Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia BoothbyWilliam Clark Russell H.S. King, 1872 - 322 стор. |
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... dress , which was commonly a black velvet coat , patched at the elbows , a taudry green and silver waistcoat , with dirty yellow velvet breeches ; he would vow he had ruffles , but they were always at wash . Another of Mr. Boothby's ...
... dress , which was commonly a black velvet coat , patched at the elbows , a taudry green and silver waistcoat , with dirty yellow velvet breeches ; he would vow he had ruffles , but they were always at wash . Another of Mr. Boothby's ...
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... dress has no taste of extravagance , but is modest , sad , and decent . " I thought to trace a smile on Miss Aston's face at this ; but all was still and slumberous . ' Twas plain she was used to seeing out of other people's eyes ...
... dress has no taste of extravagance , but is modest , sad , and decent . " I thought to trace a smile on Miss Aston's face at this ; but all was still and slumberous . ' Twas plain she was used to seeing out of other people's eyes ...
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... I meditated , I needed all the external support of dress , which , God help me ! I knew would be but poorly supplied by Miss Aston's gift . CHAPTER IV . Of my installation ; with a conversation 60 Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Boothby .
... I meditated , I needed all the external support of dress , which , God help me ! I knew would be but poorly supplied by Miss Aston's gift . CHAPTER IV . Of my installation ; with a conversation 60 Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Boothby .
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... dress was fine without foppishness ; his feet were small , a circumstance of which he seemed proud by wearing small buckles instead of the absurd large ornaments which , though be- fore design'd to keep on the shoe , make the shoe now ...
... dress was fine without foppishness ; his feet were small , a circumstance of which he seemed proud by wearing small buckles instead of the absurd large ornaments which , though be- fore design'd to keep on the shoe , make the shoe now ...
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... dress , I had little to fear on the score of elegance of air and easi- ness of behaviour . Below , the library door was thrown open , and the apartment was brilliantly lighted with candles . The room wore an oriental air with its white ...
... dress , I had little to fear on the score of elegance of air and easi- ness of behaviour . Below , the library door was thrown open , and the apartment was brilliantly lighted with candles . The room wore an oriental air with its white ...
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