 It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators (the flax falling in large flakes) ; and the ladies, Queen and all, were in no small terror, but no mischief ensued. It was out as soon as it fell, and the most magnificent...  London Society - Page 2451893Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 536 pages
...and ladies sidling in and taking their places to dine ; but the instant the queen's canopy entered, fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains...splendour. It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators (the flax falling in large flakes) ; and the ladies, Queen... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 536 pages
...and ladies sidling in and taking their places to dine ; but the instant the queen's canopy entered, fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains...splendour. It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators (the flax falling in large flakes) ; and the ladies, Queen... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 624 pages
...spectacle as the mind can well imagine. " The instant the Queen's canopy entered," writes Gray, the poet, " fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains...in a blaze of splendour. It is true that for that half-minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators, the flax falling in large flakes;... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 672 pages
...spectacle as the mind can well imagine. " The instant the Queen's canopy entered," writes Gray, the poet, " fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains...not half a minute before the whole was in a blaze of spendour. It is true that for that half-minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators,... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1875 - 514 pages
...by Walpole. Grey says of the scene iu 1 Westminster Hall: k The instant the Queen's canopy entered fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains...minute before the whole was in a blaze of splendour. . . . and the most magnificent spectacle ever beheld remained. The King, "bowing to the lords as he... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1875 - 538 pages
...by Walpole. Grey says of the scene in Westminster Hall : ' The instant the Queen's canopy enr tered fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains of prepared flax that readied from one to the other. To me it seemed an interval of not half a minute before the whole was... | |
 | Barbara Clay Finch - 1883 - 360 pages
...his defiance. " The instant the Queen's canopy entered the Hall," says Grey, " fire was * Dr. Doran. given to all the lustres at once by trains of prepared flax that reached from one to the other. Tome it seemed an interval of not half a minute before the whole was in a blaze of splendour. . and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 432 pages
...this year translated to Salisbury, and died 1776 ; succeeded at Lincoln by John. Greene. — [MU.1 of splendour. It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators (the flax falling in large flakes) ; and the ladies, Queen... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1885 - 434 pages
...and ladies sidling in and taking their places to dine ; but the instant the queen's canopy entered, fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains...splendour. It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators (the flax falling in large flakes) ; and the ladies, Queen... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1888 - 282 pages
...and ladies sidling in and taking their places to dine ; but the instant the Queen's canopy entered, fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains...not half a minute before the whole was in a blaze of splendor. It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators... | |
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