| Aungervyle society - 1881 - 360 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... | |
| F. H. Hart - Lee (London, England) - 1882 - 116 pages
...before they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceedingly fine jewels ; her hands were small, but 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... | |
| William Howarth (F.R.Hist.S.) - 1885 - 174 pages
...have till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceedingly 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... | |
| Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - Great Britain - 1886 - 388 pages
...ladies have it till they marry, and she had 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... | |
| Lydia Hoyt Farmer - Queens - 1887 - 730 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... | |
| Jean Jules Jusserand - English fiction - 1890 - 454 pages
...ladies have 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 kind and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered... | |
| Ernest Law - Great Britain - 1890 - 496 pages
...wore false hair and that red ; and she had 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." 1 This was, as we have said, in 1 598 ; and in... | |
| Walter Besant - Engraving - 1899 - 408 pages
...small, 1 He probably means rushes. 2 At this distance of time, it is difficult to say what this was. 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... | |
| Felix Emmanuel Schelling - England - 1904 - 314 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. As she went along in all this state and magnificence,... | |
| England - 1905 - 292 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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