 There were no speeches nor songs,' he says, ' men acting men's parts, and women the women's, with variety of representations and dances. The whole design was to show the vanity and folly of all professions and worldly things, lively represented by the...  Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden - Page 103by Henry Woodhead - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Cromwell - History - 1821 - 668 pages
...Queen that any of his country, men might have been present without offence, the whole design being to show the vanity and folly of all professions and worldly things. That at a wedding at court of one of the Queen's nobles, the Queen, with whom Whitelock appears to... | |
 | Bulstrode Whitlocke - Great Britain - 1855 - 482 pages
...nor songs; men acting men's parts, and women the women's, with variety of representations and dances. The whole design was to show the vanity and folly...discoursed with him of the masque. He (according to his judgement) commended it and the inoff'ensiveness of it, and rare properties fitted to every representation,... | |
 | John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - Languages, Modern - 1921 - 424 pages
...he says, 'men acting men's parts, and women the women's, with variety of representations and dances. The whole design was to show the vanity and folly...genteelly, without the least offence or scandal.' The queen herself danced in two entries, first as a Moorish lady, and then as a citizen's wife3. The... | |
 | John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - Languages, Modern - 1921 - 422 pages
...says, ' men acting men's parts, and women the women's, with variety of representations and dances. The whole design was to show the vanity and folly...genteelly, without the least offence or scandal.' The queen Herself danced in two entries, first as a Moorish lady, and then as a citizen's wife*. The... | |
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