 On one occasion his son, still a mere lad, had evidently asked for funds wherewith to make some addition to his wardrobe, in view of a visit to a person of some importance. His father writes — " You remind me of canny King James's appeal, when he asked...  The Child's First Step to English History - Страница 142по Anne Rodwell - 1844 - 241 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Anne Rodwell - 1853 - 300 страници
...things this king used to do, so that his son Charles was sometimes quite ashamed of him. Once, he asked the Earl of Mar to lend him a pair of silk stockings,...he danced in them till he wore them full of holes. James the First died in 1625, and his son Charles then came to the throne of Great Britain. CHARLES... | |
 | Cornelia A. H. Crosse - 1892 - 376 страници
...some importance. His father writes — " You remind me of canny King James's appeal, when he asked the Earl of Mar to lend him a pair of silk stockings, in which to receive the French Ambassador — ' for ye wad na that your king should appear as a scrub... | |
 | 1892 - 848 страници
...of some importance. His father writes: — You remind me of canny lung James's appeal, when he asked the Earl of Mar to lend him a pair of silk stockings, in which to receive the French Ambassador — "tor ve watt na that your king should appear as a' scrub... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1901 - 452 страници
...stockings "; and from that time silk was Her Majesty's only wear. But James, it is said, once asked the Earl of Mar to lend him a pair of silk stockings — "scarlet hose with the gold clocks" — in which to receive the French Ambassador, 1 11 " for ye... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1901 - 402 страници
...stockings"; and from that time silk was Her Majesty's only wear. But James, it is said, once asked the Earl of Mar to lend him a pair of silk stockings — "scarlet hose with the gold clocks" — in which to receive the French Ambassador, no \ ii " for... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1891 - 620 страници
...some importance. His father writes : — " You remind me of canny King James's appeal, when he asked the Earl of Mar to lend him a pair of silk stockings, in which to receive the French Ambassador — 'for ye wad na that your king should appear RB a scrub... | |
 | George Latimer Apperson - 1907 - 250 страници
...stockings "; and from that time silk was Her Majesty's only wear. But James, it is said, once asked the Earl of Mar to lend him a pair of silk stockings — " scarlet hose with the gold clocks " — in which to receive the French Ambassador, " for ye wadna... | |
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