 A variety of others have been made since of different sizes ; some to be set in the lids of snuffboxes, and some so small as to be worn in rings ; and the numbers sold are incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3561886Full view - About this book
 | Bernard Fa˙, Bravig Imbs - Statesmen - 1929 - 624 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints (of which copies upon copies arc spread everywhere), have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon. ... It is said by learned etymologists, that the name doll, for the images children play with, is derived... | |
 | William Warner Bishop, Andrew Keogh - Bibliography - 1929 - 608 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts and prints (of which copies upon copies are spread everywhere), have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon, so that he durst not do anything that would oblige him to run away, as his phiz, would discover him... | |
 | Thomas J. Schaeper - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 412 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread every where) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon, so that he durst not do any thing that would oblige him to run away, as his phiz [ie, physiognomy]... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - History - 1998 - 1012 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints (of which copies upon copies are spread every where) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon . . . Ben, if I should live long enough to want it, is like to be another comfort to me. As I intend... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 588 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread every where) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon, so that he durst not do any thing that would oblige him to run away, as his phiz would discover him... | |
 | Tom Tucker - History - 2009 - 321 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread everywhere,) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon, so that he durst not do anything that would oblige him to run away, as his phiz would discover him... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 628 pages
...Sally. "These, with the pictures, busts and prints (of which copies upon copies are spread everywhere), have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon." The fad went so far as to mildly annoy, though still amuse, the king himself. He gave the Comtesse... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 328 pages
...pocketknives. Franklin told his daughter that the "incredible" numbers of images spread everywhere "have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon."''' Not only did Jean-Antoine Houdon and Jean-Jacques Caffieri mold busts of Franklin, in marble, bronze,... | |
 | Lester C. Olson - Art - 2004 - 350 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread every where) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon, so that he durst not do any thing that would oblige him to run away, as his phiz would discover him... | |
 | Paul Zall - Social Science - 2005 - 216 pages
...incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread every where) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon, so that he durst not do any thing that would oblige him to run away, as his phiz would discover him... | |
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