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" I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in such a trifle, the great Protector showed both his good sense and his magnanimity. He did not wish all that was... "
Critical and historical essays, contributed to The Edinburgh review - Page 181
by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854
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Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 pages
...neither him nor anybody else. " I'aint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...pay you a shilling." Even in such a trifle the great 1'rotector showed both his good sense and his magnanimity. He did not wish all that was characteristic...
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Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 344 pages
...neither him nor anybody else. " Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell,1 while sitting to young Lely.2 " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in 15 such a trifle, the great Protector showed both his good sense and his magnanimity. He did not wish...
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Preacher and Homiletic Monthly, Volume 23

1892 - 590 pages
...which Oliver Cromwell flung at young Lely, the painter to whom he was sitting, " Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles I will not pay you a shilling" ? This loyalty to truth will call for another quality. I mean self-abnegation. " Nevertheless, not...
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Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 260 pages
...neither him nor any body else. " Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the First. He was content that his face should go forth marked with all the blemishes which had been put on it...
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Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pages
...neither him nor any body else. "Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. f predatory army, and compelled the shopkeepers to...which he guaranteed the security of their windows. He was content that his face should go forth marked with all the blemishes which had been put on it...
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Essays

John Dryden - 1895 - 266 pages
...when about to sit for his portrait to Lely, then a rising artist, enjoining him. " Paint me as I am; if you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." He was going on thu principles which Dryden enunciates hi re. P. 142. If Mneae sometimes weeps. Dryden...
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Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 262 pages
...neither him nor any body else. " Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. "If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a \ shilling." OEven in such a trifle, the great Protector showed *) ' both his good sense and his magnanimity. He...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete: Critical and historical essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 pages
...neither him nor anybody else. " Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the First. He was content that his face should go forth marked with all the blemishes which had been put on it...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 9

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 684 pages
...I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and winkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in such a trifle,...cheeks of the curlpated minions of James the First. He was content that his face should go forth marked with all the blemishes which had been put on it...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 822 pages
...neither him nor anybody else. "Paint me as I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. "If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not...his good sense and his magnanimity. He did not wish 1 Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings, first Governor-General of Bengal. Compiled from Original...
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