Us, 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 hooked ; her lips narrow and her teeth black... The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Seite 464von John Britton - 1808 - 524 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1881 - 704 Seiten
...description of Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich is worth quoting : " Very majestic, her Face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her Eyes small, yet black and pleasant,...defect the English seem subject to from their too great ase of Sugar). She wore false hair and that red." There is an interesting collection of plates inserted... | |
| 1900 - 614 Seiten
...mentioned by Hentzner in the following passage, quoted by oír Walter Besant in his ' ¡South London ' ( sugar) ; She had in her Ears two Pearls, with very rich Drops. She wore false Hair, and this red; upon her Head she had a small crown reported to be made of some of the Gold of the celebrated... | |
| Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 Seiten
...advanced to her sixty-fifth year, in 1598. " Next came the queen, very majestic, her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled, her eyes small, yet black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked, her lips thin, and her teeth black. She had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops ; she wore false hair,... | |
| Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 Seiten
...advanced to her sixty-fifth year, in 1598. " Nex t came the queen, very majestic, her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled, her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked, her lips thin, and her teeth black. She had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops ; she wore false hair,... | |
| 1851 - 1372 Seiten
...à retarder la paix et à se dérober, en ce qui la concernait, à toute réponse précise. ; m, >11 yet black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow and her teelh black ; she had in her ears two pearls with rien drops; she wore false hair and thaï red elc... | |
| 1851 - 658 Seiten
...lips Uftrrow, and her teeth bliick, (a defect the English seem subject to fruin their too great use ot sugar,) she had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops : site wore faise hair, and that red; upon her head she had a small crown, reported to be made ot •oine... | |
| 1853 - 748 Seiten
...sixty-fifth year, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, but black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her...very rich drops.* She wore false hair, and that red." * With respect to the rich pearl earrings above mentioned, it may not be uninteresting to remark, that... | |
| 1853 - 418 Seiten
...Queen, in the fifty-sixth year of her age, (as we are told) very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled : her eyes small, yet black and pleasant...seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar.) her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low : her air was stately, her manner of speaking... | |
| C. Gough - 1853 - 428 Seiten
...it was invented to conceal unlicenced pregnancy. When Hentzer saw Elizabeth, then in her 67th year, she had in her ears two pearls with very rich drops. She wore false hair, and that red ; her bosom was uncovered, " as all the English ladies have till they inarry." She was dressed in white... | |
| Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 Seiten
...them to Qxibide.at Brode-gate to get in." When Paul Hentzer saw Elizabeth, then in her 67th. year, she had, in her ears, two pearls with very rich drops. She wore false hair, and that red ; her bosom was uncovered, " as all the English ladies," says Hentzer, " have till they marry." She... | |
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