The star of the court, or, The maid of honour and queen of England, Anne BoleynGrant and Griffith, 1844 - 161 pages |
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... charms , have prepared her to shine in an age when such acquirements by young ladies were very uncommon . But the des- cription given of her by a cotemporary writer presents a singularly striking picture of a girl calculated to dazzle ...
... charms , have prepared her to shine in an age when such acquirements by young ladies were very uncommon . But the des- cription given of her by a cotemporary writer presents a singularly striking picture of a girl calculated to dazzle ...
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... charms of this celebrated lady will be noticed more fully hereafter ; but the de- scription given of her by Miss Benger so well corresponds with our ideas of all that is attractive in a girl of fourteen * that I quote it here . * Many ...
... charms of this celebrated lady will be noticed more fully hereafter ; but the de- scription given of her by Miss Benger so well corresponds with our ideas of all that is attractive in a girl of fourteen * that I quote it here . * Many ...
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... charms of grace and ex- pression which lend interest to every glance , and intelligence to every movement . ” With this agrees the lines of Wyatt , who is thought to allude to her : " A face that should content me well , Should not be ...
... charms of grace and ex- pression which lend interest to every glance , and intelligence to every movement . ” With this agrees the lines of Wyatt , who is thought to allude to her : " A face that should content me well , Should not be ...
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... charms of the society which the talented and fascinating Duchess of Alençon drew around her offered to her cultivated mind superior attractions , for she entered the household of that noble and celebrated lady , the sister of the French ...
... charms of the society which the talented and fascinating Duchess of Alençon drew around her offered to her cultivated mind superior attractions , for she entered the household of that noble and celebrated lady , the sister of the French ...
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... charms of her conver- sation , and not knowing the character of the volume , snatched it playfully from her hand ; the young lady , knowing the secresy that should be maintained respecting the book , F endeavoured so anxiously to get it ...
... charms of her conver- sation , and not knowing the character of the volume , snatched it playfully from her hand ; the young lady , knowing the secresy that should be maintained respecting the book , F endeavoured so anxiously to get it ...
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12 Engravings 24 Engravings admired ambition ANECDOTES Anne Boleyn Anne's beauty Blickling Hall bride brother Cardinal Wolsey chamber character charms child CHILDREN Church cloth of gold coloured coronation court Cranmer crown dancing death Duke Duke of Angoulême Earl of Northumberland Elizabeth England English eyes farewell father favour foolscap 8vo France French Frontispiece Grace happiness hath head heart Henry VIII Henry's Hever Castle HISTORY hope husband Illustrated with 24 ISAAC TAYLOR Jane Seymour King Henry King's Lady Anne LESSONS lived Lord Percy Lord Rochford Maid of Honour MAMMA'S BIBLE STORIES manner marriage married Mary monarch morocco mother noble Norfolk passions person plain pleasure poet pomp poor Anne Price Princess proud Queen Anne Queen Claude Queen Katharine racter Reformation robes rode royal says scene Second Edition shewed Sir Thomas Wyatt sister Sixth Edition sorrow Star tion Tower velvet Viscount Rochford wife woman youth
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