 We had another hymn, and then were conducted to the parloir, where the governors kissed the prince's hand, and then the lady abbess, or matron, brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at...  The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq., [and Others ... - Seite 9von Horace Walpole - 1837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Horace Walpole - 1820 - 526 Seiten
...matron, brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...making linen, and bead-work; they earn ten pounds a week. One circumstance diverted me, but amidst all this decorum, I kept it to myself. The wands of... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 548 Seiten
...matron, brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...with the confusion of being stared at We were then shown their work, which is making linen, and bead- work; they earn ten pounds a week. One circumstance... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 540 Seiten
...matron, brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...with the confusion of being stared at We were then shown their work, which is making linen, and bead- work; they earn ten pounds a week. One circumstance... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 580 Seiten
...matron, brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...with the confusion of being stared at. We were then shown their work, which is making linen, and bead-work ; they earn ten pounds a-week. One circumstance... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 610 Seiten
...matron brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...making linen, and bead-work ; they earn ten pounds a week." — Private Correspondence of HORACБ W ALPOLE, vol. 2, p. 143, [ Whitfield and Lady Huntingdon's... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 656 Seiten
...matron brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...then shewn their work, which is making linen, and bead- work ; they earn ten pounds a week." — Private Correspondence of HOBACB WALPOLE, vol. 2, p.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 428 Seiten
...matron brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...modesty of two of them, who swooned away with the eonfusion of being stared at. We were then shewn their work, which is making linen, and beadwork ;... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 428 Seiten
...all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few were handMime, many who seemed to have no title to their profession,...swooned away with the confusion of being stared at. \Ve were then shewn their work, which is making linen, and beadwork ;. they earn ten pounds a week."... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 600 Seiten
...matron, brought us tea. From thence we went to the refectory, where all the nuns, without their hats, were ranged at long tables, ready for supper. A few...handsome, many who seemed to have no title to their professions, and two or three of twelve years old; but all recovered and looking healthy. I was struck... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1857 - 556 Seiten
...modesty of two of them, who swooned away with the confusion of being stared at. We were then shown their work, which is making linen, and bead-work ; they earn ten pounds a week. One circumstance diverted me, but amidst all this decorum, I kept it to myself. The wands of... | |
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