A fig for rumours! We show ourself; we are caught from sight; we are again on show.

Now this being successfully done, do you see, Royalty declines to listen to vulgar tattle.
Presumably, Richie, it was suspected by the Court that the margravine had many months ago commanded the statue at her own cost, and had set her mind on winning back the money.

The wonder of it was my magnificent resemblance to the defunct.

I sat some three hours before the old warrior's portraits in the dining-saloon of the lake-palace.

Accord me one good spell of meditation over a tolerable sketch, I warrant myself to represent him to the life, provided that he was a personage: I incline to stipulate for handsome as well.