 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 - Стр. 358Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Justin McCarthy - 1903 - Страниц: 606
...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...eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." The Prime-minister, Lord Melbourne, was presently sent for, and a meeting of the privy council summoned... | |
 | John Ashton - 1903 - Страниц: 346
...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." Lord Melbourne was summoned to Kensington Palace by the Queen at 9 am, and a Privy Council was called... | |
 | John Ashton - 1903 - Страниц: 344
...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." /.\: :..':...:-... .::..;."-.... Lord Melbourne was summoned to Kensington Palace by the Queen at 9... | |
 | Montague John Guest, William Biggs Boulton - 1903 - Страниц: 670
...sleep must give way to that. It did not prove that she did keep them waiting, for in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, her hair falling down upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, and tears in her eyes, but perfectly... | |
 | Sir Henry William Lucy - 1905 - Страниц: 616
...urged, brooked no delay. So the Princess was awakened, and Miss Wynn writes : — " In a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white night-gown and shawl, her night-cap thrown off, her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected... | |
 | 1901 - Страниц: 616
...been caused by her, in a few minutes she entered the room, " in a loose, white nightgown and shawl, her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers,...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." Her first words as Queen were to the Archbishop of Canterbury: "I beg your Grace to pray for me!" A... | |
 | Ralph Nevill, Charles Edward Jerningham - 1908 - Страниц: 340
...that." It did ; and to prove that it was not she who- had kept them waiting, in a few minutes the Queen came into the room in a loose, white nightgown and...in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified. That morning began the longest and certainly the most memorable reign in the whole history of Great... | |
 | Sir Herbert Maxwell - 1910 - Страниц: 452
...Ireland. They had driven at speed from Windsor through the summer dawn and morning. She came before them "in a loose white night-gown and shawl, her night-cap thrown off, and her hair falling on her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified."... | |
 | Oscar Browning - 1912 - Страниц: 468
...the room in a loose white dressing-gown and shawl, her night-cap thrown off, her hair falling over her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified. Queen Victoria has left an account of this event in her own words, so simple and graphic that it should... | |
 | 1897 - Страниц: 566
...Princess in " such a sweet sleep " that her attendants were loath to waken her. " In .1 few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown...her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified." QUEEN VICTORIA IN THE ROBRS OF THE GARTER. ABOUT 1838. AGE i9 YEARS. FROM A PAINTING BY THOMAS SULLY.... | |
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