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" Davenant styles her, very beautifully, " The richeyed darling of a monarch's breast." Lord Holland, in the description he sent from Paris, dwells on the charm of her eyes, her smile, and her graceful figure, though he admits her to be rather petite; and... "
The Althorp Picture Gallery: And Other Poetical Sketches - Page 144
by Mary J. Jourdan - 1836 - 163 pages
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Sketches of art, literature, and character

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 312 pages
...near which it hangs, but made a circuit of several rooms to avoid it. and her graceful figure, though he admits her to be rather petite ; and if the poet...black eyes." Henrietta could be very seductive, and had all the French grace of manner ; but, as is well known, she could play the virago, " and cast such...
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Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad: With Tales and ..., Volume 2

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 324 pages
...description he sent from Paris, dwells on the charm of her eyes, her smile, and her graceful figure, though he admits her to be rather petite ; and if the poet...puritanic Sir Symond d'Ewes, who allows the influence ~ • as frightened all the lords and ladies in waiting." Too much importance is attached to her character...
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Visits and sketches at home and abroad, Volume 2

Anna Brownell Jameson, Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 336 pages
...description he sent from Paris, dwells on the charm of her eyes, her smile, and her graceful figure, though he admits her to be rather petite; and if the poet...distrusted, we have the authority of the puritanic Sir Simond d'Ewes, who allows the influence of her "excellent and sparkling black eyes." Henrietta could...
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Sketches of Art, Literature, and Character

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1858 - 520 pages
...description he sent from Paris, dwells on the charm of her eyes, her smile, and her graceful figure, though he admits her to be rather petite; and if the poet...black eyes." Henrietta could be very seductive, and had all the French grace of manner ; but, as is well known, she could play the virago, " and cast such...
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Sketches of art, literature, and character [orig. publ. as Visits and ...

Anna Brownell Jameson - 1858 - 524 pages
...description he sent from Paris, dwells on the charm of her eyes, her smile, and her graceful figure, though he admits her to be rather petite ; and if the poet...black eyes." Henrietta could be very seductive, and had all the French grace ol manner; but, as is well known, she could play the virago, " and cast such...
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Sketches of Art, Literature, and Character

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1875 - 518 pages
...figure, though hi; admits her to be rather petit e , and if the poet and the courtier be distrusted, w« have the authority of the puritanic Sir Symond d'Ewes,...black eyes." Henrietta could be very seductive, and had all the French grace 01 manner ; but, as is well known, she could play the virago, " and cast such...
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