 ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English...  Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects - Page 273by Robert Dodsley - 1761Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked, her lips narrow, and her teeth black, (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar) ; she had in her ears two very rich pearls... | |
 | Charles Chadwicke Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 540 pages
...very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, but black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black, (a defect the English seem subject to from their too great use of sugar;) she had in her ears two pearls, with very... | |
 | A F. Kendall - 1830 - 704 pages
...the royal sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard studded with golden fleurs de Us, the point upwards : next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we are told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - Chronology, Historical - 1830 - 266 pages
...the royal sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs de Us, the point upwards ; next came the queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we are told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black, and pleasant;... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 524 pages
...traveller in England, thus describes her maj >. passing to chapel, at the royal palace of Greenwich : — " Next came the queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic, her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...inconsistent with her ' right royal' wisdom and maternity. " Next came the Queen," (saith Hentzner) " in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant. [D'Ewes observes,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...palace of Greenwich. Having mentioned the procession of barons, earls, knights, etc., he adds, — " is Gorgon-eyes, And drinks with leathern can her tender cries.'1 Botanic Garif majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose... | |
 | John Davenport - 1839 - 520 pages
...majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, but black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to from their immoderate use of sugar ;) she had in her ears two pearls, with... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1840 - 740 pages
...Royal scepter, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards : next came the -Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose... | |
 | 1840 - 430 pages
...royal scepter, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards : next came the queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant; her nose a... | |
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