 ... next came the queen, in the sixtyfifth 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...  Notes and Queries - Página 3051853Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Mark Pendergrast - 2000 - 666 páginas
...result, a German traveler who met Queen Elizabeth in Shakespearean times described her black teeth — "a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar." By 1700, a bad British poet penned "Panacea: A Poem Upon Tea," praising the brew as "the Drink of Health,... | |
 | Chris Meads - 2001 - 274 páginas
...cookery books of the time.16 Paul Hentzner's famous remark about Queen Elizabeth's blackened teeth, 'a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar',17 indicates the popularity of sugar at court at least, whereas the lower classes must have... | |
 | Peter Macinnis - 2002 - 220 páginas
...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...seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar) . . . A number among the courtiers he met would have been benefiting from the price sugar commanded,... | |
 | H.v. Morton, v Morton - 2009 - 454 páginas
...of her age, as we are 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; she had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore false hair, and that red; upon her head... | |
 | Steve Arman, Simon Bird, Malcolm Wilkinson - 2002 - 270 páginas
...Queen Elizabeth's reign. A German traveller who met Queen Elizabeth 1 commented on her black teeth, 'a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar'. There were many changes taking place in the food and drink that people were consuming during this period.... | |
 | Chris Andrews - 2002 - 124 páginas
...generally drunk in large quantities at dinner. Quoted in Carter. Culpin and Kinloch, Past into Present Her lips narrow and her teeth black - a defect the English seem subject to, [because of] this too great use of sugar. D ) UQO-1700, (1989) From John Smythe, 1710 Quoted in Carter,... | |
 | Victor Stater - 2002 - 187 páginas
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 | Ernest F. Henderson - 2004 - 468 páginas
...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...very rich Drops ; she wore false Hair, and that red ; upon her Head she had a small Crown, reported to be of some of the Gold of the celebrated Lunebourg... | |
 | Christopher Lee - 2004 - 404 páginas
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