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" 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 238
edited by - 1863
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Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts ..., Volume 2

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...
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Waldie's Select Circulating Library, Volume 15

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,...
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Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A ..., Volume 8

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...
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Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second

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,...
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Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys: Secretary to the ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 24

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...
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Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With ..., Volume 8

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...
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Memoirs of the House of Orleans: Including Sketches and Anecdotes ..., Volume 1

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...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 30

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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Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second

Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Great Britain - 1853 - 568 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,...
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