 The Duchess hath been a good comely woman ; but her dress so antick, and her deportment so ordinary, that I do not like her at all, nor did I hear her say anything that was worth hearing, but that she was full of admiration, all admiration.  Essays in Biography - Pagina 261door Charles Whibley - 1913 - 311 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1876 - 694 pagina’s
...Society : ' She hath been a good and ' seemly woman, but her dress so antick, and her deport' ment so ordinary, that I do not like her at all ; nor did...that she ' was full of admiration, all admiration !'4 In reply to her question to Bishop Wilkins, author of the work on the pos1 Clarendon, iv. 517.... | |
 | Samuel [collections] Pepys - 1877 - 542 pagina’s
...little eyes, but otherwise but a very ordinary woman I do think, but they say sings well. The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman ; but her dress so...that I do not like her at all, nor did I hear her say any thing that was worth hearing, but that she was full of admiration, all admiration. Several fine... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1877 - 522 pagina’s
...little eyes, but otherwise but a very ordinary woman I do think, but they say sings well. The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman ; but her dress so...that I do not like her at all, nor did I hear her say any thing that was worth hearing, but that she was full of admiration, all admiration. Several fine... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1884 - 376 pagina’s
...little eyes, but otherwise but a very ordinary woman I do think, but they say sings well. The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman ; but her dress so...that I do not like her at all, nor did I hear her say any thing that was worth hearing, but that she was full of admiration, all admiration. Several fine... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1886 - 660 pagina’s
...been a good and • seemly woman, but her dress so antick, and her deport' ment so ordinary, that I dp not like her at all ; nor did I hear ' her say anything...that she was full ' of admiration, all admiration ! '4 In reply to her question to Bishop Wilkins, author of the work on the possibility of a passage... | |
 | Gertrude Townshend Mayer - 1894 - 376 pagina’s
...think, but they say sings well. The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman, but her dress so antic and her deportment so ordinary that I do not like...but that she was full of admiration, all admiration. Several fine experiments were shown her of colours, loadstones, microscopes, and of liquors ; among... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1895 - 228 pagina’s
...little eyes, but otherwise but a very ordinary woman I do think, but they say sings well. The Duchesse hath been a good, comely woman; but her dress so antick,...that I do not like her at all, nor did I hear her say any thing that was worth hearing, but that she was full of admiration, all admiration. Several fine... | |
 | Violet Brooke-Hunt - 1902 - 442 pagina’s
...She is a good, comely woman, but her dress is so antick, and her deportment so ordinary, that I did not like her at all. Nor did I hear her say anything that was worth 344 hearing." It was curiosity, I suppose, that caused Pepys to stay at home one day " to read the... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1905 - 860 pagina’s
...think, but they say sings well. The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman ; but her dress so antic,2 and her deportment so ordinary-, that I do not like...but that she was full of admiration, all admiration. Several fine experiments were shown her of colours, loadstones, microscopes, and of liquors ; among... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1905 - 846 pagina’s
...Duchess hath been a good, comely woman ; but lier dress so antic,2 and her deportment so ordinär)', that I do not like her at all, nor did I hear her...but that she was full of admiration, all admiration. Several fine experiments were shown her of colours, loadstones, microscopes, and of liquors ; among... | |
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