 ... about as tall as Madame de Cominges, but her figure is fuller and broader ; her arm is handsome, her hand white and well made, but more like that of a man than a woman ; one shoulder a little higher than the other, which defect she conceals by the...  Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden - Page 186by Henry Woodhead - 1863Full view - About this book
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...who was sent to meet her at Marseilles. " She is not tall," he records, " but well made ; her arm is handsome ; her hand white and well-formed, but more...movements, that one might make a bet about it. Her face is long, and all her features are strongly marked ; her nose is aquiline, her mouth large, but not unpleasant... | |
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...than the other, which defect she conceals by the turn of her dress, her walk, and her gestures, so that one might make a bet about it. Her face is large without being faulty : all her features cast in the same mould, and strongly marked ; her nose aquiliue,... | |
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...than the other, which defect she conceals by the turn of her dress, her walk, and her gestures, so that one might make a bet about it. Her face is large without being faulty; all her features cast in the same mould, and strongly marked ; her nose aquiline,... | |
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