| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 páginas
...disposition, seems strange. " Please your majesty," replied he, " if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor ; and then I shall have a fortune, at least able to support my title." Yet we do not find that the king took the hint of increasing his fortune... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1813 - 696 páginas
...wit!, out increasing his income. " Please your majesty," said he, " if you intend to make me knight, I wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor...have a fortune at least equal to support my title." This hint passed unnoticed by the sovereign, and Nash remained without money, and, happily, without... | |
| 1815 - 488 páginas
...disposition, seems strange. " Please your majesty," replied he, " if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor ; and then I shall have a fortune, at least able to support my title." Yet we do not find that the king took the hint of increasing his fortune... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1832 - 650 páginas
...monarch. So pleased was William with the entertainment, that he offered him the honor of knighthood ; but Nash refused it, saying, " Please your majesty,...have a fortune at least equal to support my title." !•> 1704, he was appointed master of the ceremonies at Bath, and immediately instituted a set of... | |
| Francis Lieber - 1832 - 632 páginas
...with the entertainment, that he offered him the honor of knighthood ; but Nash refused it, ^yingi " Please your majesty, if you intend to make me a knight,...shall have a fortune at least equal to support my tide." In 1704, he was appointed master of the ceremonies at Bath, and immediately instituted a set... | |
| 1832 - 512 páginas
...somewhat extraordinary. " Please your majesty," replied he, " if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least competent to the support of my title." Though Nash acquired no riches by his office, yet he gained... | |
| 1832 - 644 páginas
...appears somewhat extraordinary. " Please your majesty," replied he, "if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least competent to the support of my title." Though Nash acquired no riches by his office, yet he gained... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1832 - 626 páginas
...monarch. So pleased was William with the entertainment, that he offered him the honor of knighthood ; but Nash refused it, saying, " Please your majesty, if you intend to make me a knight, 1 wish it muy be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a • fortune at luast equal to support... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 536 páginas
...Please your Majesty," replied he, when the offer was made him, " if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least able to support my title." Yet we do not find that the King took the hint of increasing his fortune,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 542 páginas
...Please your Majesty," replied he, when the offer was made him, " if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least able to support my title.'" Yet we do not find that the King took the hint of increasing his fortune,... | |
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