 When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers ; and was reading the other, but could not go so far in it as I would have done, by reason of the impatience of my friends and fellow-travellers, who all of them pressed to see such a piece of curiosity.  Notes and Queries - Page 31886Full view - About this book
 | 1764 - 164 pages
...Curio* fities, particularly the famous Picture of King Charles I. which has the whole Book of Pfalms written in the Lines of the Face and the Hair of the Head. The Gardens belonging to thij College are extremely agreeable, very e:xtenfive, and well laid out.... | |
 | 1766 - 166 pages
...valuable Curiofities, particularly the famous Pi&ure of King Charles I. which has the whole Book of Pfalms written in the Lines of the Face and the Hair of the Head. The Gardens belonging to this College are extremely agreeable, very extenfive, and well laid out. They... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...have mentioned, than that famous pidlure of King Charles the Firft, which has the whole book of Pfalms written in the lines of the face, and the hair of the head. When I was laft at Oxford I perufed one of the whifkcrs, and was reading the other, but could not go... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 670 pages
...and manuscripts, fontains some singular curiosities, particularly fhe picture of Charles I. with the book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and the hairs of the head ; a highly finished picture of St. John, in a composition resembling polished marble... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...any other kind of work among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of king Charles the First, which...in the lines of the face and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford, I perused one of the whiskers; and was reading the other, but could not... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...any other kind of work among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of king Charles the First, which...in the lines of the face and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford, I perused one of the whiskers; and was reading the other, but could not... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture o( king Charles the first, which has the whole book of...in the lines of the face, and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers, and was reading the other, but could not go... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 416 pages
...the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than that famous picture of kins; Charles the First, which has the whole book of psalms...in the lines of the face, and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused .one of the whiskers, and was reading the other, but could not... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 442 pages
...and manuscripts, contains some singular curiosities, particularly the picture of Charles I. with the book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and the hairs of the head ; a highly finished picture of -St. John, in a composition resembling polished marble;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 412 pages
...other kind of work among the moderns which more resembles the performances I have mentioned, than tl.at famous picture of king Charles the First, which has...in the lines of the face, and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers, and was reading the other, but could not go... | |
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