| Edmund Burke - History - 1759 - 516 pages
...of fome of the gold of the celebrated Luneburg table : her bofom was uncovered, as all the Englifh have it till they marry; and fhe had on a necklace...; her hands were fmall, her fingers long, and her ftatui . neither tall nor low ; her air was ftately, her manner of (peaking mild and obliging. That... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English essays - 1761 - 378 pages
...probably means Rufliei. VOL. II. T Lunelourg Table f : Her Bofom was uncovered, as all the Engli/h Ladies have it, till they marry ; and fhe had on a...Necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her Hands were frflall, her Fingers long, arid her Stature neither tall nor low ; her Air was {lately, her Manner... | |
| History - 1795 - 532 pages
...have it tili 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, and her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered... | |
| Paul Hentzner, Sir Robert Naunton - Great Britain - 1797 - 204 pages
...fome of the gold of the celebrated Lunebourg table * : her bofom was uncovered, as all the Englifli ladies have it, till they marry ; and fhe had on a...; her hands were fmall, her fingers long, and her ftature neither tall nor low ; her air was ftately, her manner of fpeaking mild and obliging. That... | |
| 1797 - 610 pages
...Lunebourgh table. Her bofom was uncovered, as all the Englifli ladies have it till they masry, and me had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were fmall, her fingers long, and her ftature neither tall nor low ; her air was ftately, her manner of fpeaking mild and obliging. That... | |
| John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...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' speaking mild, and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered... | |
| Daniel Lysons - London (England) - 1811 - 512 pages
...Lunebourgh table. Her bofom was uncovered as all the Englifh ladies have it till they marry, and (he had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were fmall, her fingers long, and her ftature neither tall nor low ; her air was (lately, her manner of fpeaking mild and obliging. That... | |
| Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...* Holinshed, vol. ip 289, 290. — Harrison's Description of England. VOL. II. N hands were small, her fingers long, and her 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... | |
| 1820 - 394 pages
...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 manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered... | |
| Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...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 manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered... | |
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