 The person of the King is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday. It was that of an elderly man, rather pale, and exactly like his pictures and coins ; not tall, of an aspect rather good than august, with a dark tie-wig, a plain coat, waistcoat,...  A History of the Four Georges - Page 78by Justin McCarthy, Justin Huntly McCarthy - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1798 - 432 pages
...hack. to my mother. " The perfon of the King is as perfect in my memory as if I faw him but yefterday. It was that of an elderly man rather pale, and exactly like to his pictures and coins ; not tall, of an afpect rather good than auguft, with a dark tye-wig, plain... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1818 - 134 pages
...conductress led me back to my mother. The person of the king is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday. It was that of an elderly man, rather pale,...and exactly like his pictures and coins ; not tall, * Melusina Schulemberg, niece of the duchess of Kendal, created countess of Walsingham, and afterwards... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 pages
...conductress led me back to my mother. The person of the king is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday. It was that of an elderly man, rather pale,...of an aspect rather good than august, with a dark tie wig, a plain coat, waistcoat, and breeches of snuif-coloured cloth, with stockings of the same... | |
 | 1821 - 464 pages
...conductress led me back to my mother. The person of the king is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday. It was that of an elderly man, rather pale,...of an aspect rather good than august, with a dark tie wig, a plain coat, waistcoat, and breeches of snuff-coloured cloth, with stockings of the same... | |
 | George Moir - 1827 - 466 pages
...conductress led me back to my mother. The person of the King is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday. It was that of an elderly man, rather pale,...stockings of the same colour, and a blue riband over all. So entirely was he my object that I do not believe I once looked at the Duchess ; but as I could not... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1830 - 356 pages
...conductress led me back to my mother. r The person of the king is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday. It was that of an elderly man, rather pale,...of an aspect rather good than august, with a dark lie wig, a plain coat, waistcoat, and breeches of snuff-coloured cloth, with stockings of the same... | |
 | 1832 - 592 pages
...following September. The person of the king, says Walpole, is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday : it was that of an elderly man, rather...of an aspect rather good than august, with a dark tie wig, a plain coat, waistcoat and breeches, of snuff-coloured cloth, with stockings of the same... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pages
...September. " The person of the king," says Walpole, " is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday : it was that of an elderly man, rather...an aspect rather good than august — with a dark tie wig, a plain coat, waistcoat, breeches of snuff-coloured cloth, with stockings of the same colour,... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1839 - 608 pages
...an aspect rather good than august, and dressed in a style equally unobtrusive with his character : a dark tie-wig, a plain coat, waistcoat, and breeches,...cloth, with stockings of the same colour, and a blue ribbon over all, constituted an attire widely different from the gay and costly habiliments of the... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 596 pages
...conductress led me back to my mother.b The person of the king is as perfect in my memory as if I saw him but yesterday. It was that of an elderly man, rather pale,...stockings of the same colour, and a blue riband over all. So entirely was he my object that I do not believe I once looked at the duchess ; but as I could not... | |
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