 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 страници
...HEAD-DRESS NO. 98. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1711 Tanta est quacrendi euro Aecoris."1 — Juv. Sat. vi. 500. ew in, 165 As 3 1 a crown adorned with figures of prows of ships l So studiously their persons they adorn. degrees.... | |
 | Hugh Stokes - 1917 - 506 страници
...She had moulted her feathers, and wore a hat over her nose, so I only fell in love with her chin." a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress : within my own memory I have known it rise and fall within thirty degrees." That was in the reign of Queen Anne. Now, under Queen Charlotte it was growing... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1917 - 648 страници
...an accession of other estates as valuable as the lands themselves. HEAD-DRESSES (Spectator, No. 98.) THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress: within my own memory 1 have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1919 - 264 страници
...Fashion- ^ir Roger de Coverley 's acquaintance able Library. among the ladies was largely confined to i Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall...part of our species were much taller than the men. . . . At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed and shrunk into a race of beauties that seems... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 440 страници
...contained essays that reflected in serious or humorous mood the coffeehouse discussions. r T > HERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's -*•...up to a very great height, insomuch that the female s part of our species were much taller than the men. The women were of such an enormous stature, that... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 страници
...THE HEAD-DRESS NO. 98. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1711 Tanta est quaerendi cura dccoris? — Juv. Sal. vi. 500. flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, Whe 1 a crown adorned with figures of prows of ships >So studiously their persons they udurn. degrees.... | |
 | Warner Taylor - 1927 - 668 страници
...Tanta est queer -endi cur a decoris. — J«V. Sat. vi. 500. So studiously t/teir persons they adorn. THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's...female part of our species were much taller than the men.2 The women were of such an enormous stature, that "we appeared as grasshoppers before them"; 8... | |
 | Fernando Palazzi, Silvio Spaventa Filippi - 1927 - 994 страници
...rauch in nowing anything clearly, as in feeling that there is infinitely more which cannot know. 4482. There is not so variable a thing in Nature as a lady's head-dress. 4483. Dress is characteristic of manners, and manners are tìie mirror ideas. 4486. Le mode son variazioni... | |
 | 1870 - 870 страници
...of Addison's best papers in the Spectator (No. 98) is directed against the head-dress of his day : There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory I have known it to rise and fall nbore thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 страници
...had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any. Margaret Halsey (b. 1910) American author There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist Taking off my stays at the end of the day makes me happier... | |
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THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress: within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten 'years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch that the female part of our species were much... 
