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" ... and, if there was any stress to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined to a violent end. The bust was at last finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the river,... "
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by Irish archaeological and Celtic society - 1850
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The Life of James, Duke of Ormond: Containing an Account of the ..., Volume 3

Thomas Carte - Ireland - 1851 - 734 pages
...making the bust of so great a prince ; the other said, that he had set about it several times, but there was something so unfortunate in the features of the...immediately to his house at Chelsea. It was brought thither and placed upon a table in the garden, whither the king went with a train of nobility about him to...
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Things Not Generally Known: Curiosities of History

John Timbs - History - 1858 - 272 pages
...forced to leave off the work ; and, if there was any stress to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined...finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the river, the king, who was very impatient to see the bust, ordered it...
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Sir Ewain, Or, The Giant's Cave: A Holy Moral

Beilby Porteus - English poetry - 1860 - 242 pages
...and forced to leave off the work; and, if tbere was any stress to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined...finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the river, the king, who was very impatient to see the bust, ordered it...
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Predictions Realized in Modern Times

John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 360 pages
...forced to leave off the work ; and, if there was any- stress to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined...finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the river, the king, who was very impatient to see the bust, ordered it...
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Romance of London: Strange Stories, Scenes and Remarkable Persons ..., Volume 1

John Timbs - London (England) - 1865 - 372 pages
...forced to leave off the work ; and, if there was any stress to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined...finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the river, the King, who was very impatient to see the bust, ordered it...
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Omens and Superstitions: Curious Facts and Illustrative Sketches

Omens - Omens - 1868 - 210 pages
...forced to leave off the work ; observing, that if any stress was to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined...finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the Thames, the King, who was very impatient to see the bust, ordered it...
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Glimpses of the Supernatural: Being Facts, Record and Traditions ..., Volume 1

Frederick George Lee - Spiritualism - 1875 - 322 pages
...something so unusually sad and melancholy in 'the royal features, that if any stress might be laid on physiognomy, he was sure that the person whom the picture represented was destined for a violent end. When the bust arrived in England, the King being anxious to see it, it was taken...
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The Other World: Or, Glimpses of the Supernatural. Being Facts ..., Volume 1

Frederick George Lee - Spiritualism - 1875 - 316 pages
...something so unusually sad and melancholy in the royal features, that if any stress might be laid on physiognomy, he was sure that the person whom the picture represented was destined for a violent end. When the bust arrived in England, the King being anxious to see it, it was taken...
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Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and ..., Volume 3

Walter Thornbury - London (England) - 1879 - 604 pages
...and forced to leave off the work ; and if there was any stress to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined...finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the river, th'e king, who was very impatient to see the bust, ordered it...
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