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" I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in such a trifle, the great Protector showed both his good sense and his magnanimity. He did not wish all that was... "
Critical and historical essays, contributed to The Edinburgh review - Page 181
by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854
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The Sportsman

726 pages
...And ask him the price of the throne that he sat on ' " — CONNECTICUT BALLAD. " Paint me as I am : if you leave out the scars and wrinkles I will not pay you a •hilling !"_ CBOMWELL TO SIR PETER LELY. The family of the Queers have been sown broadcast on the...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 30

John William Carleton - 1853 - 748 pages
...And ask him the price of the throne that he sat on !" — CONNECTICUT BAJ.LAD. " Paint me as I am : if you leave out the scars and wrinkles I will not pay yon ; •hilling !"_ CROMWELL TO SIR PETEH LELY. The family of the ',' ''''-'''•- have been sown...
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The American Eclectic, Volume 3

1842 - 654 pages
...neither him nor any body else. "Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting toyoung Lcly. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...regular features and smooth blooming cheeks of the curl-patcd minions of James the First. He was content that his face should go forth marked with all...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...neither him nor anybody else. "Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...vain attempt to give him the regular features and the smooth blooming cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the First. He was content that his face...
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the ..., Volume 1

William Goodman - 1843 - 342 pages
...many * The Edinborough Review states that this extraordinary man told Lely to " paint me as I am ; if you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in such trifles the protector showed both his good sense and magnanimity. He did not wish all that was characteristic...
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the ..., Volume 1

William Goodman - 1845 - 340 pages
...yet many * The Edinborough Review states that this extraordinary man told Lely to "paint me as I am ; if you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in such trifles the protector showed both his good sense and magnanimity. He did not wish all that was characteristic...
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A Practical Grammar of the English Language

Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pages
...a book. This pen cost me five dollars. " Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell to young Lely ; " if you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Brightest and best of the sons of the morning I Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid. — ITeber,...
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 5-6

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1078 pages
...neither him nor anybody else. " Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the First. He was content that his face should go forth marked with all the blemishes which had been put on it...
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...neither him nor anybody else. " Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the First. He was content that his face should £ro forth marked with all the blemishes which o had been put on...
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Physiology of education: mental, moral, and social facts

William Moore Wooler - 1860 - 548 pages
...hope are potent stimuli ! "Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, when sitting for his portrait: "if you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Here the great Protector shewed both his good sense and his magnanimity. He was — as Macaulay observes...
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