 ... 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
 | Marlborough College (Marlborough, England). Natural History Society - Natural history - 1877 - 606 pages
...Boyal 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 blaok and pleasant ; her nose... | |
 | Henry Ince - 1877 - 128 pages
...thousand. Paul Hentzer, a German who travelled in England in 1593, thus speaks of Elizabeth :— " Next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled. She had in her ears two pearls, with drops ; she wore... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 678 pages
...face," he says, " was 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 very... | |
 | Aungervyle society - 1881 - 360 pages
...the Royal Sceptre, the other the Sword of State, in a red Scabbard, studded with golden Fleur-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 little... | |
 | F. H. Hart - Lee (London, England) - 1882 - 116 pages
...the royal sceptre, the other the Sword of State, in a red scabbard, studded with gold fleur-de-lis, 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... | |
 | William Howarth (F.R.Hist.S.) - 1885 - 174 pages
...the Koyal Sceptre, the other the Sword of State, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleur-de-lis, 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... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - Great Britain - 1886 - 380 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 too great use of sugar). She had in her ears two pearls, with very rich... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - Queens - 1887 - 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 pearls, with very... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English fiction - 1890 - 454 pages
...etiquette at Westminster for the sake of Robert Dudley ; but she still glitters with jewels and ornaments. "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... | |
 | 1894 - 974 pages
...1598 Hentzer, a German traveler, thus describes Queen Elizabeth. then 65 years of age : " Her nose is a little hooked, her lips narrow and her teeth black, a defect the English seem subject to from their great use of sugar." By many the new food was still regarded with... | |
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