 Slawata, a Bohemian baron, had letters to present to her ; and she, after pulling off her glove, gave him her right hand to kiss, sparkling with rings and jewels, — a mark of particular favour. Wherever she turned her face as she was going along, every...  The Environs of London: pt. 2. Hornsey-Wilsdon - Page 499by Daniel Lysons - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1757 - 636 pages
...fparkling with rm«s and jewels, a mark of particular favour : wherever fhe turned her face, as (he was going along, every body fell down on their knees....well fhaped, and, for the mod part, drefled in white; (he was guarded on each fide by (he Gentjemen Penfioners, fifty in number, with gilt battle-axes: in... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1759 - 516 pages
...favour. Wherever (he turned her face, as (lie was going along, every body fell down on their kntes. The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handfome, and well-ftiaped, and, for the moft part, drefied in white; (he was guarded ,on each fide by the gentlemen... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English essays - 1761 - 378 pages
...fparkling with Rings and Jewels, a Mark of particular Favour : Whereever fhe turned her Face, as fhe was going along, every body fell down on % their Knees. The Ladies •}• At this Diftance of Time, it is difficult to fay what this was. j Her Father had been treated... | |
 | History - 1764 - 524 pages
...particular favour Wherevrr, ihe turned her face, a« ihe was gping along every body fell down од their knees. The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handfome, and well-fhaped, and, for the moil part, ¿гсЯЫ in white ; (be vva; guarded on each fide by the gentlemen... | |
 | History - 1795 - 532 pages
...sparkling with rings and jewels, a mark of particular fa. vour. Wherecer she turned her face, as she was going along, every body fell down on their knees....The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handsome and well shaped, and, for the most part, dressed in white ; she was guarded on each side by... | |
 | Paul Hentzner, Sir Robert Naunton - Great Britain - 1797 - 204 pages
...fparkling with rings and jewels, a mark of particular favour : whereever fhe turned her face, as fhe was going along, every body fell down on * their knees....The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handfoms and well fhaped, and for the moft part dreffed in white ; fhe was guarded on each fide by... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 696 pages
...J'tll down on their knees.* "Tho * Her father had beeu treated with the tame deference. It ii mem ' ""The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handfome and well shaped, and for the most part dressed in white; she was guarded on each side by the gentlemen pensioners,... | |
 | Paul Hentzner - Great Britain - 1807 - 86 pages
...she Was -going along, every body fell down * At Ms distance of time, it is difficult to say what thit on their * knees. The Ladies of the Court followed next to her, very handsome and well shaped, and for the most pait dressed in •white; she was guarded on each side by... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her hand: wherever she turned her face as she was going along, every body fell down on their knees....The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handsome, and well-shaped, and for the most part dressed in white. She was guarded on each side by... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...kiss, sparkling with rings and jewels, a mark of particular favour. Wherever she turned her face as she was going along, every body fell down on their knees....The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handsome and well shaped, and for the most part dressed in white. She was guarded on each side by the... | |
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