 said he, " she is at an age at which a girl can hardly be trusted to choose a bonnet for herself; yet a task is laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink.  Modern European History - Page 444by Charles Downer Hazen - 1917 - 650 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sara Jane Lippincott - 1884 - 466 pages
...shake of his craggy, shaggy head: " Poor little Queen ! she is at an age at which a girl can hardly he trusted to choose a bonnet for herself, yet a task...laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink." And yet, according to Earl Russell, this" "poor little Queen," over whom the painters and poets wept,... | |
 | Katherine Hodges - 1887 - 280 pages
...That must have been Carlyle's opinion too, for he had said, after looking at her: "Poor little Queen ! She is at an age at which a girl can hardly be trusted...laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink." On the same day the Prince was informed that the Queen particularly desired to speak with him the next... | |
 | Katherine Hodges - 1887 - 254 pages
...That must have been Carlyle's opinion too, for he had said, after looking at her: "Poor little Queen ! She is at an age at which a girl can hardly be trusted...to choose a bonnet for herself, yet a task is laid npon her from which an archangel might shrink." On the same day the Prince was informed that the Queen... | |
 | Derby (England) - 1891 - 220 pages
...young daughter during the whole function. " Poor little Queen," said Carlyle with rugged kindliness, " she is at an age at which a girl can hardly be trusted to choose a new bonnet for herself, yet a task is laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink." The rapid... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - Great Britain - 1901 - 558 pages
...tremulous. Carlyli1, who was in the throng, breathed a blessing on her : ' Poor little queen ! ' he added, ' she is at an age at which a girl can hardly be trusted...laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink.' But despite her zeal to fulfil the responsibilities of her station, she still had much of the child's... | |
 | Charles Bullock - 1901 - 298 pages
...the hearts of Englishmen. " Poor little Queen," wrote Carlyle at the time, " she is at an age when a girl can hardly be trusted to choose a bonnet for herself : yet a task has been laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink." But the Queen was strong in principle,... | |
 | Charles Bullock - 1902 - 232 pages
...and the hearts of Englishmen. "Poor little Queen," wrote Carlyle at the time, "she is at an age when a girl can hardly be trusted to choose a bonnet for herself : yet a task has been laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink." But the Queen was strong in principle,... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - Great Britain - 1904 - 696 pages
...tremulous. Carlyle, who was in the throng, breathed a blessing on her : ' Poor little Queen ! ' he added, 'she is at an age at which a girl can hardly be trusted...laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink.' But, despite her consciousness of the responsibili- Youthful ties of her station, the Queen still had... | |
 | George McKinnon Wrong - Great Britain - 1906 - 664 pages
...appreciated the pity of Carlyle when he said, at the time of her coronation : " Poor little queen ! she is at an age at which a girl can hardly be trusted...herself ; yet a task is laid upon her from which an archWILI.IAM LAMB, VISCOUNT MELBOTHNE (UT9-1R48). angel might shrink." She had inherited Whig principles,... | |
 | 1901 - 616 pages
...the world." " Poor little Queen," said Carlyle, with accustomed bluntness, " she is at an age when a girl can hardly be trusted to choose a bonnet for...laid upon her from which an archangel might shrink." Very soon, she was called upon to cope with trying and momentous questions. First came the insurrection... | |
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