 ... 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
 | 1862 - 452 pages
...which her nature was overlaid. Hentzner describes Elizabeth on her way from her apartment to chapel : "Next came the Queen, in the sixtyfifth year of her age, as we are told, very Majestic ; her Face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her Eyes small, yet black and pleasant... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - Biography - 1863 - 314 pages
...the other the sword of state in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurde-lis, the point upward. Next came the Queen, in the sixtyfifth year of her age, as we are told, very majestic, her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant;... | |
 | William Brenchley Rye, Friedrich I (duke of Würtemberg) - England - 1865 - 462 pages
...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 seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar) ; b she had in her ears two pearls with... | |
 | Richard Lane Freer - Archdeacons - 1866 - 316 pages
...very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet small 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... | |
 | Richard Lane Freer - Archdeacons - 1866 - 316 pages
...very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet small 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... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1868 - 820 pages
...eyes small [a feature, this, in which the portraits usually agree] 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 liberal use of sugar ; her hair amber-coloured but false (fulvum... | |
 | American literature - 1871 - 730 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,... | |
 | John Timbs - Historic buildings - 1872 - 598 pages
...sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the points 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... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1873 - 402 pages
...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 seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar) ; she had in her ears two pearls, with... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1874 - 440 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 wore false hair, and that red... | |
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