 There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense: they adjourned upon the most foolish pretences imaginable, and did nothing with such an air of business as was truly ridiculous. I forgot to tell you the Duchess...  Bradford-on-Avon: A History and Description - Page 235by William Henry Rich Jones - 1907 - 275 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 1024 pages
...imitated her great predecessor, Mrs. Rudd, and affected to write very often, though 1 plainly perceived she only wrote as they do their love epistles on the...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense : they... | |
 | 1834 - 324 pages
...beauty of which kings and princes were once so enamoured ; she looked very much like Mrs. Pritchard ; she is large and ill-shaped ; there was nothing white...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense : they... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pages
...remains of that beauty of which kings and princes were once so enamoured ; she is large and ill shaped ; there was nothing white but her face, and had it not...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense : they... | |
 | William Roberts - 1835 - 512 pages
...princes were once so enamoured. She looked very much like Mrs. Pritchard; she is large and ill shaped ; there was nothing white but her face, and had it not...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a greal deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense: they adjourned... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...that beauty of which kings and princes were once so enamoured. She looked much like Mrs. Pritchard. She is large and ill-shaped ; there was nothing white...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense : they... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...princes were once so enamoured. She looked much like Mrs. Pritchara. She is large and ill-nhaped ; there was nothing white but her face, and, had it...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense : they... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 632 pages
...that beauty of which kings and princes were once so enamoured. She looked much like Mrs. Pritehard. She is large and ill-shaped ; there was nothing white...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense: they adjourned... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1844 - 414 pages
...were once so enamoured. She looked much like Mrs. Pritchard. She is large and ill-shaped ; there is nothing white but her face, and, had it not been for...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense ; they... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 pages
...were once so enamoured. She looked much like Mrs. Pritchard. She is large and ill shaped, there is nothing white but her face, and had it not been for...that, she would have looked like a bale of bombazeen. There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense ; they... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1854 - 406 pages
...modestly dressed and powdered, a black silk sacque with crape trimmings, black gauee deep ruffles, and black gloves. The Counsel spoke about an hour...defence, and by her tears, cleverness, impudence, and eccentricity, so wrought upon the Honourable House, that they avoided the enactment of any penalties,... | |
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