 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1849 - 598 pages
...clothes || and jewels, IT as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper,** she had little taste for the frivolous amusements...; and, if she encouraged the presence of minstrels * Mem. de la Acad. ubi supra. t L. Marineo, Cosas Memorables, fol. 182.—Pulgar, Reyes Catdlicos,... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1854 - 492 pages
...(6) and jewels, (7) as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, (8) she had little taste for the frivolous amusements...and less intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted. (9) Among her moral qualities, the most conspicuous, perhaps, was her magnanimity. She betrayed... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1854 - 484 pages
...and jewels, (7) as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, (8) sho had little taste for the frivolous amusements which...and less intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted. (9) Among her moral qualities, the most conspicuous, perhaps, was her magnanimity. She betrayed... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1856 - 568 pages
...clothes27 and jewels,88 as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful tern per, w she had little taste for the frivolous amusements,...and less intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted.80 2£it"-T"' Among her moral qualities, the most conspicuous, perhaps, was her magnanimity.... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...her clothes and jewels, as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, she had little taste for the frivolous amusements...was to wean her young nobility from the coarser and loss intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted. Among her moral qualities, the most conspicuous,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...her clothes and jewels, as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, she had little taste for the frivolous amusements...court life ; and, if she encouraged the presence of minstrela and musicians in her palace, it was to wcari her young nobility from the coarser and less... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...amusements which make up so much of a court life ; and, if she encouraged the presence of minstrel; and musicians in her palace, it was to •wean her...and less intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted. Among her moral qualities, the most conspicuous, perhaps was her magnanimity. She betrayed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, she had little taste for the frivolous Rimisernents which make up so much of a court life ; and, if she...encouraged the presence of minstrels and musicians in her pnluce, it was. to wean her young nobility from the coarser and less intellectual pleasures to which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...away her clothes and jewels as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, she had little taste for the frivolous amusements...and less intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted. Among her moral qualities, the most conspicuous, perhaps, was her magnanimity. She betrayed... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...her clothes and jewels, as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, she had little taste for the frivolous amusements...and less intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted. 'Nun' ricr ies, religious houses for females called nuns, who have forsaken the world.—'Galicia... | |
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... as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, she had little taste for the frivolous amusements which make up so much of a court life ; and, if she encouraged the presence of minstrels and musicians in her palace, it was... 
