Curiosities of Great Britain: England & Wales Delineated, Historical, Entertaining & Commercial. Alphabetically Arranged, Volume 6L. Tallis, 3, Jewin Street, City. - 1586 pages |
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Page 877 - As she went along in all this state and magnificence, she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign Ministers, or those who attended for different reasons, in English, French and Italian; for, besides being well skilled in Greek, Latin, and the Languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch: Whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her Hand.
Page 876 - Next came the Queen, in the Sixty-fifth Year of her 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) she had in her Ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore false Hair, and that red...
Page 876 - Her bosom was uncovered, as 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; her air was 1 He probably means rushes. stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Page 872 - Personal estate was vested by will in trustees, to be from time to time for ever applied " in the purchasing of such books, as by a proper disposition of them under the following directions might have a tendency to promote the interests of virtue and religion, and the happiness of mankind...
Page 876 - First went gentlemen, barons, earls, knights of the garter, all richly dressed, and bare-headed; next came the chancellor, bearing the seals in a red silk purse, between two, one of which carried the royal scepter, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards...
Page 822 - England and on the continent, especially in Italy ; it went through several editions, and was translated into German, French, and Italian. In 1805, appeared his second great work, the Life and Pontificate of Leo X., for which, with the assistance of others, he had been collecting materials for many years.
Page 876 - English fashion, strewed with hay, through which the queen commonly passes in her way to chapel. At the door stood a gentleman dressed in velvet, with a gold chain, whose office was to introduce to the queen any person of distinction that came to wait on her. It was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest attendance of nobility.
Page 822 - Grey, 1810; Occasional Tracts relative to the War betwixt France and Great Britain, 1811 ; Letter to Henry Brougham, Esq. on a Reform in the Representation of the People in Parliament, 1811; Answer to a Letter from Mr.
Page 889 - And the punishments which they might inflict, were according to their wisdom, conscience, and discretion. In a word, this court was a real inquisition ; attended with all the iniquities, as well as cruelties, inseparable from that tribunal.
Page 822 - In December, 1773, he recited before the society formed at Liverpool for the encouragement of drawing, painting, &c., an ode which was afterwards published with " Mount Pleasant," his first poetical production, originally written when in his sixteenth year. He occasionally gave lectures on subjects connected with the objects of this institution, and was a very active member of the society. In 1788, Mr.