Reminiscences of Court and Diplomatic Life, Том 1

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Сторінка 20 - Queen expressed a desire to hear me sing, so in fear and trembling I sang one of Grisi's famous airs, but omitted a shake at the end. The Queen's quick ear immediately detected the omission, and smiling Her Majesty said, ' Does not your sister shake, Lady Normanby?' My sister immediately answered, ' Oh yes, ma'am, she is shaking all over.
Сторінка 54 - burning fiery furnace' than anything else I can think of; and though there is now no company at Windsor, there were at least fifteen or twenty large joints of meat roasting. Charles Murray told me that last year they fed at dinner 113,000 people. It sounds perfectly incredible; but every day a correct list is kept of the number of mouths fed ; and this does not include the ball suppers, etc., etc., but merely dinners.
Сторінка 63 - The Princess took no notice the first time, but the next she looked up very indignantly, and said to her mother, ' I'm not Missy, I'm the Princess Royal.' She speaks French fluently, and she was reading the other day, when Lady Lyttelton went up to her; so she motioned her away with her hand, and said, ' N'approchez pas moi, moi ne veut pas vous.
Сторінка 76 - I remained on deck a long time with Her Majesty, and she taught me to plait paper for bonnets, which was a favourite occupation of the Queen's. Lady Canning and I had settled ourselves in a very sheltered place, protected by the paddle-box, and when we had been there some time the Queen came on deck, and remarking what a comfortable spot we had chosen, Her Majesty sent for her camp stool and settled herself beside us, plaiting away most composedly, when suddenly we observed a commotion among the...
Сторінка 214 - ... she's half Irish and half Indian and that is a combination you shouldn't miss. Even without the paint, she's a scream. Mr. Carmichael told me she didn't have time to be nice to most people because she had to paint those pictures on her every day. He was only kidding me because she's really tattooed. She asked me where I came from and when I told her she said: "Have they got any real artists up there that can do tattooing...
Сторінка 132 - Septuor;" and the Queen observed it was quite a relief to find when we came to the last bar that we were all playing together, for had any of us gone wrong it would have been rather difficult to find one's place again! I enjoy nothing so much as seeing the Queen in that nice quiet way, and I often wish that those who don't know Her Majesty could see how kind and gracious she is when she is perfectly at her ease, and able to throw off the restraint and form which must and ought to be observed when...
Сторінка 19 - One lovely summer's morning we had danced till dawn, and the quadrangle being then open to the east, Her Majesty went out on the roof of the portico to see the sun rise, which was one of the most beautiful sights I ever remember. It rose behind St. Paul's, which we saw quite distinctly ; Westminster Abbey and the trees in the Green Park stood out against a golden sky, and the scene remains to this day indelibly fixed on my memory.
Сторінка 36 - The Duke is looking well, and stood behind the Queen during the christening, bearing the great sword of state. I have been sitting all the afternoon with the Duchess of Northumberland, who was, as usual, cheerful and amiable. She gave me a beautiful bouquet, which I immediately took to the Duchess of Buccleuch who was delighted with it. The banquet last night was quite magnificent, and so well managed that every one was served as perfectly as if there had only been the usual number at dinner. The...
Сторінка 135 - ... guilty of any inconsistency, and we only hope you will be as happy through a long life as we are; I cannot wish you more than this. I highly approve your choice, having a high opinion of Mr. Bloomfield; and I shall be much pleased to have, as the wife of my representative at St. Petersburg, a person who has been about me, whom I am so partial to, and who I am sure will perform the duties of her position extremely well. I pity you much for the painful separation from Mr. Bloomfield to which you...
Сторінка 36 - The coup (foeil from the galleries in the hall must have been very fine. There was music in the evening in the Waterloo Gallery; and an immense gold vessel, more like a bath than anything else, containing thirty dozen of wine, was filled with mulled claret, to the no small surprise of the Prussians, who thought, I believe, that another royal duke was to be drowned in mulled claret instead of Malmsey! The weather yesterday was brilliant, with a bright sun, and the chapel was not at all cold. Windsor...

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