 | George Edward Cokayne - Nobility - 1926 - 842 pages
...ingenuous and hopeful young man." (RG FitzGerald-Uniacke). VG 0 She was, according to Bishop Burnet, " a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained...the post [of Protector] than either of her brothers according to a saying that went of her, that those who wore breeches deserved perttcoats better, but... | |
 | Archaeology - 1886 - 306 pages
...wife of Lord Fauconberg. Bishop Burnet, who styles her a wise and worthy woman, says, that "She was more likely to have maintained the post (of Protector) than either of her brothers," according to a saying that went of her, " That those who wore breeches, deserved petticoats better... | |
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She was a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained the post (of protector) than either of her brothers ; according to a saying that went of her, ' that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better; but if those in petticoats had been... 
