 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 American Bibliopolist - Page 2841871Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 778 pages
...this living pageant ! for she did not move along like a puppet, but, as she walked towards her chapel, she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers or others ; and English, French, Italian, Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch, came alike easily and fluently to... | |
 | William Howarth (F.R.Hist.S.) - 1885 - 174 pages
...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...to another, whether foreign ministers or those who attended, for different reasons, in English, French, and Italian, for besides being well skilled in... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1885 - 824 pages
...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...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 very graciously, first... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - Great Britain - 1886 - 388 pages
...beans, and over it a mantle of black silk shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had...and jewels. 'As she went along in all this state and magni358 ELIZABETH AT GREENWICH. ficence she spoke very graciously first to one then to another in... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - Queens - 1887 - 730 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 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
...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...chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.' The University authorities and the Benchers of the Inns of Court attempted to check, or prevent, the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - England - 1897 - 228 pages
...of beans, 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 had an oblong col59 lar of gold and jewels." As she swept on in this magnificence, she spoke graciously first to... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - England - 1898 - 502 pages
...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. . . . As she went along in all this magnificence, she spoke very graciously to foreign ministers and... | |
 | Walter Besant - Engraving - 1899 - 408 pages
...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...to another, whether foreign Ministers, or those who attended for different Reasons, in English, French and Italian ; for, besides being well skilled in... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - 1899 - 334 pages
...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...this state and magnificence she spoke very graciously to foreign ministers or others, in English, French and Italian. Whosoever speaks to her kneels ; now... | |
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