The Princess Henrietta is very pretty, but much below my expectation; and her dressing of herself with her hair frized short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and... London Society - Page 238edited by - 1863Full view - About this book
| John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1840 - 526 pages
...dressing of herself with her hair frizzed short up her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she." On the 31st of March 1661, while yet scarcely seventeen, she... | |
| Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...dressing of herself with her hair frizzed short up her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she." On the 31st of March, 1661, while yet scarcely seventeen,... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1845 - 508 pages
...dressing herself with her hair frizzed short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. My wife standing near her, with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she." and address. Much praise is bestowed on the widowed queen's... | |
| Anthony Hamilton (Count) - Great Britain - 1846 - 564 pages
...dressing of herself with her hair frizzed short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, did seem to me much handsomer than she.] NOTE 156, Page 294. The Duke of Monmouth. James, Duke of Monmouth,... | |
| Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1848 - 472 pages
...dressing of herself with her haire frized short up to her eares did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she. Dinner being done, we went to Mr. Fox's again, where many gentleman... | |
| 1848 - 524 pages
...of herself, with her haire frized short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me ; but my wife, standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she." Our diarist would seem to be somewhat excursive in his devotional... | |
| Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 410 pages
...dressing herself with her hair frizzed short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. My wife standing near her, with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she." nanimity, especially as on the title-page it is affirmed that... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - Anecdotes - 1849 - 468 pages
...dressing of herself with her hair frizzed short up her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she." —Diary of Pepys. t This romantic historical episode is detailed... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1853 - 608 pages
...of herself, with her haire frized short up to her eares, did make her seem so much the less to ine. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well-dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she." Death, as I have before stated, marred the festivities.... | |
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