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" Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed with a sullen and constant frown that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and cloudiness... "
Private Correspondence of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: Illustrative of the ... - Page 119
by Sarah Jennings Churchill Duchess of Marlborough - 1838
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The Corsair: A Gazette of Literature, Art, Dramatic Criticism ..., Volume 1

1839 - 694 pages
...by the Duchess, whilst she admits that ' there was something of majesty' in the Queen's look, ' as mixed with a sullen and constant frown, that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and a gloominess of disposition within.' But this may have been the effect of years and of care, when the...
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 462 pages
...— " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all unpraceful, till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look,...of soul, and a cloudiness of disposition within." (Characters of her Conti-mpnraries, by the Duchess of Marlborough, printed in the " Private < 'orrespondence,"...
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Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume 5

William Harrison Ainsworth - English periodicals - 1844 - 656 pages
...she has bequeathed of Anne, whom we have been attempting to depict in the foregoing description — " There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed...of soul, and a cloudiness of disposition within." But this was written after the painter of the portrait had, by her own imprudence, called a "constant...
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Saint James's: Or, The Court of Queen Anne : an Historical Romance, Volume 1

William Harrison Ainsworth - Great Britain - 1844 - 1040 pages
...her countenance. The Duchess of Marlborough says, in the character bequeathed by her of Anne — " There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed...of soul, and a cloudiness of disposition within." But this was written after the painter of the portrait had, by her own imprudence, called a " constant...
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Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With ..., Volume 12

Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 502 pages
...assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look,...frown that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her father's moroseness which...
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Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A ..., Volume 12

Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 502 pages
...Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful till she grew exceeding gross and coipulent. There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed...frown that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her father's moroseness which...
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Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volume 12

Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 518 pages
...assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look,...a sullen and constant frown that plainly betrayed ;i gloominess of soul and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her...
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Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volume 12

Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1852 - 372 pages
...assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look,...frown that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her father's moroseness which...
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Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A ..., Volume 8

Agnes Strickland - 1852 - 574 pages
...assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful, till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look,...frown, that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her father's moroseness, which...
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Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: Now ..., Volume 8

Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1854 - 692 pages
...assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful, till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look,...constant frown, that plainly betrayed a gloominess of BOU! and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her father's moroseness,...
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