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" Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence : instead of the brave rough English Admiral, which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and... "
Selections from the Tatler, the Spectator and Their Successors - Page 172
redigeeritud poolt - 1928 - 422 lehte
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., 1. köide

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 lehte
...thus mentioned by Addison in The Spectator, No. 26 : — ' It has very often given me great offence ; instead of the brave rough English Admiral, which...himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state.' ' 'That live-long wig, which Gorgon's self might own, Eternal buckle takes in Parian stone.' Pope's...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., 1. köide

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 lehte
...thus mentioned by Addison in The Spectator, No. 26 : — ' It has very often given me great offence ; instead of the brave rough English Admiral, which...himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state.' ' 'That live-long wig, which Gorgon's self might own, Eternal buckle takes in Parian stone.' Pope's...
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Select British Classics, 11. köide

1803 - 434 lehte
...often given me great offence ; instead of the brave rough English admiral, which was the distinguished character of that plain gallant man, he is represented...his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long perriwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerable...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 lehte
...often given me great offence; instead of the brave rough English admiral, which was the distinguished character of that plain gallant man, he is represented...his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long perriwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerable...
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The Spectator in miniature: being a collection of the principle ..., 1. köide

Spectator The - 1808 - 348 lehte
...man, he is represented on his tomh hy the figure of a heau, dressed in a long perriwig, and repusing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerahle to the monomciX; or instead of celehrating the many remarkahle actions ie had performed...
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The Spectator, 1. köide

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 412 lehte
...before they are put in execution. Sir Cloudesly Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence. Instead of the brave rough English admiral, which...on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a Jong periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet Cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 lehte
...they are put in execution. Sir Cloudesly Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence : instead of the brave rough English Admiral, which...his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long perriwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerable...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, 3. köide

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 lehte
...they are put in execution. Sir Cloudesly Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence : instead of the brave rough English Admiral, which...his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long perriwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerable...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 lehte
...monument has very often given me great offence. Instead of the brave rough English admiral, which WHS the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the 6gun-of a beau, dressed in a lung periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy...
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The beauties of The Spectator 2nd ed., revised and enlarged with The vision ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 372 lehte
...instead of the brave rough English admiral, which was the distinguished character of th.it plain gfllant man , he is represented on his tomb by the figure...in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cush'ons, under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerable to the monument ; for instead of celebrating...
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