 I shall leave him dressed to posterity in the colours I saw him in the next progress after his inauguration, which was as green as the grass he trod on, with a feather in his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side ; how suitable to his age,...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Seite 3671839Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Langton Sanford - 1858 - 650 Seiten
...age, so that weakness made him ever leaning on other men's shoulders. His walk circular. His dress as green as the grass he trod on, with a feather in...his cap, and a horn instead of a sword by his side !' What a surprise and disappointment for little Oliver, who must have * The large bay window of the... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 532 Seiten
...it chanced to be placed on his head. Osborne once saw this unlucky king "in a green hunting-dress, with a feather in his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side ; how suitable to his age, calling, or person, rr 2 ' Such was the race generated in this court of... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 494 Seiten
...it chanced to be placed on his head. Osborne once saw this unlucky king " in a green hunting-dress, with a feather in his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side ; how suitable to his age, calling, or person, . Such was the race generated in this court of peace... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1870 - 546 Seiten
...earliest hunting expeditions in England, says: " I shall leave him dressed to posterity in the colours I saw him in the next progress after his inauguration,...his cap, and a horn instead of a sword by his side." — Secret History, i. 197. servants, stand in the entry of the foregate with swords in their hands,... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1873 - 480 Seiten
...earliest hunting expeditions in England, says: "I shall leave him dressed to posterity in the colours I saw him in the next progress after his inauguration,...his cap, and a horn instead of a sword by his side." — Secret History, i. 197. alive? if he be not alive, he should have amends of all that was therein... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 606 Seiten
...it chanced to be placed on his head. Osborne once saw this unlucky king " in a green bunting-dress, with a feather in his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side ; how suitable to his age, calling, or person, I leave others to judge from his pictures:" and this... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1882 - 678 Seiten
...should be thought too poetical for an historian, I shall leave him dressed to posterity in the colours I saw him in the next progress after his inauguration...his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side ; how suitable to his age, calling, or complexion, 1 I others to judge from his pictures; he owning... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1883 - 280 Seiten
...garrulous in speech. His dress also was singular — a thickly-quilted doublet b of green, with a small feather in his cap, and a horn instead of a sword by his side. This dress he was in the habit of wearing till it was threadbare, for he had a great dislike to part... | |
 | 1884 - 280 Seiten
...garrulous in speech. His dress also was singular — a thickly-quilted doublet 8 of green, with B small feather in his cap, and a horn instead of a sword by his side. This dress he was in the habit of wearing till it was threadbare, for he had a great dislike to part... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1892 - 406 Seiten
...completed this picture : — " I shall leave him dressed for posterity," says that writer, "in the color I saw him in, the next progress after his inauguration...cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side. How suitable to his age, calling, or person, I leave others to judge from his pictures." — Trad.... | |
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