The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &cR. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Company and Walker & Company ... and Simpkin & Marshall, 1824 |
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... round their heads ; a fashion which did not meet with general ap- probation , and which was the cause that the tail was retrenched altoge- ther . As those élégans who had a fancy for the queue were determined not to wear chaperons ...
... round their heads ; a fashion which did not meet with general ap- probation , and which was the cause that the tail was retrenched altoge- ther . As those élégans who had a fancy for the queue were determined not to wear chaperons ...
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wearer . The crown was decorated || twisted many times round the crown with a large plume of feathers . of the hat . for every thing that was American during the war between. During the reigns of Henry II . Francis II.Charles IX . and ...
wearer . The crown was decorated || twisted many times round the crown with a large plume of feathers . of the hat . for every thing that was American during the war between. During the reigns of Henry II . Francis II.Charles IX . and ...
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... round hat , called chapeau à la Bos- tonnienne . The jockey hats were also round , but with large brims . In 1783 , the crown of the hat was formed quite round , and it took the name of cha- peau au ballon , from the then novel ...
... round hat , called chapeau à la Bos- tonnienne . The jockey hats were also round , but with large brims . In 1783 , the crown of the hat was formed quite round , and it took the name of cha- peau au ballon , from the then novel ...
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... round the splendid saloon , the admiration of strangers and envy of friends . Frederika was the beau idéal of waltzing . Would she had been less partial to that bewitching pastime !! Alas ! my three pages of foolscap , for the safe ...
... round the splendid saloon , the admiration of strangers and envy of friends . Frederika was the beau idéal of waltzing . Would she had been less partial to that bewitching pastime !! Alas ! my three pages of foolscap , for the safe ...
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... round his neck , from which was suspended a basket full of pup- pies . The favourite occupations of Hen- ry III . consisted in dressing his own and the queen's hair , and in starch- ing and plaiting his own ruff and that of his consort ...
... round his neck , from which was suspended a basket full of pup- pies . The favourite occupations of Hen- ry III . consisted in dressing his own and the queen's hair , and in starch- ing and plaiting his own ruff and that of his consort ...
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Էջ 340 - Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Էջ 355 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : which I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively.
Էջ 124 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Էջ 234 - ... management or precaution, to the shoulders of the too merciful executioner. The scene immediately became more interesting. The beadle could by no means be prevailed upon to strike hard, which provoked the constable to strike harder ; and this double flogging continued, till a lass of...
Էջ 308 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Էջ 142 - Irish sailor, who was poor and much distressed for clothes and common necessaries. Hickey compassionating his poverty, and finding he was his countryman, relieved his wants, and an intimacy commenced between them. They agreed to go to Ireland together; and it was remarked on their passage that Caulfield...
Էջ 313 - ... by William Penn, proprietary and governor of the province of Pennsylvania and territories thereof, viz.
Էջ 223 - Sir Charles Lee, by his first lady, had only one daughter, of which she died in childbirth ; and when she died, her sister, the lady Everard, desired to have the education of the child ; and she was by her very well educated till she was marriageable ; and a match was concluded for her with sir William Perkins, but was then prevented in an extraordinary manner. Upon a Thursday night, she thinking she saw...
Էջ 295 - Her sister Furies fly her hideous face; So frightful are the forms the monster takes, So fierce the hissings of her speckled snakes. Her Juno finds, and thus inflames her spite: "O virgin daughter of eternal night, Give me this once thy labour, to sustain My right, and execute my just disdain.
Էջ 234 - ... the verse. She then began in a kind of whining recitative, but as she proceeded and as the composition required it, her voice assumed a variety of deep and fine tones, and the energy with which many passages were delivered, proved her perfect comprehension and strong feeling of the subject, but her eyes always continued shut, perhaps to prevent interruption to her thoughts, or her attention being engaged by any surrounding object.