 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
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 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...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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...reel ; her bosom wa$ uncovered, " as all the English ladies," says Hentzner, " have till they marry." She was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of heans ; and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; and instead of a chain, she... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1896 - 616 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...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... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 436 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 432 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...size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, snot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness; instead of... | |
 | 1824 - 486 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...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 . ystead of a chain, she had... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...all the English ladies hare it, till they marry, and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature...mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white «ilk, bordered with pearls of the size of beau, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver... | |
 | Women - 1825 - 386 pages
...the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceedingly fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature...That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearla of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of blark silk, shot with silver threads; her train... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 398 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...pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle or black silk shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness... | |
 | Charles Chadwicke Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 540 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 mild and obliging. " On that day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it... | |
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