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Updated: April 30, 2025
"By Got, Count Tevereux, you are von grand judge of painting," cried the artist, with sparkling eyes, "and I will paint you as von tamned handsome man!" "Nay, my Apelles, you might as well preserve some likeness." "Likeness, by Got! I vill make you like and handsome both. By my shoul you make me von Apelles, I vill make you von Alexander!"
"By Got, Count Tevereux, you are von grand judge of painting," cried the artist, with sparkling eyes, "and I will paint you as von tamned handsome man!" "Nay, my Apelles, you might as well preserve some likeness." "Likeness, by Got! I vill make you like and handsome both. By my shoul you make me von Apelles, I vill make you von Alexander!"
By my shoul, it did! but sit yourself town, Count Tevereux, and look over your left shoulder ah, dat is it and now, praise on, Count Tevereux; de thought of my genius gives you vat you call it von animation von fire, look you by my shoul, it does!" And by dint of such moderate panegyric, the worthy Sir Godfrey completed my picture, with equal satisfaction to himself and the original.
We found him employed in finishing a portrait of Lady Godolphin. "He, he!" cried he, when he beheld me approach. "By Got, I am glad to see you, Count Tevereux; dis painting is tamned poor work by one's self, widout any one to make des grands yeux, and cry, 'Oh, Sir Godfrey Kneller, how fine dis is!"
"By Got, Meester Tarleton, you are as goot a judge of de talents for de war as Count Tevereux of de /genie/ for de painting! Meester Tarleton, I vill paint your picture, and I vill make your eyes von goot inch bigger than dey are!"
By my shoul, it did! but sit yourself town, Count Tevereux, and look over your left shoulder ah, dat is it and now, praise on, Count Tevereux; de thought of my genius gives you vat you call it von animation von fire, look you by my shoul, it does!" And by dint of such moderate panegyric, the worthy Sir Godfrey completed my picture, with equal satisfaction to himself and the original.
"By Got, Meester Tarleton, you are as goot a judge of de talents for de war as Count Tevereux of de genie for de painting! Meester Tarleton, I vill paint your picture, and I vill make your eyes von goot inch bigger than dey are!"
We found him employed in finishing a portrait of Lady Godolphin. "He, he!" cried he, when he beheld me approach. "By Got, I am glad to see you, Count Tevereux; dis painting is tamned poor work by one's self, widout any one to make /des grands yeux/, and cry, 'Oh, Sir Godfrey Kneller, how fine dis is!"
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