This fair Agnes had been five years in the service of the queen, during which she had enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich clothes, furred robes, golden chains, and precious stones... Joan of Arc, an epic poem - Seite 150von Robert Southey - 1812Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1842 - 464 Seiten
...very poor court. She was fond of splendour, and has been quaintly described by Monstrelet as " having enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich clothes, furred robes, and golden chains of precious stones, and whatever else she desired." When she visited Paris, in attendance... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1842 - 464 Seiten
...poor court. She was fond of splendour, and has been ! quaintly described by Monstrelet as " having enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich clothes, furred robes, and golden chains of precious stones, and whatever else she desired." When she visited Paris, in attendance... | |
| Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 Seiten
...hersclt and In her child. " This fair Agnes had been fire years in the service of the queen, daring which she had enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in...often visited her. and maintained her In a state of concubimre. lot the people are more Inclined to speak ill than well of their superiors. " The affection... | |
| 1851 - 588 Seiten
...very poor court. She was fond of splendor, and has been quaintly described by Monslrelet as " having enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich clothes, furred robes, and golden chains of precious stones, and whatever else she desired." When she visited Paris, in attendance... | |
| James Bruce - 1853 - 320 Seiten
...dress, and her unostentatious habits are manifestly in the wrong. " This fair Agnes," says Monstrelet, " had been five years in the service of the queen, during...clothes, furred robes, golden chains, and precious stones."f * " Deacouvrioit les espaules et le seing devant, jusques aux tettins, donnoit a toute baudeur... | |
| James Bruce - 1854 - 384 Seiten
...manifestly in the wrong. " This fair Agnes," says Monstrelet, " had been five years in the service of tho queen, during which she had enjoyed all the pleasures...furred robes, golden chains, and precious stones."* We must presume that the extreme openness of dress, which Chastelain so much reprobates in Agnes, had... | |
| James Grant - 1878 - 328 Seiten
...This fair Agnes had been five years in the service of the queen," he writes, " during which time she enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich...furred robes, golden chains, and precious stones." But what young and pretty woman, in any age of the world, has ever been quite careless of such accessories... | |
| Frederic Rowland Marvin - 1902 - 150 Seiten
...in the time of Charles VII. She lived five years in the service of the Queen, during which time she enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich...furred robes, golden chains, and precious stones. Charles was greatly infatuated with her loveliness, as well as by her pleasing manners and agreeable... | |
| Frederic Rowland Marvin - 1914 - 290 Seiten
...in the time of Charles VII. She lived five years in the service of the queen, during which time she enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich...furred robes, golden chains, and precious stones. Charles was greatly infatuated with her loveliness, as well as by her pleasing manners and agreeable... | |
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