 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...oat, they called us, and brought to us Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of Coelia to-day very fine, and did it pretty well. I kissed...so did my wife ; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw Mrs Bell, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is mighty pretty: she is nsnall... | |
 | 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 - 1826 - 624 pages
...seems was his introduction to Nelly. : . . , . ' A most pretty woman, who acted the great part Coelia to-day, very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed...so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is." — vol. ii. p. 8. We learn from Pepys's authority, notwithstanding his general partiality, that Nell... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 402 pages
...which it seems was his introduction to Nelly. " A most pretty woman, who acted the great part Crelia to-day, very fine, and did it pretty well : I kissed...so did my. wife ; and a mighty pretty soul she is." — Vol. ii. p. 8. We learn from Pepys' authority, notwithstanding his general partiality, that Nell... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 396 pages
...which it seems was his introduction to Nelly. " A most pretty woman, who acted the great part Coelia to-day, very fine, and did it pretty well : I kissed...so did my wife ; and a mighty pretty soul she is." — Vol. ii. p. 8. We learn from Pepys' authority, notwithstanding his general partiality, that Nell... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...which it seems was his introduction to Nelly. " A most (iretty wnniiui. who acted the great part Coelia to-day, very fine, and did it pretty well : I kissed...so did my wife : and a mighty pretty soul she is." — Vol. ii. p. 8. We learn from Pepys' authority, notwithstanding his general partiality, that Nell... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - England - 1838 - 256 pages
...Knipp took us all in, and brought to us Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of Coelia to-day, very fine, and did it pretty well : I kissed...so did my wife ; and a mighty pretty soul she is." — Vol. ii., p. 8. " To the King's house ; and there going in, met with Knipp, and she took us up... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1840 - 558 pages
...to Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of Crelia to-day, very fine, and did it very well : I kissed her, and so did my wife, and a mighty pretty soul she is." There are several notices of her in his Diary, which are full of interest : on a subsequent occasion... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 456 pages
...which it seems was his introduction to Nelly. " A most pretty woman, \vho acted the great part Coolia to-day, very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed...her, and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is."—Vol. ii, p. 8. We learn from Pepys' authority, notwithstanding his general partiality, thai... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 488 pages
...to Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of Caelia to-day, very fine, and did it very well : I kissed her, and so did my wife, and a mighty pretty soul she is." On a subsequent occasion Pepys writes, " After dinner, with my wife, to the King's house, to see the... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1848 - 466 pages
...took us all in, and brought to us Nelly, 1 a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of Ccelia to-day very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed...and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw Mrs. Ball, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is mighty pretty: she is usually... | |
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Knipp took us all in. and brought to us Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of 'Coelia' to-day very fine, and did it pretty well; I kissed her. and so did my wife, and a mighty pretty soul she is. 
