 Queens of England.' That celebrated work, although its heroines were, for the most part, foreign Princesses, related almost entirely to the history of this country. The Princesses of England, on the contrary, are themselves English, but their lives are...  Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmarkby Selina Bunbury - 1853Full view - About this book
 | James Phillips Fletcher - 1850 - 344 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...the spirit of romantic adventure." — Morning Post, its heroines were, for the most part, foreign Princesses, related almost entirely to the history of... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 416 pages
...almost every civilised country m Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...singular exactness of judgment. The memoirs are richly fraugnt with the spirit of romantic adventure."— Morning Post. " This work is a worthy companion... | |
 | George Alexander Hoskins - Spain - 1851 - 406 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...romantic adventure." — Morning Post. " This work is a wortby companion to Miss Strickland's admirable ' Queens of England.' In one respect the subject-matter... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - United States - 1851 - 408 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...richly fraught with the spirit of romantic adventure." — Horning Post. " This work is a worthy companion to Miss Strickland's admirable ' Queens of England.'... | |
 | Edmund Spencer (capt.) - 1851 - 496 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...richly fraught with the spirit of romantic adventure." — Horning Pott. "This work is a worthy companion to Miss Strickland's admirable 'Queens of England.'... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 582 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...observation, and singular exactness of judgment. The memoirs an richly fraught with the spirit of romantic adventure." — Morning Pott. " This work is a worthy... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - Science - 1852 - 410 pages
...meet companion for the work of Miss Strickland, to which, indeed, it is an indispensable addition. The authoress, already favourably known to the learned...richly fraught with the spirit of romantic adventure." — Horning Post. " This work is a worthy companion to Miss Strickland's admirable ' Queens of England.'... | |
 | Arctic regions - 1852 - 414 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...of the ' Queens of England.' That celebrated work, althcngh its heroines were, for the most part, foreign Princesses, related almost entirely to the history... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - American wit and humor - 1852 - 360 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...subject-matter of these volumes is more interesting, becanse it is more diversified than that of the ' Queens of England.' That celebrated work, althcugh... | |
 | Lord Robert Montagu - Naval architecture - 1852 - 240 pages
...every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of...companion to Miss Strickland's admirable ' Queens oi England.' In one respect the subject-matter of these volumes is more interesting, because it is... | |
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