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Observations Made In A Visit To The Tombs Of Westminster Abbey, In December. 1784,
This Princess is another instance of miserable greatness . The life of her meanest subject was not so unfortunate as her own . The greatest bane , in the beginning of her days , was her beauty ; this led her into many " evils . The greatest bane in the latter end of-them washer father ' s cousin , Queen Elizabeth . She began Mary ' s troubles with jealousy , and finished them with the axe . This Princess , like her grandsonCharles the Firstwas great in death .
, , A young chorister or two cast at me a few significant glances , who , no doubt , would inform their companions , they had seen a demoniac , whose abode was among the tombs . In a press , without glass , stands the Duke of Albemarle , better known by the name of General Monk , in the short dress of his time . He is not corpulent , but of the athletic make , and about five feet six .
Perhaps the stranger will be struck with awe as he enters a chapel on the north of the Abbey , which leads him into the august presence of four sovereigns dressed in all the magnificence of royalty , whose majestic eyes are directed towards him . He will here be surprised with the grandeur of a court ; but it is the court of death . If these splendid . figures have lost their authority , they have not lost their dignity . . The furniture of this little chamber , about fourteen feet square , consists , of one King , three Queens , and , what is rarely met with in the history of man , a minister able and honest .
Queen Elizabeth claims our first attention . The figure is straight , genteel , slender , and rather tall . The features are not large , carry the appearance of care ; and something of the hag . Elizabeth paid so much attention to her beauty while living , that if her shade should hover in the neighbourhood of Westminster , she will accuse , in bitter terms , both the statue and the maker . Her dress is tarnished ; but
whether sufficient to deem it one hundred and ninety years old , is uncertain . However , it is short enough to shew a pair of handsome legs . Joining the glass case in which she stands , is another , containing William and Mary , in the robes in which they were crowned ; except - our guides trick usfor Mary ' s robes are much brihter than the
; g Duchess of Buckingham ' s , though thirty-nine years older . Between the royal pair stands the crown upon a cushion , supported by a pedestal . William seems about five feet six ; exactly the height of his next door neighbour , Queen Elizabeth . The figure is straight , slender , and carries of bell Pie is sheltered under
no prominence y . an enormous bush , called a wig ; the ruling " fashion at the close of the last century . The royal vest is scarlet , edged with ermine , which reaches to the bottom of his calf . The stockings are white silk , and the shoes yellow leather , turned up at the toe , which seem shoes for shew , more than for use .
Queen Mary is much the tallest , and must have been one of the finest women of the age . The figure and the aspect are engaging . We cannot behold her without pleasure , which corroborates what is universally allowed , that she was formed to make a husband happy , D 2
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Observations Made In A Visit To The Tombs Of Westminster Abbey, In December. 1784,
This Princess is another instance of miserable greatness . The life of her meanest subject was not so unfortunate as her own . The greatest bane , in the beginning of her days , was her beauty ; this led her into many " evils . The greatest bane in the latter end of-them washer father ' s cousin , Queen Elizabeth . She began Mary ' s troubles with jealousy , and finished them with the axe . This Princess , like her grandsonCharles the Firstwas great in death .
, , A young chorister or two cast at me a few significant glances , who , no doubt , would inform their companions , they had seen a demoniac , whose abode was among the tombs . In a press , without glass , stands the Duke of Albemarle , better known by the name of General Monk , in the short dress of his time . He is not corpulent , but of the athletic make , and about five feet six .
Perhaps the stranger will be struck with awe as he enters a chapel on the north of the Abbey , which leads him into the august presence of four sovereigns dressed in all the magnificence of royalty , whose majestic eyes are directed towards him . He will here be surprised with the grandeur of a court ; but it is the court of death . If these splendid . figures have lost their authority , they have not lost their dignity . . The furniture of this little chamber , about fourteen feet square , consists , of one King , three Queens , and , what is rarely met with in the history of man , a minister able and honest .
Queen Elizabeth claims our first attention . The figure is straight , genteel , slender , and rather tall . The features are not large , carry the appearance of care ; and something of the hag . Elizabeth paid so much attention to her beauty while living , that if her shade should hover in the neighbourhood of Westminster , she will accuse , in bitter terms , both the statue and the maker . Her dress is tarnished ; but
whether sufficient to deem it one hundred and ninety years old , is uncertain . However , it is short enough to shew a pair of handsome legs . Joining the glass case in which she stands , is another , containing William and Mary , in the robes in which they were crowned ; except - our guides trick usfor Mary ' s robes are much brihter than the
; g Duchess of Buckingham ' s , though thirty-nine years older . Between the royal pair stands the crown upon a cushion , supported by a pedestal . William seems about five feet six ; exactly the height of his next door neighbour , Queen Elizabeth . The figure is straight , slender , and carries of bell Pie is sheltered under
no prominence y . an enormous bush , called a wig ; the ruling " fashion at the close of the last century . The royal vest is scarlet , edged with ermine , which reaches to the bottom of his calf . The stockings are white silk , and the shoes yellow leather , turned up at the toe , which seem shoes for shew , more than for use .
Queen Mary is much the tallest , and must have been one of the finest women of the age . The figure and the aspect are engaging . We cannot behold her without pleasure , which corroborates what is universally allowed , that she was formed to make a husband happy , D 2