 Thomas Simon most humbly prays your Majesty to compare this his tryal piece with the Dutch, and if more truly drawn and embossed, more gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraven, to relieve him...  Notes from a Diary, 1889-1891 - Page 97by Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Coins, British - 1780 - 214 pages
...never before done by any artift, in thefe words : THOMAS SIMON, MOST. HUMBLY. PRAYS. YOUR MjiJESTT TO. COMPARE. THIS. HIS. TRYALL. PIECE. WITH. THE. DUTCH'. AND. IF. MORE. TRULY. DRAWN. AND. EME8SSD. MORE. GRACEFULLY. ORDER*D. AND. MORE. ACCURATELY. INGRAVEN. TO. RELEIVE. HIM. i| There were... | |
 | James Granger - Great Britain - 1824 - 446 pages
...engraved the following petition : " Thomas Simon most humbly prays your majesty to compare this his tryal piece with the Dutch; and if more truly drawn and...gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraven, to relieve him." the " Eikon Basilike" into verse, and set it to music : he also set and published a great... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 704 pages
...petition: " Thomas Simon most humbly prays your majesty to compare this his tryal piece ••i!]i the Dutch; and if more truly drawn and embossed, more...gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraven, to relieve him." the " Eikon Basilike" into verse, and set it to music : he also set and published a great... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Boys - 1833 - 502 pages
...beautifully executed. The words are ' Tliomas Simon most humbly prays your Majesty to compare this his tryal piece with the Dutch, and if more truly drawn and...gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraven, to relieve him,' " " And what said Charles to it ?" enquired Mrs. Seymour. " Charles," said the vicar,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1834 - 494 pages
...the edge, running thus:—" Thomas Simon most humbly prays your Majesty to compare this, his trial piece, with the Dutch, and if more truly drawn and...gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraven, to relieve him." — There were but few of these pieces struck; the last that was offered at Sotheby's... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1834 - 478 pages
...the edge, running thus :—" Thomas Simon most humbly prays your Majesty to compare this, his trial piece, with the Dutch, and if more truly drawn and...gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraven, to relieve him." — There were but few of these pieces struck; the last that was offered at Sotheby's... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - Coins, English - 1837 - 240 pages
...Petition, in two lines, — " THOMAS SIMON MOST HUMBLY PRAYS YOUR MAJESTY TO COMPARE THIS HIS TRYAL-PIECE WITH THE DUTCH, AND, IF MORE TRULY DRAWN AND EMBOSSED, MORE GRACEFULLY ORDER?D, AND MORE ACCURATELY ENGRAVEN, TO RELIEVE HIM." Even this wonderful piece of Workmanship had... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1842 - 1212 pages
...double row, as follows : — " Thomas Simon most humbly prays your Majesty to compare this his tryal piece with the Dutch, and if more truly drawn and...gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraven, to relieve him. After extraordinary competition, especially between Mr. Baker and Mr. Cuff of the Bank... | |
 | 1895 - 844 pages
...and reverse are excellent. On the edge is the artist's petition in raised letters. It runs thus : " Thomas Simon most humbly prays your Majesty to compare...if more truly drawn and embossed, more gracefully order'd and more accurately engraven, to releive him." About twenty of these pieces were struck off... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Children's stories - 1847 - 708 pages
...beautifully executed. The words are, ' Thomas Simon most humbly mays your Majesty to compare this his tryal piece with the Dutch, and if more truly drawn and embossed, more gracefully ordered, and mwe accurately engraven, to relieve him.' '' " And what said Charles to it ?" inquired Mrs. Seymour.... | |
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