 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 Seiten
...which the Doctor's reply was, " Bow, wow, wow." The bust is a wonderfully fine one, and very like; but certainly the sort of hair is objectionable; having...modelled from the flowing locks of a sturdy Irish beggar, originally a street pavier, who, after he had sat an hour, refused to take a shilling; stating that... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 Seiten
...which the Doctor's reply was, " Bow, wow, wow." The bust is a wonderfully fine one, and very like; but certainly the sort of hair is objectionable; having been modelled from the flowing Icjcks of a sturdy Irish beggar, originally a street pavier, who, after he had sat an hour, refused... | |
 | 1845 - 598 Seiten
...which the Doctor's reply was, " Bow, wow, wow." The bust is a wonderfully fine one, and very like ; but certainly the sort of hair is objectionable ; having...modelled from the flowing locks of a sturdy Irish beggar, originally a street pavier, who, after he had sat an hour, refused to take a shilling ; stating, that... | |
 | 1846 - 340 Seiten
...Smith, " is a wonderfully fine one, and very like, but certainly the sort of hair ii obj ectionable, having been modelled from the flowing locks of a sturdy...It is very like me, and there can be no doubt that the sculptor has great skill in his art — yet it is amazing what ignorance of certain points one... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1846 - 340 Seiten
...begging, God bless your honour.' " Of this remarkable bust Johnson said, " It is very like me, and there can be no doubt that the sculptor has great skill in his art—yet it is amazing what ignorance of certain points one sometimes finds in a man of eminence."... | |
 | William Sandby - 1862 - 434 Seiten
...That of Dr. Johnson soon followed, and has ever since been admired, the Doctor himself admitting, " It is very like me ; and there can be no doubt that the sculptor has great skill in his art." By this time Nollekens had amassed some £20,000 by frugal,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1866 - 336 Seiten
...of picking up scraps. Nollekens's bust of Dr. Johnson is a wonderfully fine one, and very like, but the sort of hair is objectionable ; having been modelled...flowing locks of a sturdy Irish beggar, who, after he had sat an hour, refused to take a shilling, stating that he could have made more by begging. Most... | |
 | CONSTANCE HILL - 1907 - 444 Seiten
...done, the sculptor declared, "to make him look more like an ancient poet." The hair, it seems, had been " modelled from the flowing locks of a sturdy Irish beggar, who, after he had sat an hour, refused to take a shilling, • See JT Smith's " Life and Times of Nollekens."... | |
 | Constance Hill - 1907 - 428 Seiten
...done, the sculptor declared, "to make him look more like an ancient poet." The hair, it seems, had been " modelled from the flowing locks of a sturdy Irish beggar, who, after he had sat an hour, refused to take a shilling, * See JT Smith's " Life and Times of Nollekens." 296... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 2007 - 1143 Seiten
...which the Doctor's reply was, 'Bow- wow- wow!' The bust is a wonderfully fine one and very like, but certainly the sort of hair is objectionable; having...modelled from the flowing locks of a sturdy Irish beggar, originally a street pavior, who, after he had sat an hour, refused to take a shilling, stating that... | |
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The wise man wagged his head — growled out, " Bowwow-wow," and strode to the dinner-table. " The bust," says Smith, " is a wonderfully fine one, and very like, but certainly the sort of hair is objectionable, having been modelled from the flowing locks... 
