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FREDERIKSBORG.
Chap. XXV.
England, for lie it was who, on his own responsibility,
without consent of the clergy or even their advice,
published a decree authorising the “marriage with a
deceased wife’s sister ”—a law still in effect, provided
always both parties can produce their certificates of
vaccination. Torfæus the Icelander; Vitruvius;
Weide-welt the sculptor; Thorvaldsen, loaded with orders:
when the artist first saw his portrait he exclaimed,
“ Why, you’ve dressed me out like a Christmas tree.”
Holberg, Ewald, and Oehlenschläger, the poets; admirals
and generals by the dozen ; authors of each successive
age; a room full of doctors and physicians ; sculptors,
poets, men of science, authors—all have their place
in this most complete of national portrait galleries. It
is to be regretted, however, whilst they were about it,
they did not procure better copies, even of these men
unknown to the world at large. Ask for whom you may,
you may have some trouble in finding him, as there is
no catalogue, but he is there somewhere.
When we, however, think of our own fifty-seven
national portraits, we cannot help feeling ashamed of our
backwardness, and grateful to Lord Stanhope for the
energy he has shown in arousing the spirits of the
nation to the advantage of so necessary an addition to
the national collection of the country.
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