 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 stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her...  The picture of England & Wales - Page 87by A F. Kendall - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 pages
...of the gold 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 fine j ewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1852 - 908 pages
...some of the gold 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,...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...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 long, the... | |
 | John Doran - 1854 - 442 pages
...saw her on one of these occasions, says : — " Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels. . . . 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... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1855 - 428 pages
...saw her on one of these occasions, says : — " Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels. . . . She was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans ; and over it a mantle... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1856 - 442 pages
...celebrated Lunebourg table; her bosom -was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry. She had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her...in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk shot with silver threads ; ner train was very long, the end... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1856 - 440 pages
...table; her bosom SILK AND PEARLS. 315 was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry. She had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her...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 long, the end... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1857 - 730 pages
...some of the gold 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,...mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white sdk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle, of black silk, shot with silver... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 478 pages
...some of the gold 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...her fingers long ; and her stature neither tall nor ]ow; her air was stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging. The day she was dressed in white... | |
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