| Sarah Churchill (duchess of Marlborough.) - 1838 - 520 pągines
...will not many be apt to ask, what part her justice had in this procedure? What her piety ? W 7 hat her gratitude ? What her honour ? What her faith ?...to inherit a good deal of her father's moroseness, which naturally produced in her the same sort of stubborn positiveness in many cases, both ordinary... | |
| 1839 - 694 pągines
...by the Duchess, whilst she admits that ' there was something of majesty' in the Queen's look, ' as mixed with a sullen and constant frown, that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and a gloominess of disposition within.' But this may have been the effect of years and of care, when the... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 456 pągines
...eleven. The following description is given by the Duchess of Marlborough of Anne's person : — v " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all...of soul, and a cloudiness of disposition within." (Characters of her Contemporaries, by the Duchess of Maryborough, printed in the " Private Correspondence,"... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 462 pągines
...Marlborough of Anne's person : — " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all unpraceful, till she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There...of soul, and a cloudiness of disposition within." (Characters of her Conti-mpnraries, by the Duchess of Marlborough, printed in the " Private < 'orrespondence,"... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - 1844 - 656 pągines
...she has bequeathed of Anne, whom we have been attempting to depict in the foregoing description — " There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed...of soul, and a cloudiness of disposition within." But this was written after the painter of the portrait had, by her own imprudence, called a "constant... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - 1844 - 1040 pągines
...her countenance. The Duchess of Marlborough says, in the character bequeathed by her of Anne — " There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed...of soul, and a cloudiness of disposition within." But this was written after the painter of the portrait had, by her own imprudence, called a " constant... | |
| Louisa Stuart Costello - 1844 - 416 pągines
...character of Queen Anne is given by the duchess, in her celebrated account of her own conduct : — " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful till she grew exceedingly gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed with a sullen... | |
| Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1848 - 502 pągines
...the shelter of his shield. The bishop did not think fit to avail himself of the offered assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all...frown that plainly betrayed a gloominess of soul and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her father's moroseness which... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 518 pągines
...the shelter of his shield. The bishop did not think fit to avail himself of the offered assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all...a sullen and constant frown that plainly betrayed ;i gloominess of soul and cloudiness of disposition within. She seemed to inherit a good deal of her... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 502 pągines
...the shelter of his shield. The bishop did not think fit to avail himself of the offered assistance. " Queen Anne had a person and appearance not at all ungraceful till she grew exceeding gross and coipulent. There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed with a sullen and constant frown that... | |
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