This is, that when an irate nobleman wanted the painter punished for an affront, the King hotly exclaimed:-"Understand, my lord, that I can make seven earls out of as many hinds, any day; but out of seven earls I could not make one such painter as this Holbein."
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
The breakfast next morning was like the tea overnight, except that Mrs. Pipchin took her roll instead of toast, and seemed a little more irate when it was over.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
She sat down very quietly, and sat gazing through the window; while old Stuart went on taking snuff in a very liberal manner, glancing from time to time at the irate little lady, to whom Grey kept whispering and striving to bring her to reason.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn