... 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
| 1871 - 730 páginas
...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...too great use of sugar). " She had in her ears two very rich pearls, with drops j she wore false hair and that red j upon her head she had a small crown,... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 598 páginas
...told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; a nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth...to, from their too great use of sugar) ; she had in the ears two pearls with very rich drops ; jhe wore false hair, and that red ; upon her head she had... | |
| Henry Morley - 1874 - 440 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...subject to from their too great use of sugar). . . . She wore false hair, and that red • her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they... | |
| James Robinson Planché - 1879 - 528 páginas
...visited England in 1602, gives the following description of her dress on one occasion :—" The Queen had in her ears two pearls with very rich drops ; she. wore false hair, and that red; upon her head she had a small crown; her neck was uncovered, and she had a necklace of exceedingly... | |
| Jenny Ridgwell - 1983 - 134 páginas
...when each person ate 450 g of sugar a year! Elizabeth's teeth were black, and a visitor said it was 'a defect the English seem subject to from their too great use of sugar'. Sugar contains carbohydrate and provides plenty of energy. A heaped teaspoon of sugar supplies about... | |
| Peter Thomson - 1999 - 244 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...she had in her ears two pearls with very rich drops; her hair was of an auburn colour, but false; upon her head she had a small crown, reported to be made... | |
| Betty Travitsky, Adele F. Seeff - 1994 - 396 páginas
...description is given by Paul Hentzner in 1598, "her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked, her...subject to, from their too great use of sugar) . . . she wore false hair, and that red."53 Sixteenth-century visual conventions would not allow for an aging... | |
| Tony D. Triggs - 1995 - 54 páginas
...German visitor described her in 1598: Her face (was) oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small yet black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked; her...subject to from their too great use of sugar). She wore false red hair. Trade brought foreign fashions and material to England and Elizabeth tried them... | |
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