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" At the end of this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the table, and conveyed it into the Queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes... "
Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects - Page 276
by Robert Dodsley - 1761
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Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volume 4

Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Queens - 1851 - 826 pages
...twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half an hour together. At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared,...queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court The queen dines and sups alone,...
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Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volumes 6-7

Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1852 - 908 pages
...twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half-an-hour together. At the end of all this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared,...lifted the meat off the table, and conveyed it into the qnetn'mner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herstlf. ihe rest goes to the...
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Bizarre: For Fireside and Wayside, Volume 3

1853 - 418 pages
...twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half an hour together. At the end of all this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat from the table, and conveyed it to the queen's inner and more private chamber, where after she had...
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Shakspere's England, Or, Sketches of Our Social History in the ..., Volume 2

Walter Thornbury - England - 1856 - 442 pages
...together ; at the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with peculiar solemnity, lifted the meat off the table and conveyed...Queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the Court. " The Queen dines and sups alone...
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Shakespeare's England: Or, Sketches of Our Social History of the ..., Volume 2

Walter Thornbury - Great Britain - 1856 - 440 pages
...together ; at the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with peculiar solemnity, lifted the meat off the table and conveyed...Queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the Court. " The Queen dines and sups alone...
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Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest: With ..., Volumes 6-7

Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1857 - 730 pages
...twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half-an-hour together. At the end of all this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared,...meat off the table, and conveyed it into the queen's mner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, .he rest goes to the ladies...
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The Northern monthly

1862 - 452 pages
...selected for this service, were bringing Dinner, twelve Trumpets and two Kettle-drums made the Hall ring for half an hour together. At the end of this Ceremonial...Queen's inner and more private Chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the Ladies of the Court." A singular picture enough, and...
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Byepaths of Biography

Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - Biography - 1863 - 314 pages
...service, were bringing dinner, twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half-an-hour together. At the end of this ceremonial a number of...Queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the Court. The Queen dines and sups alone,...
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Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With ..., Volume 3

Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland - Queens - 1864 - 740 pages
...twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half-an-hour together. At the end of all this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared,...the table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner anil more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, Jie rest goes to the ladies of...
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England as Seen by Foreigners in the Days of Elizabeth & James the First ...

William Brenchley Rye, Friedrich I (duke of Würtemberg) - England - 1865 - 462 pages
...twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half-an-hour together. At the end of all this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared,...Queen's inner and more private chamber, where after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the Court. The Queen dines and sups alone...
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