Hidden fields
Books Books
" 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... "
The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's - Page 250
by Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 312 pages
Full view - About this book

Greenwich: past and present

William Howarth (F.R.Hist.S.) - 1885 - 174 pages
...stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls...borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels. As she went along in all this state and magnificence, she spoke...
Full view - About this book

Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volume 4

Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1885 - 824 pages
...neither tall nor low; her air was stately; her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she wa-j dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the...borne by a marchioness'. Instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar, of gold an-J jewels. As she went along in all this state and magnificent, she spoke...
Full view - About this book

Palace and the Hospital: Or, Chronicles of Greenwich, Volume 1

Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - Great Britain - 1886 - 388 pages
...stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls...silver threads ; her train was very long, the end borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels. 'As she went...
Full view - About this book

The Girl's Book of Famous Queens

Lydia Hoyt Farmer - Queens - 1887 - 730 pages
...stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls...borne by a marchioness. Instead of a chain she had a collar of gold mid jewels. As she went along in all this state and magnificence, she spoke very graciously,...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1888 - 460 pages
...Hentiiier (p 40) in his account of the queen going to prayers at Greenwich, which he says was "of whit« Silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and...a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads." Pearl» seem to have been a good deal used in the sixteenth century to ornament sleeves. Side sleeces...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1888 - 470 pages
...of the queen going to prayers at Greenwich, which he says was "of white Silk, bordered with prarl* of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads." Pearl* 250 I seem to have been a good deal used in the sixteenth century to ornament sleeves. Side...
Full view - About this book

English Lands, Letters and Kings ...

Donald Grant Mitchell - English literature - 1889 - 354 pages
...had in her ears two pearls with very rich drops ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels. She was dressed in white silk bordered with pearls...and over it a mantle of black silk shot with silver threads.'1 This, observe, was over twenty years after the revels of Kenilworth: and two years beyond...
Full view - About this book

English Lands, Letters and Kings, Volume 1

Donald Grant Mitchell - English literature - 1889 - 352 pages
...had in her ears two pearls with very rich drops ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels. She was dressed in white silk bordered with pearls...of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black Bilk shot with silver threads." This, observe, was over twenty years afte? the revels of Kenilworth...
Full view - About this book

The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare

Jean Jules Jusserand - English fiction - 1890 - 466 pages
...stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking kind and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls...it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads . . . Instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels." ' These descriptions of her...
Full view - About this book

English Lands, Letters and Kings ...

Donald Grant Mitchell - English literature - 1895 - 364 pages
...a necklace of exceeding fine jewels. She was dressed in white silk bordered with pearls of the sizo of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk shot with silver threads." This, observe, was over twenty years after the revels of Ken il worth : and two years beyond this date,...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF