 | Bonamy Dobrée - Blenheim Palace (Blenheim, Oxfordshire). - 1925 - 400 pages
...Lordship was told. Moreover they had no restraint in wearing them : Such ropes of pearls her hands encumber She scarce can deal the cards at ombre. So many rings each finger freight They tremble at the mighty weight. It was labour wasted to tie your cravat at such dreadful apparitions. But you... | |
 | George Etherege - Authors - 1928 - 488 pages
...breaking in the air > Can with her starry head compare. J Such ropes of pearls her hands2 incumber She scarce can deal the cards at ombre: So many rings each finger freight They tumble with the mighty weight; The like in England ne'er was seen Since Holbein drew Hal and his Queen.... | |
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No rocket breaking in the air Can with her starry head compare. Such ropes of pearl her arms encumber She scarce can deal the cards at ombre; So many rings each finger freight They tremble with the mighty weight; The like in England ne'er was seen Since... 
