 | Walter Besant - 1899 - 408 Seiten
...celebrated Lunebourg Table : 2 Her Bosom was uncovered, as all the English Ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a Necklace of exceeding fine Jewels ; her Hands were small, 1 He probably means rushes. 2 At this distance of time, it is difficult to say what this was. her Fingers... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - 1899 - 334 Seiten
...; and she had on a necklace of exceedingly fine jewels. Her hands were slender, her fingers rather long, and her stature neither tall nor low. Her air was stately, and her manner of speech gracious. She was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1904 - 314 Seiten
...she had a small crown ; her bosom was uncovered as all the English ladies have it till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels...stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. As she went along in all this state and magnificence, she spoke very graciously, first to one, then... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1904 - 434 Seiten
...celebrated Lunebourg table. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels;...were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither small nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1909 - 500 Seiten
...had a small crown . . . her Bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels...stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging;" and as she passed — trailing her gorgeous mantle of black silk, "shot with silver threads" — she... | |
 | Henry Thew Stephenson - 1910 - 564 Seiten
...bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a neckcloth of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small, 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 with... | |
 | Gladys Edson Locke - 1913 - 316 Seiten
...she had a small crown. . . . Her bosom was uncovered as all English ladies have it till they marry, she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels, her hands were small, her fingers long. Her stature neither tall nor low; her air was stately, and her manner of speaking mild and obliging.... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1915 - 612 Seiten
...head she had a small crown; her bosom was bare, as all the English ladies have it till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small, her fingers long, and she was of middle stature. Her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day... | |
 | Orie Latham Hatcher - 1916 - 432 Seiten
...celebrated Lunebourg table. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels;...small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall or low; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. As she went along she spoke... | |
 | Robert Thurston Hopkins - 1921 - 278 Seiten
...pearls with very rich drops ; she wore false hair, and that red ; and she had a necklace of exceedingly fine jewels. Her hands were small, her fingers long,...stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging." When the reader arrives at the village green at Northiam, he will still see QUEEN ELIZABETH'S OAK in... | |
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Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies 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... 
