 | Ernest Law - Hampton Court (S.C.). - 1897 - 458 pages
...gallery underneath the pent-house was usually crowded, and Giustinian, who had watched him, says : " He is extremely fond of tennis, at which game it is...play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of the finest texture." He had tennis slippers or shoes and drawers made especially for wearing when he played,... | |
 | Susan Elston Wallace - Bosporus (Turkey) - 1898 - 498 pages
...his diversion without tiring eight or ten horses, which he has stationed beforehand along the line of country he means to take; and when one is tired...play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of the finest texture." Bluebeard had six wives. The second is the one whose woful tale I have to tell. Early... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 398 pages
...diversion without tiring eight or ten horses, which he causes to be stationed beforehand along the line of country he means to take, and when one is tired...play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of the finest texture. He gambles with the French hostages, to the amount occasionally, it is said, of from... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 378 pages
...diversion without tiring eight or ten horses, which he causes to be stationed beforehand along the line of country he means to take, and when one is tired...play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of the finest texture. He gambles with the French hostages, to the amount occasionally, it is said, of from... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - Great Britain - 1900 - 526 pages
...diversion without tiring eight or ten horses, which he causes to be stationed beforehand along the line of country he means to take, and when one is tired...play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of the finest texture. He gambles with the French hostages, to the amount occasionally, it is said, of from... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - History - 1901 - 418 pages
...leap farther and shoot an arrow farther than any of his companions. One of the old writers says, " It is the prettiest thing in the world to see him play tennis." When May-Day came, he was not satisfied to remain in his palace and have the green boughs... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of History - 1902 - 200 pages
...diversion without tiring eight or tea horses, which he causes to be stationed beforehand along the line of country he means to take, and when one is tired...play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of the finest texture. He gambles with the French hostages, to the amount occasionally, it is said of from... | |
 | Rose Standish Nichols - Gardens - 1902 - 512 pages
...for many others. A crowd of spectators always watched the king playing. Giustiniani describes him as "extremely fond of tennis, at which game it is the...him play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of finest texture." Lawn tennis, or "open tennis play" was another favourite diversion, summary of Briefly,... | |
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He is very fond of hunting, and never takes his diversion without tiring eight or ten horses, which he causes to be stationed beforehand along the line of country he means to take, and when one is tired he mounts another, and before he gets home they... 
