 | History - 1795 - 532 pages
...with silver threads ; hey train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; in* •stead of a chain she had an oblong- collar of gold and jewels....whether foreign ministers, or those who attended for diffèrent roasons, in English, French, an4 Italian ; for, besides being well skilled in Greek, Latin,... | |
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...pearls of the size of beans ; and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; [45] and, instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.* At her death, that lady had in her possession, 3000 complete habits. The dress of Lord Darnley, as... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...was very long, the end of it borne lv a marchioness: instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar ot gold and jewels. As she went along in all this state and maguificence, she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness...graciously, first to one, then to another, (whether foreign Probably, rushes. ministers, or those who attend for different reasons) in English, French, and Italian... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk shot with silver threads; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness...graciously, first to one, then to another, (whether foreign " We arrived next at the Royal Palace of Greenwich, reported to have been originally built by Humphrey... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...with pearls of the size of heans ; and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; and instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels. The same writer adds, that wherever she turned her face, every one fell down upon his knees. Henry... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1896 - 616 pages
...pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, .shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness...chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.' The University authorities and the Benchers of the Inns of Court attempted to check, or prevent, the... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 432 pages
...pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, snot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness;...another, (whether foreign ministers, or those who attend for different reasons) in English, French, and Italian ; for, besides being well skilled in... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...pearls of the size of beans ; and over it, a mantle of black silk, shot with silver thread : her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness....chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels." — " Whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling : now and then she raises some with her hand." — " Wherever... | |
 | Women - 1825 - 386 pages
...pearla of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of blark silk, shot with silver threads; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness...in all this state and magnificence, she spoke very grocionsly, first to one, then to another (whether foreign ministers, or those who attend for different... | |
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That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar... 
