I accordingly ordered a dinner to be prepared for his reception. When he arrived he brought with him a lady whom he introduced to my wife and to myself; but he never named her, only calling her " Questa Dama." She was by no means handsome, though genteel... Princess Napraxine - Side 10av Ouida - 1906 - 422 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1815 - 576 sider
...her, " Questa " Dama." She was by no means handsome, " though genteel in her figure; apparently, " thirty years of age; and had the air of a " person who had suffered in her health. " There seemed something mysterious about " her, which excited my curiosity,... | |
| C. G. Hunter - 1817 - 422 sider
...calling her, " Questa Dama," She was by no means handsome, though genteel in her figure, apparently thirty years of age, and had the air of a person who had suffered by her health. There seemed something mysterious about her, which excited my curiosity, but... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 502 sider
...calling her, " Questa Dama." She was by " no means handsome, though genteel in her " figure ; apparently, thirty years of Age ; " and had the air of a person who had suf" fered in her health. There seemed some" thing mysterious about her, which excited " my Curiosity,... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1837 - 516 sider
...calling her, " Quesla Duma." She was by no means handsome, though genteel in her figure; apparently, thirty years of age; and had the air of a person who had suffered in her health. There seemed something mysterious about her, which excited my curiosity, but... | |
| Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1882 - 408 sider
...calling her " Questa Dama." She was by no means handsome, though genteel in her figure, apparently thirty years of age, and had the air of a person who had suffered in her health. There seemed something mysterious about her which excited my curiosity, but... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1884 - 486 sider
...calling her ' Questa Dama.' She was by no means handsome, though genteel in her figure; apparently thirty years of age, and had the air of a person who had suffered in her health. There seemed something mysterious about her, which excited my curiosity, but... | |
| 1892 - 664 sider
...calling her ' Questa Dama.' She was by no means handsome, though genteel in her figure ; apparently about thirty years of age ; and had the air of a person who had suffered in her health. There seemed something mysterious about her, which excited my curiosity but... | |
| 1815 - 664 sider
...Sh« wa» by no treaq* VOL. xxv. BO. 49, N • handsome, though genteel in her figure ; apparently thirty years ' of age ; and had the air of a person who had suffered in her ' health. There seemed something mysterious about her, which ex-- 4 cited my curiosity,... | |
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