 | Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1861 - 668 páginas
...diaries Lord Bruce. J Lady Miry Tufton, eldest daughter of Sackville Earl of Thanot, born in 1723. twining branches of the same sort as those on the...ground, Miss Carteret in pale pink satin and very gloroius with jetvels ; Mrs. Spencer in a white flowered velvet very dull, but all the Duchess of Marlborough's... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1872 - 1046 páginas
...of the sun.' Then follows a betrayal of the feminine envy that moved the writer, Mrs. Pendarves : ' I never saw a piece of work so prettily fancied, and...angry with myself for not having the same thought, as it is infinitely handsomer than mine, and could not cost more.' This costume must have appeared... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - 1899 - 650 páginas
...robings and facings were little green banks with all sorts of weeds, and the sleeves and the rest of th i gown loose twining branches of the same sort as those...handsomer than mine, and could not cost much more." In a moment of gloom the writer of this description says, " I grow sick of the word ' fine ' and all... | |
 | 1900 - 538 páginas
...and facings were little greeh banks covered with all softs of weeds, and the sleeves aud the rest ot the gown loose twining branches of the same sort as...it Is infinitely handsomer than mine, and could not have cost much more" (p. 114). After her unromanhc marriage In 174S with Dr. Delnhy, for whorrt her... | |
 | 1900 - 366 páginas
...looked like the gilding of the sun. I never saw a piece of work so prettily fancied, and am cjuite angry with myself for not having the same thought,...it is infinitely handsomer than mine, and could not have cost much more.' CHAPTER VIII (1741-1744) THE chief event of the summer of 1741 was the birth... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - 1904 - 948 páginas
...seen them by the sun, all rather smaller than nature, which made them look very bright ; the robinga and facings were little green banks with all sorts...handsomer than mine, and could not cost much more." In a moment of gloom the writer of this description says, " I grow sick of the word ' fine ' and all... | |
 | Elisabeth McClellan - 1904 - 558 páginas
...petticoat. Many of the leaves were finished with gold, and part of the stumps of the trees looked like gilding of the sun. I never saw a piece of work so...it is infinitely handsomer than mine and could not have cost much more." French curls (Figure 196), the mode in 1745, were described as looking like eggs... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - 1909 - 562 páginas
...nature, which made them look very bright ; the robingi and facings were little green banks with nil sorts of weeds, and the sleeves and the rest of the...handsomer than mine, and could not cost much more." In a moment of gloom the writer of this description says, " I grow sick of the word ' fine ' and all... | |
 | Mrs. Delany (Mary), Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1925 - 382 páginas
...twined nastersians, ivy, 1 Frederick Prince of Wales rented this mansion from the Duke of Norfolk. honeysuckles, periwinkles, convolvuluses and all sorts...ugly flowered silk on a dirty yellow ground, Miss Cartert in pale pink satin and very glorious with jewels ; Mrs. Spencer in a white flowered velvet... | |
 | 1882 - 914 páginas
...many of the leaves were finished with gold, and part of the stumps of the trees looked like the giUing of the sun. I never saw a piece of work so prettily fancied, and am quite angry with myself for uot having the same thought." How is that for a costume ? It seems to equal those of Bunthorne's twenty... | |
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... the robings and facings were little green banks with all sorts of weeds, and the sleeves and the rest of the gown loose twining branches of the same sort as those on the petticoat : many of the leaves were finished with gold, and part of the stumps... 
