 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1832 - 632 pages
...entirely to pleasure and fashion ; and when king William visited the Inn, he was chosen master of the pageant with which it was customary to welcome the...William 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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...entirely to pleasure and fashion ; and when king William visited the Inn, he was chosen master of the pageant with which it was customary to welcome the...William with the entertainment, that he offered him the honor ofknighthood ; but Nash refused it, saying, " Please your majesty, if you intend to make me a... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1832 - 864 pages
...entirely to pleasare and fashion ; and when king William visited the Inn, he was chosen as master of the pageant with which it was customary to welcome the...monarch. So pleased was William with the entertainment, tnat he offered him the honour of knighthood ; but Nash refused it, saying, " Please your majesty,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 620 pages
...to welcome the 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 may be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least equal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 526 pages
...of his disposition seems strange. " Please your Majesty," replied he, when the offer was made him, " if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may he one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least able to support my... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1839 - 834 pages
...entirely to pleasure and fashion ; and when king William visited the Inn, he was chosen as master of flu- pageant with which it was customary to welcome the...Please your majesty, if you intend to make me a knight, 1 wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least equal... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1839 - 834 pages
...entirely to pleasure and fashion ; and when king William visited the Inn, he was chosen as master of the pageant with which it was customary to welcome the...Please your majesty, if you intend to make me a knight, 1 wish it may be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I shall have a fortune at least equal... | |
 | Edward Foss - Courts - 1864 - 438 pages
...make a knight of Nash, who respectfully refused the honour, saying with characteristic boldness, " Please your majesty, if you intend to make me a knight, I wish it may be one of your poor 1 Luttrell's Diary, ii. 259; Evelyn's Diary, iii. 363. £ f (2. « . 252 C. . Serjeants' Inn — Lincoln's... | |
 | Robert Williams - Wales - 1852 - 574 pages
...master of the pageant with which it was customary to welcome the sovereign. So pleased was the king with the entertainment, that he offered him the honour...be one of your poor knights of Windsor, and then I should have a fortune at least equal to support my title." The hint was not taken, and though he gained... | |
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... and took chambers in the Temple. Here he devoted himself entirely to pleasure and fashion ; and when king William visited the Inn, he was chosen as master of the pageant with which it was customary to welcome the monarch. 
