 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...own ugliness ; and he once laid a wager with the earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all London. After strict search, a woman was found, whose features wer* •at first sight thought stronger tlian Heidegger's... | |
 | Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...own ugliiiess ; and he once laid a wager with the earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all London. After strict search, a woman was found, whose features were at first sight thought stronger than Heidegger's;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 536 pages
...own ugliness ; and he once laid a wager with the earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all London. After strict search, a woman was found, whose features were at first sight thought stronger than Heidegger's;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...certain given time his lordship would not he able to produce so hideous a face in all London. After strict search, a woman was found, whose features were at first sight thought stronger than Heidegger's ; but, upon clapping her head-dress upon himself, he was universally allowed... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...Hogarth's prints. Heidegger once laid a wager with the Earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all London ! A woman was found whose features, at first sight, were thought stronger than his, but upon clapping... | |
 | James Caulfield - Biography - 1820 - 386 pages
...disagreeable, owing to an ugly face, scarcely human. But he was the first to joke upon hisown ugliness ; and he once laid a wager with Lord Chesterfield, that, within...be able to produce so hideous a face in all London. The time elapsed ; Heidegger won the wager. Our readers will not be surprised to hear that the king... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...own ugliness ; and Ire oiree laid a wager with the earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all London. After strict search, a woman was found, whose features were at first sight thought stronger than Heidegger'»;... | |
 | Andrew Wilkie - Anecdotes - 1824 - 348 pages
...time, his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous ii face in all London. After a laborious search, a woman was found whose features were at first sight thought stranger than Heidegger's; but upon clapping her head-dress upon Heidegger, he was unanimously allowed... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...own ugliness ; and he once laid a wager with the Earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time, his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all London. After a laborious search, a woman was found whose features were at first sight thought stranger than Heidegger's... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...his own ugliness; and he once laid a wager with the Earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time, his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a fase in all London. After a laborious search, a woman was found whose features were at first sight... | |
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But he was the first to joke upon his own ugliness ; and he once laid a wager with the earl of Chesterfield, that within a certain given time his lordship would not be able to produce so hideous a face in all London. After... 
