 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 pages
...have it, till they marry 3 and: fhe had on a Necklace of exceeding fine Jewels ; her Hands were (mail, her Fingers long, and her Stature neither tall nor low ; her Air was ftately, her Manner of fpeaking mild and obliging. That Day fhe was dreffed in white Silk, bordered... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 692 pages
...difficult to say what this was.) Her bo-on> was uncovered, as all Ihe English laiiies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding...were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tail nor low; her air was stately, her manner of speaking miKI and obliging. That day she was dressed... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 896 pages
...celebrated Lunebourgb table. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till the) marrv, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels:...stature neither tall nor low; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild, and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...celebrated Lunebourgh table. • Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marrv, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels: her hands were snuill, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low; her air was stately, her manner ot'... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...her head she 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 * Holinshed, vol. ip 289, 290. — Harrison's Description of England. VOL. II. N hands were small,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...of the celebrated Lunebourg table ; her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding...stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...of the celebrated Lunebourg table; her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding...stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1896 - 616 pages
...her head she 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 . . . That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 442 pages
...of the celebrated Lunebourg-table ; her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding...stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...of the celebrated Lunebourg tables; her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding...stature neither tall nor low; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls... | |
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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 of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very... 
