Sentences with phrase «genoese noblewoman»

• «Lady Sarashina,» As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Actually the work of an anonymous eleventh - century Japanese noblewoman, this is one of the most delicate specimens of classical Japanese literature (which already surpasses almost all other literatures in delicacy).

Richeldis de Faverches was a Saxon noblewoman who lived in the small village of Walsingham, in the east of the England.

Like an impoverished noblewoman groveling before Louis XIV.

Given the styling, it was actually women's wear (closer to what noblewomen wore), so it's quite likely Joseph had no qualms crossdressing.

She was sent to boarding school but shortly after the death of her father was inspired by a Swedish noblewoman and mystic of the 13th century — St Bridget (or Birgitta).

Josephine Abercrombie is what Egan might have called a noblewoman of a «certain age,» her age certainly being 60.

For instance, noblewomen wore as much fur and jewellery as they could, while poor women were pleased to wear linen or fine wool instead of the usual homespun fabric.

In the play Olivia is a noblewoman wooed by a Duke, who instead falls in love with his messenger.

The teeth of the noblewomen are less worn, because they ate a softer diet with meat, whereas poorer women and children often ate coarse millet.

Documentary sources state that all Aztec women, from the lowest slave to the highest noblewoman, spun and wove cloth.

«Madder dye extracted from roots was often used to color textiles and leather in ancient Egypt, and we see from the chemical mapping of the portrait that the artist chose to paint the noblewoman's dress with madder lake pigment, thus imitating contemporary practices.»

Measuring 35 centimeters tall by 12 centimeters wide, it depicts an Egyptian noblewoman and is a Fayum portrait, a type of painting that was attached to mummies of that time and believed to depict the image of a real person.

In the Season 3 premiere, Henry VIII weds a third time: to shy, demure noblewoman Jane Seymour, a union that he and his advisors pray will result in a male heir; once - loyal subjects rebel against Henry's crusade against Catholicism.

Consider the strange case of the «Blood Countess», a 16th - century Hungarian noblewoman / serial killer who bathed in the blood of her victims — 650 servant girls — in the vain pursuit of eternal youth.

The characters we follow are Tom (Rufus Sewell), the master builder, Aliena (Hayley Atwell), the noblewoman, the sadistic Lord William (David Oakes), Philip (Matthew Macfadyen), the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack (Eddie Redmayne), the artist in stone work and Ellen (Natalia Wörner), the woman from the forest who casts a curse.

Miss Julie stars Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell as an Irish noblewoman and a servant, respectively, who seduce each other with cruel intentions.

Kim Tae - ri stars as Sook - hee, a young pickpocket who is hired to work for seemingly sheltered Japanese noblewoman Lady Hideko (Kim Min - hee); the plan is for Sook - hee to help fellow con artist Count Fujiwara (Ha Jung - woo)-- who is, in reality, neither a count nor Japanese — defraud Lady Hideko of her fortune.

Disguised as a Spanish noblewoman, Maria is seated next to an art broker, who becomes fascinated by her.

While we can all count ourselves lucky for the age that we live in, watching Stephane Brize's excellent period portrait of a young French noblewoman also reminds you that some things have been slow to change.

Hayley Atwell (as the noblewoman turned fleece merchant Aliena) and Eddie Redmayne (as Jack the gifted stone carver with a mysterious background) also impress.

Reminiscent of the political intrigue of «The Illusionist» and the haunting stylings of «Bram Stoker's Dracula», «The Countess» tells the tale of Erzebet Bathory (Julie Delpy) an aging noblewoman whose years of solitude and loneliness transforms her into a cold and distant figure among Hungarian nobility.

There's only hurt pride in Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie, an adaptaion of August Strindberg's play about the games of sexual dominance between a 19th - century noblewoman and a servant.

Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell are perfectly cast as an uptight but secretly passionate noblewoman and an unrepentant horndog in Norwegian director Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie.

They remake themselves as a successful businessman with high - falutin» connections and an English noblewoman, but are soon caught by overeager FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) and forced into wearing wires and extending their scam to entrap government officials.

