| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 430 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 466 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with... | |
| Adam Clarke - Bible - 1837 - 882 pages
...an account of a visit which she made to the Kahya's lady at Adrianople, says, " She ordered cushions U̝ NO f n ( H4 # | | *x < 7 sC q w ۉ uPw 4 wm .k v — Letter xxxiii. The reason of this seems to be, that the person so placed is distinguished, and... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 410 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honor. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so... | |
| 1838 - 500 pages
...carpets, sat the kahya'slady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour." xiii. 19.—Pieces of bread.] At Algiers they have public bakehouses for the people in common, so that... | |
| Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no courtbreeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck \iith... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1839 - 516 pages
...carpets, sat the kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour." USE OF THEATRES IN EASTERN COUNTRIES. ACTS xix. 29. The theatre.] Among the Greeks the theatres, served... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court-breeding conld ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady before had given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with... | |
| Henry Howe - Adventure and adventurers - 1854 - 740 pages
...her heart with a sweetness full of majesty that no court breeding could give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honor. I confess I was so struck with admiration, that I could not for some time speak to her, being... | |
| 1855 - 488 pages
...their fashion, putting her hand to her heart with a sweetness full of majesty. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess though the Greek lady had given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with admiration... | |
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