This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...of Charles I. was no longer at the high pitch it had attained under the Tudor regime, but the Lucas ladies received the instruction which was fashionable in their time, such as reading, writing, and some knowledge of foreign languages, the classics were no longer considered necessary for women; accomplishments ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...of Charles I. was no longer at the high pitch it had attained under the Tudor regime, but the Lucas ladies received the instruction which was fashionable in their time, such as reading, writing, and some knowledge of foreign languages, the classics were no longer considered necessary for women; accomplishments like singing and dancing were added, while needlework still remained an essential part of the training. Their dress, we are told, was not only "neat and cleanly," and "fine and gay," but "rich and costly," and Margaret's good looks and natural talents made her very attractive. In 1643, after the civil war broke out, when nineteen years of age, she went to Oxford as lady-in-waiting to Henrietta Maria, and shared the unfortunate Queen's exile. Two years later, in Paris, she met and married William Cavendish, called the Loyal Duke of Newcastle on account of his devotion to Charles I., in whose service he lost a large fortune. During this "long banishment and miseries'" his wife lightened his gloom, we are told, by her charming "conversation and writings," for she was early an authoress, and many are the folio volumes which bear her name; her husband also wrote poems, and various works on horsemanship. During the Commonwealth she was constantly in England, trying to save what was left of the Duke's estates and paying his debts. After the Restoration the Newcastles returned, and fortune smiled on them henceforth. With all her virtues the Duchess was a very curious person, a typical blue-stocking; Pepys has left most amusing descriptions of her. He tells, for instance, how she went to court "with her coaches and footmen all in velvet," she "with her velvet cap, her hair about her ears, many black patches, because of pimples, about her mouth, ...
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Add this copy of The Roll-Call of Westminster Abbey to cart. $17.30, good condition, Sold by UHR Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hollis Center, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1903 by Smith, Elder & Co..
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Illustrated. Good. Ex-Library With illustrations and plans, 418 pags. Decorative binding has light edge wear; significant foxing on endpapers, minor foxing/marks within.
Add this copy of The Roll-Call of Westminster Abbey to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by The Wild Muse rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Granville, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1902 by Macmillan.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Illus. 8vo. First American edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Macmillan, 1902, first printing, bound up with the English sheets. 8vo., xii+418 pp., illustrated with plates and fold-out plans. Green cloth with gilt titles and white cover design, t.e.g. Very good.
