 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 398 pages
...Kneller one day, when nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir dfrey, "you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may said the Guinea man, "but I don't like your looks. I : often bought a man much better than... | |
 | American essays - 1861 - 884 pages
...all, one feels a certain justice in Warburton's story of the Guinea trader, in Spence's Aneedotes. Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller one day, when...came in. " Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, " you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great you may be," said the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Philosophy - 1983 - 1196 pages
...of society: and a man comes to be valued by his athletic and animal qualities. Spence relates, that Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller, one day, when...came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." "I don't know how great men you may be," said the... | |
 | American essays - 1861 - 792 pages
...all, one feels a certain justice in Warburton's story of the Guinea trader, in Spence's Aneedotes. Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller one day, when...came in. " Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, " you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great you may be," said the... | |
 | Deborah Valenze - Business & Economics - 2006 - 251 pages
...theologian, recorded the following exchange, which probably took place around 1720, with trademark candor: Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller one day, when...know how great you may be (said the Guinea-man), but I don't like your looks: I have often bought a man, much better than both of you together, all muscles... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 2007 - 298 pages
...all. Adieu! May you die as happily! "Yours, &C." 69.05 painted better than any artist of his day.* * "Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller one day, when...— 'I don't know how great you may be,' said the Guinea man, 'but I don't like your looks: I have often bought a man, much better than both of you together,... | |
 | American essays - 1861 - 808 pages
...one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. " Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, " you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I...how great you may be," said the Guinea-man, " but I don't like your looks ; I have often bought a man, much better than both of you together, all muscles... | |
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Mr Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller, one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world. 
