 | William Robertson - 1787 - 414 pages
...fuch extreme indigence, that he was obliged to employ himfelf during a confiderable time , in draving and felling maps , in order to pick up as much money...he might venture to appear at court. He then laid before the king the propofals with which he had been entrufted by his brother, and, notwithftanding... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1795 - 626 pages
...London, but in fuch extreme indigence, that he was obliged to employ himfelf, during a confiderable time, in drawing and felling maps, in order to pick...he might venture to appear at court. He then laid before the king the propofals, with which he had been entruited by his brother, and, notwithftanding... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...London, but in fuch extreme indigence, that he was obliged to employ himfelf, during a condderable time, in drawing and felling maps, in order to pick...drefs in which he might venture to appear at court. The propofals were received by Henry with more approbation than by any monarch to whom they had hitherto... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1802 - 914 pages
...in London, but in fuch extreme indigence, that he was obliged to employ himfelf for a confiderable time, in drawing and felling maps, in order to pick...brother before the king, who, notwithftanding his exceffive caution and parfimony, received them with more approbation than any monarch, to whom they... | |
 | William Robertson - 1803 - 414 pages
...London, but in fuch extreme indigence, that he was obliged to employ himfelf, during a confiderr able time, in drawing and felling maps, in order to pick...he might venture to appear at court. He then laid before the kingi the propofals with which he had been entrufted by his brother, and, notwithstanding... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 516 pages
...considerable time in drawing and selling maps, to procure money sufficient to purchase a decent dress, in which he might venture to appear at court. He then laid his brother's proposals before the king [Henry VII] ; but with littk effect. " This prince," it has... | |
 | Richard Snowden - 1805 - 398 pages
...and selling maps, in order to obtain as much money as would enable him to purchase a decent dress, in which he might venture to appear at court. He then laid before the king the proposals with which he had been entrusted by his brother ; and, notwithstanding... | |
 | William Robertson - 1809 - 382 pages
...time, in drawing and selling maps, in order to pick up as much money as would purchase a decent dress, in which he might venture to appear at court. He then laid before the king the proposals with which he had beeu * Life of Columb. c. 13. Herrera, dec. 1. lib.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...London, but in fuch extreme indigence that he was obliged to employ himfelf, during a confiderable time, in drawing and felling maps, in order to pick...drefs in which he might venture to appear at court. The propofals were received by Henry with more approbation than by any monarch to whom they had hitherto... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 620 pages
...time, in drawing and selling maps, in order to pick up as much money as would purchase a decent dress in which he might venture to appear at court. He then laid before the king the proposals with which he had been entrusted by his brother, and, notwithstanding... | |
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