 That day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a Mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her Train was very long, the end of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar...  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 389by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | New Gallery (London, England) - Art - 1890 - 344 pages
...all the English ladies have it till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low." Long before this period, she had quarrelled with her looking-glasses ; and her indignation was so great,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1896 - 632 pages
...the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels . . . That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with...and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain, she had... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - England - 1897 - 228 pages
...necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither small nor low; her air was stately, her manner of speaking...and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her train was very long, and the end of it borne by a marchioness; instead of a chain she... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - England - 1898 - 502 pages
...upon her head she wore a small crown. . . . Her air was stately, and her manner of speech gracious. She was dressed in white silk bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of silk shot with silver thread ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness. . . .... | |
 | Walter Besant - Engraving - 1899 - 408 pages
...small, 1 He probably means rushes. 2 At this distance of time, it is difficult to say what this was. her Fingers long, and her Stature neither tall nor...and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads ; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness ; instead of a Chain, she had... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English fiction - 1899 - 458 pages
...itately, her manner of speaking kind and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered wi^ pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads . . . Instead^^ a chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels. ' ' These descriptions... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English fiction - 1899 - 462 pages
...as all the English ladies have till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; iier air was stately, her manner of speaking kind and obliging. That day she was dressed in white... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - 1899 - 334 pages
...; and she had on a necklace of exceedingly fine jewels. Her hands were slender, her fingers rather long, and her stature neither tall nor low. Her air was stately, and her manner of speech gracious. She was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - American essays - 1904 - 434 pages
...necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither small nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking...and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her train was very long, and the end of it borne by a marchioness; instead of a chain she... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - England - 1904 - 314 pages
...all the English ladies have it till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature...stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. As she went along in all this state and magnificence, she spoke very graciously, first to one, then... | |
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