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" ... yellow, her face round and full, her eye gray, delicate harmony being betwixt each part's proportion, and each proportion's colour ; her body fat, white, and smooth ; her countenance cheerful, and like to her condition. "
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... - Page 515
1826
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The Works of Michael Drayton, Esq, Volume 1

Michael Drayton - English poetry - 1753 - 438 pages
...countenance cheerful, and like to her condition; That pi&ure which I have feen of hers, was fuch as fhe rofe out of her bed in the morning, having nothing on but a rich mantle^ caft under one arm over her fhoulder, and fitting in a chair, on which her naked arm did lie. What...
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Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the Principal Artists ...

Horace Walpole, George Vertue - Artists - 1782 - 358 pages
...countenance chearfull, and like to her condition; the piclure which I have feen of her was fuch as fhe rofe out of her bed in the morning, having nothing on but a rich mantle, caft under one arm and over her fhoulder, and fating in a chair, on which one believe tradition) is...
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Drayton, WArner

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 692 pages
...smooth ; her countenance cheerful, and like to her condition. That picture which I have seen of hers, was such as she rose out of her bed in the morning,...having nothing on but a rich mantle, cast under one arm over her shoulder, and sitting in a chair, on which her naked arm did lie. What her father's name was,...
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The Literary Examiner: Consisting of the Indicator, a Review of Books, and ...

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1823 - 424 pages
...water-cresses. What a difference from the picture of her, in which she is described as having risen " out of her bed in the morning, having nothing on but a rich mantle cast under one arm over her shoulder, and sitting in a chair, on which her naked arm did lie!" This portrait, by the way,...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Volume 1

Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 324 pages
...fat, white, and smooth; her countenance cheerful, and like to her condition. The picture which I have seen of her was such as she rose out of her bed in...cast under one arm and over her shoulder, and sitting on a chair on which one arm did lie." "Her forehead," adds Walpole, describing her portrait at Eton,...
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The graphic & historical illustrator, ed. by E.W. Brayley

Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 pages
...fat, white and smooth, her countenance cheerful, and like to her condition. The picture which I have seen of her was such as she rose out of her bed in a morning, having nothing on, but a rich mantle cast under one arm, over her shoulder, and sitting...
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The Graphic and Historical Illustrator: An Original Miscellany of Literary ...

Edward Wedlake Brayley - England - 1834 - 432 pages
...like to her condition. The picture which I have seen of her was such ae she rose out of her bed in a morning, having nothing on, but a rich mantle cast under one arm, over her shoulder, and sitting on a chair, on which her naked arm did lie." This is another trait in...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 17

Child rearing - 1846 - 316 pages
...fat, white, and smooth; her countenance cheerful, and like to her condition. The picture which I have seen of her was such as she rose out of her bed in...cast under one arm and over her shoulder, and sitting on a chair on which one arm did lie." "Her forehead," adds Walpole, describing her portrait at Eton,...
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The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St ..., Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 328 pages
...white, and smooth ; her countenance cheerful, and like to her condition. That picture which I have seen of her, was such as she rose out of her bed in...morning, having nothing on but a rich mantle, cast under her arm, over her shoulder, and sitting in a chair on which her naked arm did lie. What her father's...
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Exposition O. Tassaert au bénéfice de l'Association des artistes peintres ...

Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 pages
...white, and smooth ; her countenance chearfull, and like to her condition ; the picture which I have seen of her was such as she rose out of her bed in...chair, on which one arm did lie." The picture at Eton is not so large, and seems to have been drawn earlier than that Sir Thomas saw ; it has not so much...
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