 | Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - 1894 - 930 pagina’s
...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 me in my situation are something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt."— tioldtmith... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 270 pagina’s
...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...something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt." 29 31. Goldsmith. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774), the author of the finest poem (The Deserted Village),... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 136 pagina’s
...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. Honors to one in uiy situation are something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt." (The Vicar of Wakefield), and... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - 296 pagina’s
...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." 1 This last illustration... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - 296 pagina’s
...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 benef1t to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to one that wants a shirt."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 304 pagina’s
...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...one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.1 You tell me that there are fourteen or fifteen pounds left me in the hands... | |
 | Whitwell Elwin - 1902 - 574 pagina’s
...him, in December, 1769, the distinction of being nominated Professor of History in the newly created Royal Academy of Painting, at the same time that Johnson...Professor of Ancient Literature. There was neither salary 1 [Boswell's/0A«w«, p. 258.] HIS HISTORIES 205 nor duties attached to the office, and Goldsmith,... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1903 - 456 pagina’s
...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 a man that wants a shirt. Goldsmith. CCCCLX.... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 362 pagina’s
...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 a man who wants a shirt." While industriously... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - 1910 - 530 pagina’s
...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 a man that wants a 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.... 
