 I prepared for my first presentation at court, attired in my best, though in it I cut a poor figure in comparison with the display of the dressy Waganda. They wore neat bark cloaks resembling the best yellow corduroy cloth, crimp and well set, as if stiffened...  Journal of the Society of Arts - 283. oldal1907Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1864 - 814 oldal
...queen-dowager's court as well as a king's. " To-day the king sent his pages to announce his intention of holdmg a levee in my honour. I prepared for my first presentation...the display of the dressy Waganda. They wore neat bark cloaks resembling the best yellow corduroy cloth, crimp and well set, as if stiffened with starch,... | |
 | John Hanning Speke - 1863 - 758 oldal
...announce his intenHait, fro™ IDA tion of holding a levee in my honour. 1 Feb. to 7* July. proparej for my first presentation at court, attired in my...the display of the dressy Waganda. They wore neat bark cloaks resembling the best yellow corduroy cloth, crimp and well set, as if stiffened with starch,... | |
 | John Hanning Speke - 1863 - 758 oldal
...a levee in my honour. 1 Feb. to 7<A July, prcp-^, jf or m y fij^ presentation at court, attired iu my best, though in it I cut a poor figure in comparison...with the display of the dressy Waganda. They wore ueat bark cloaks resembling the best yellow corduroy cloth, crimp and well set, as if stiffened with... | |
 | 1864 - 806 oldal
...it will be seen that at the time referred to there is a queen-dowager's court as well as a king's. " To-day the king sent his pages to announce his intention...the display of the dressy Waganda. They wore neat bark cloaks resembling the best yellow corduroy cloth, crimp and well set, as if stiffened with starch,... | |
 | 1864 - 820 oldal
...it will be seen that at the time referred to there is a queen-dowager's court as well as a king's. " To-day the king sent his pages to announce his intention...figure in comparison with the display of the dressy Woganda. They wore neat bark cloak« resembling the best yellow corduroy cloth, crimp and well set,... | |
 | John Hanning Speke - 1864 - 620 oldal
...— Conversations with the King and Queen. — The Queen's grand Entertainment — Royal Dissipation. TO-DAY the king sent his pages to announce his intention of holding a leve"e in my honor. I prepared for my first presentati°n at court, attired in my best, though in it I cut a poor... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1875 - 582 oldal
...prevented him from holding a levee that day, but the next he would be delighted to see me. "On the 19th the king sent his pages to announce his intention of holding a levee in my honor. I prepared for my first presentation at court, attired in my best, though in it I cut a poor... | |
 | 1878 - 496 oldal
...prevented him from holding a levee that day, but the next he would be delighted to see me. " On the 19th the king sent his pages to announce his intention of holding a levee in my honor. I prepared for my first presentation at court, attired in my best, though in it I cut a poor... | |
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