 282 pages
...chosen an associate. While modelling the bust of George III. for the hall of Christ Church, Oxford, the King asked him if he had ever been out of the kingdom ; and on being answered in the negative, " I'm glad of it," said his Majesty, " you will be the greater honour to it." His execution of this... | |
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Whue modelling this bust, the king asked him "if he had ever been out of the kingdom;" and on being answered in the negative, " I am glad of it," said his majesty; " you will be the greater honour to it. 