Table;* her Bosom was uncovered, as all the English Ladies have it, till they marry; and she had on a Necklace of exceeding fine Jewels; her Hands were small, her Fingers long, and her Stature neither tall nor low; her Air was stately, her Manner of speaking... Life of Sir Walter Ralegh - Page 118by Louise Creighton - 1877 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
| Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...Lunebourg table ; her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her...stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging. The day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle... | |
| Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 388 pages
...Lunebourg table. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace, of exceeding fine jewels; her...stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...Lunebourg table ; her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her...stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging. The day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle... | |
| Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 pages
...had a small crown. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her...fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low." (Itinerary, p. 65, translated by Walpole.) Long before this period she had quarrelled with her looking-glasses;... | |
| Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 pages
...had a small crown. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her...fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low." (Itinerary, p. 65, translated by Walpole.) Long before this period she had quarrelled with her looking-glasses... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1849 - 492 pages
...uneovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a neeklaee of exeeeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low." (Itinerary, p. 05, translated by Walpole.) Long before this period she had quarrelled with her looking-glasses... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - Great Britain - 1851 - 224 pages
...the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine j ewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature...stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle... | |
| Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1852 - 908 pages
...Lunebourg table. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace, of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small; her fingers long; and her statore neither tall nor low ; her air was stately ; her manner of ypeaking mild and obliging. That... | |
| 1853 - 418 pages
...narrow, and her teeth black, (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar.) her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor...stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle... | |
| Archaeological mine - 1855 - 420 pages
...she had a small crown, reported to be made of some of the gold of the celebrated Lunebouri* table. She had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels. Her hands were small, her fingers long; her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. There... | |
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