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" Age, as we were told, very Majestic; her Face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her Eyes small, yet black and pleasant; her Nose a little hooked; her Lips narrow; and her Teeth black (a Defect the English seem subject to, from their too great Use of Sugar);... "
Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the Principal Artists - Page 151
by Horace Walpole - 1876
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1795 - 532 pages
...teeth black (a, defeft the English seem subjecl to, from their too great use of sugar) ; she had jn her ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore...and that red ; upon her head she had a small crown, reported. to bc made of bome7of the gold of the ce. lebratcd Lunebourg table : , her bo, som was uncovered,...
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A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ...

John Adams - Great Britain - 1803 - 486 pages
...ladies and gentlemen. " When I faw queen Elizabeth," fays Hentzner, " (he was in her 67th year, and had in her ears two pearls with very rich drops. She wore falfe reel hairr and her bofom was uncovered. She was dreffed in white filk, bordered with pearls of...
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History of Great Britain, from the death of Henry viii. to the ..., Volume 2

James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...safe-guard [44] or huge outward petticoat. Dress of When Paul Hentzner saw Elizabeth (she was Elizabeth < two pearls with very rich drops. She wore false hair, and that red; her bosom was uncovered, as all.Jt.he English ladies,' says Hentzner, ' have till they marry. NOTES....
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A Journey Into England: In the Year M.D.XC.VIII.

Paul Hentzner - Great Britain - 1807 - 86 pages
...jiairow, and her teeth black; (a defect the English seem subject to, from thi ir too great use of sugar) she had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore false hair. and that red; upon her brad she had a. small crown, reported to be made of some of the 'gold of the celebrated Lum bourg table...
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London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British ..., Volume 4

David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 692 pages
...seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar.) She had in her ears two pearls, with very fich drops; she wore false hair, and that red; upon her head she* had a small crown, reported to be made of some of the gold of the celebrated Lunenbourg table : (at this distance of time,...
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London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British ..., Volume 4

David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 696 pages
...narrow, and her teeth black ; (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar.) She had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore lalse hair, and that red; upon her head she had a small crown, reported to be made of some of the gold...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 7

John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 896 pages
...narrow, and her teeth black, (a defect the English seem subject to from their too great use of sugar:) she had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops;...and that red : upon her head she had a small crown, reported to be made of some of the gold of (he celebrated Lunebourgb table. Her bosom was uncovered,...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 7, Part 1

John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...narrow, and her teeth black, (a defect the English seem subject to from their too great use of sugar:) she had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore raise hair, and that red : upon her head she had a small crown, reported to be made of some of the...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 1

Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar) ; she had in her ears two very rich pearls with drops ; she wore false hair, and that red ; upon her head she had a small crown, reported to have been made of some of the gold of the celebrated Lunebourg table ; her bosom was uncovered,...
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The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death ...

Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...Oxforde at Brode-gate to get in." When Paul Hentzner saw Elizabeth, then in her 67th year, she bad, in her ears, two pearls with very rich drops. She wore false hair, and that reel ; her bosom wa$ uncovered, " as all the English ladies," says Hentzner, " have till they marry."...
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