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" 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, calling,... "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ... - Page 451
by John Dryden - 1808
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The Works of Francis Osborn Esq: Divine, Moral, Historical, Political. In ...

Francis Osborne - Conduct of life - 1673 - 774 pages
...in the colours Ifawhim in the next Progrefs after his Inauguration , which was as Green as the Grafs he trod on , with a Feather in his Cap, and a Horn in ftead of a Sword by his fide: how fuitable to his Age, Calling, or Pctfon,! leave others to judge...
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Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two ...

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1795 - 704 pages
...colours I *' faw him in the next progrefs after his inaugu" ration, which was as green as the grafs he trod ** on, with a feather in his cap, and a horn inftead f ' of a fword by his fide ; how fuitable to his age, " perfon, or calling, I leave others...
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Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volume 1

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 560 pages
...cap, and a horn " inftead of a fvvord by his fide ; how fuitablc to his " age, perfon, or calling, I leave others to judge " from his pictures, he owning a countenance not " in the leaft regard femblable to any my eyes ever " met with, befldtis an hoft dwelling at Ampt" hill, formerly...
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Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding ...

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 516 pages
...« and " and a horn inilead of a fvvord by his fide ; how " fuitable to his age, perfon, or calling, I " leave others to judge from his pictures, he owning a countenance not in the leaft regard femblable to any my eyes ever met with, befides an hoft dwelling at Ampthill, formerly...
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Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding ...

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 518 pages
...colours I faw him in the next progrefs ** after his inauguration, which was as green as " the grafs he trod on, with a feather in his cap, " and a horn inftead of a fword by his fide ; how fuitable to his age, perfon, or calling, I " leave others to judge...
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The Works of John Dryden,: Amphitryon, or The two sosias, a comedy. King ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 478 pages
...posterity in the colours I saw him in the nest progress after his inauguration; which was as greca as the grass he trod on, with a feather in his cap,...instead of a sword, by his side : how suitable to his agr, calling, or complexion. I leave others to judge from his pictures ; he owning a countenance not...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 1

William Harris - 1814 - 470 pages
...was incapable of being taught by experience. Osborn tells us, he saw " him dressed in colours green as the grass he trod on, with a feather in his cap, and a horn instead of a sword by his side VA pretty picture this of a prince, and tending to excite much reverence in the beholders. But when...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 1

William Harris - 1814 - 458 pages
...was incapable of being taught by experience. Osborn tells us, he saw " him dressed in colours green as the grass he trod on, with a feather in his cap, and a horn instead of a sword by his sidec." A pretty picture this of a prince, and tending to excite much reverence in the beholders. But...
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Memoirs of the Court of King James the First, Volume 1

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1822 - 472 pages
...caustic writer, "in the colors 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,...by his side. How suitable to his age, calling, .or person, I leave others to judge from his pictures'5." Notwithstanding all these his eminent disqualifications...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 18; Volume 36

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1823 - 608 pages
...writer, " in the colors 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,...by his side. How suitable to his age, calling, or person, I leave others to judge from his pictures." ' Notwithstanding all these his eminent disqualifications...
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