 It did; and to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, and her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly...  The English Woman's Journal - Página 358Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Margaret Homans - 1998 - 328 páginas
...sleep; when she is finally summoned, "to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white night-gown...slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified."21 In her endeavor to acknowledge that matters of state take precedence over personal modesty,... | |
 | Sarah Bilston - 2004 - 284 páginas
...new status. The Girl's Own Paper retold this story as its first article in 1880: '"in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white night-gown...shawl, her night-cap thrown off, and her hair falling about her shoulders — her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified."... | |
 | M. B. Synge - 2013 - 265 páginas
...and even her sleep must give way to that," they said. And a few moments later, the new queen entered the room in a "loose white nightgown and shawl, her...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." So the Princess Victoria became Queen of England, and a new era opened for her country. BK. V. B The... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - 1901 - 446 páginas
...must give way to that." It did ; and to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown...eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." The Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, was presently sent for, and a meeting of the Privy Council summoned... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1897 - 810 páginas
...sleep must give way to that.' It did, and to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified. The Queen's first words on hearing what had happened were, turning to the Archbishop of Canterbury, ' I... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 606 páginas
...must give way to that' It did -> and, to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a. loose white nightgown...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." In this trying moment, though supported by her mother's presence, she gave vent to the feelings of... | |
 | 1883 - 516 páginas
...sleep must give way to that.' It did, and to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white night-gown...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." Of statuary, there is but little. Besides the Albert Memorial, the superb monument of the Queen's great... | |
 | George Alfred Henty - 1901 - 268 páginas
...what had occurred. She did not keep the archbishop and lord-chamberlain waiting, but in a few minutes came into the room in a loose white night-gown and...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." Her first words upon being informed of her new dignity were addressed to the archbishop : "I ask your... | |
 | 1881 - 382 páginas
...few minutée she came into the room in a loose white nightgown and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers,...eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." The lady whose diary is here quoted was the sister of the Right Hon. Charles W. Williams- Wynn, and consequently... | |
 | 1881 - 420 páginas
...morning of the 20th of June, 1837 — " in a loose white nightgown and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers,...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified," —receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham, trie Chamberlain, who have come to announce... | |
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