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" But she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably Lady Orkney.* She exposed behind, a mixture of fat and wrinkles; and before, a very considerable protuberance which preceded her. Add to this, the inimitable roll of her eyes, and her grey... "
Letters to and from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and Her Second Husband ... - Page 189
by Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - 1824
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 2

1804 - 552 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, as soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. Bat she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably...behind, a mixture of fat and wrinkles ; and before, a considerable protuberance which preceded her. Add to this, tfce inimitable roll of her eye*, and her...
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Letters: I. During Mr. Wortley's embassy. II. To the Countess of Mar, at ...

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - 308 pages
...clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest * The coronation of George II. Oct. 27,.1727, I number of eyes, was indisputably lady Orkney. She...which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 'tis impossible to imagine a more delightful spectacle. She had embellished all this with considerable...
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The British Prose Writers: Lady M.W. Montagu's Letters from France and Italy

1821 - 346 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, us soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably...Add to this, the inimitable roll of her eyes, and Jier gray hairs, which by good fortune stood directly upright, and it is impossible to imagine a more...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 446 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, as soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably...which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 'tis impossible to imagine a more delightful spectacle. She had embellished all this with considerable...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 1

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 684 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, as soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably...which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 'tis impossible * Anne, daughter of Sir W. Pultoiey of Misterton, in the county of Stafford ; remarried...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 466 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, as soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably...which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 'tis impossible to imagine a more delightful spectacle. She had embellished all this with considerable...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 430 pages
...clapped on the \\ead. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably Lady Orkney.(2) She exposed behind a mixture of fat and wrinkles;...to this, the inimitable roll of her eyes, and her gray hairs which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 't is impossible to imagine a more delightful...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 446 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, as soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes, was indisputably Lady Orkney.* She exposed behind a * Lady Orkney, whom Swift calls the wisest woman he ever knew, must have been pretty old at the time...
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Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, as soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes was, indisputably,...which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 'tis impossible to imagine a more delightful spectacle. She had embellished all this with considerable...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 pages
...satisfaction was diffused over every countenance, as soon as the coronet was clapped on the head. But she that drew the greatest number of eyes was, indisputably,...which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 'tis impossible to imagine a more delightful spectacle. She had embellished all this with considerable...
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