But it's immediately clear from the outset that Zama's wait will be in vain, and that as he wearily seeks a series of favors — from a local minister or a teasing noblewoman (Lola Dueñas, a regular of Pedro Almodóvar, one of the film's co-producers)-- we will observe the stagnation and rot of the colonialist experiment firsthand.

That's when Milo, the Celt (Kit Harington of «Game of Thrones») is shipped off to Pompeii, to fight in the arena and become smitten with a young noblewoman, Cassia (Emily Browning).

The always - working Chastain, who is having another busy movie season («The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby,» «Interstellar,» «A Most Violent Year»), is rigid and spooky - eyed as a noblewoman with a less - than - noble spirit.

Is it typecasting to cast someone as a matriarch if one is spirited noblewoman, one is a modern terrorist and a third is the resurrected matriarch of the Langston clan on Resurrection?

En route you pick - up a talentless criminal after he fumbles a hold - up on a bridge; the spirited and estranged daughter of a noblewoman, who longs to avenge the death of her murdered brother; and, finally, a flop - fringed knight who is just as likely to try to flirt his way out of an altercation as to draw his rapier.

Also, there's a beautiful noblewoman with people - touching - her issues named Eliza (Kate Beckinsale), after whom the European version of this film is still named, which says something about what distributors think audiences will tolerate in our respective markets, methinks.

He's intent on wooing Cassia (Emily Browning), a noblewoman who has also caught the eye of Senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland), who — in a twist of fate you'd have to call terrible writing — was the man who put Milo's family to death many years ago in northern Britannia.

The 1971 excavation of an ancient Chinese tomb led to a startling discovery: the 2,000 - year - old body of a Chinese noblewoman, so well preserved that her skin was still soft.

The heroine is a sheltered noblewoman, and the hero is a Scots warrior who offends her tender sensibilities with his legs and his disregard for her possessions.

Shupe's the Four Hundred series are some of the best new books set in the Gilded Age, and follow English noblewomen as they discover the intoxicating freedom and powerful men of turn - of - the - century America.

Avelynn is the story of the forbidden love between a Saxon noblewoman and a Viking warrior.

The arrangement forces irreverent, cynical fire warlock Zaira and bookish noblewoman Amalia to work together as one, blending classic buddy comedy with fantasy intrigue.

1183 A.D., Heian Period, Northern JapanMiku had only experienced adventure and love in the verses that freed her mind and soul, poetry her uncle disparaged as improperly sensual for a noblewoman's pen.

With a band of followers that includes his sister, a knight, a fletcher's wife and a mysterious noblewoman, George sets out to honor the pledge and in doing so discovers that he indeed has dragons to fight, and the person most in need of saving is himself.

Lady Merreth — a dark, leather - clad noblewoman flees from a crime she's accused of committing.

But, since you asked... A Ranger's Tale is the story of a high - elf noblewoman who was expected to take her father's place as the head of Leogard's Mage Academy.

In the Orient, they rode inside the great sleeves of noblemen's robes; in Europe, they rode in baskets carried by noblewomen; everywhere, they sat on laps and warmed beds in cold castles and palaces.

The Italian Greyhound dog breed was a favorite companion of noblewomen in the Middle Ages, especially in Italy.

Three different playable characters: Jack the outsider, Aliena the noblewoman and Philip the monk

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CD Projekt Red released a patch for «The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt» that caused a noblewoman dressed in red to follow Geralt everywhere, even while riding Roach or engaging in battle.

Having succumbed to madness following years of incarceration, disgraced noblewoman Cassia now has only goal: to take revenge, no matter the cost.

In Episode One, you also play as Klára Rusznyák, a handmaiden to the noblewoman Erzsébet Báthory.

Driven by her obsession with everlasting youth and beauty, mass murderer and noblewoman Countess Erzsébet.

The highest lot, consigned by an English noblewoman, was the circa 1740 The Bacino di San Marco, by (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Il Canaletto (1697 - 1768), which fetched $ 5.28 million, well above the nonpublished estimate «in excess of $ 4 million.»

The painting's title, which translates as «Turkish Slave,» is a misnomer; scholars suggest that the subject, a woman with twinkling hazel eyes and a mischievous half - smile, is more likely an Italian noblewoman with some literary connections.