Memoirs of Tobias Rustat, yeoman of the robes to king Charles ii1849 |
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... but in its quadrangle he erected a monument in honour of the munificent founder . The fact that no inscription of any kind records either the date of this noble statue or its modest donor is much to be regretted ; for that some 43.
... but in its quadrangle he erected a monument in honour of the munificent founder . The fact that no inscription of any kind records either the date of this noble statue or its modest donor is much to be regretted ; for that some 43.
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... statue of King Charles II . , in the Great Court of Windsor Castle , was erected by Rustat , and so might this at Chelsea . " There can , however , be no question as to the donor , for in the original particular before quoted we find ...
... statue of King Charles II . , in the Great Court of Windsor Castle , was erected by Rustat , and so might this at Chelsea . " There can , however , be no question as to the donor , for in the original particular before quoted we find ...
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... statues made for Tiberius , which was so like King Charles that it looked like a statue made for him . " In a former part of this memoir allusion has been made to the Hospital of St. John , in the city of Bath , and the ruin into which ...
... statues made for Tiberius , which was so like King Charles that it looked like a statue made for him . " In a former part of this memoir allusion has been made to the Hospital of St. John , in the city of Bath , and the ruin into which ...
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... statue of Charles II . , spoken of by Evelyn , stood originally in the centre of the great quadrangle at Windsor Castle , but in 1827 it was removed nearer to the Round Tower . It is thus noticed in the catalogue of Rustat's ...
... statue of Charles II . , spoken of by Evelyn , stood originally in the centre of the great quadrangle at Windsor Castle , but in 1827 it was removed nearer to the Round Tower . It is thus noticed in the catalogue of Rustat's ...
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Página 71 - April in the, 17th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord CHARLES the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King defender of the faith, &c.
Página ii - A lively desire of knowing and of recording our ancestors so generally prevails that it must depend on the influence of some common principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labor and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal longevity. Our imagination is always active to enlarge the narrow circle in which nature has confined us. Fifty or...
Página 38 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Página 63 - ... chapel at Windsor. His carved work here is done in lime-tree, representing a great variety of pelicans, doves, palms, and other allusions to scripture history, with the star and garter, and other ornaments, finished with great perfection. At Windsor too, he carved the beautiful pedestal in marble, for the equestrian statue of the king in the principal court.
Página 84 - Churches, Hospitalls, Universities, and Colledges, and upon poor Widows and orphans of Orthodox Ministers, the more he had at the year's end. Neither was he unmindful of his kindred and relations, in making them Provisions out of what remained. He died a Bachelour, the 15th. day of March, in the year of Our Lord 1693. Aged 87 years.
Página 25 - Stuart's train, it will certainly incense that people against them. There is now a company of French comedians at Bruges, who are very punctually attended by Charles Stuart and his Court and all the ladies there : their most solemn day of acting is on the Lord's Day. I think I may truly say that greater abominations were never practised among people than at this day at Charles Stuart's Court.
Página 22 - He, that can endure To follow with allegiance a fallen lord, Does conquer him that did his master conquer, And earns a place in the story.
Página ii - ... we fill up the silent vacancy that precedes our birth, by associating ourselves to the authors of our existence.
Página 85 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public.
Página 82 - Gibbons; the attitude is fine, the manner free and easy, the execution finished and perfect, and the expression in the face inimitable: it explains the very soul of that unhappy monarch, and is therefore as valuable as if it commemorated the features and form of a hero.