| Women's periodicals, English - 1864 - 372 pages
...quote from the letters) " were white satin, embroidered; the bottom of the petticoat, brown bills, covered with all sorts of weeds, and every breadth had an old stump of a tree that ran upalmosttothetopof the petticoat, broken and rugged, and worked with brown chenille, round which... | |
| Literature - 1864 - 764 pages
...Queensbury, we present, by way of specimen, to our readers. "These clothes" (we quote from the letters) " were white satin, embroidered ; the bottom of the...and every breadth had an old stump of a tree that ran up almost to the topof the petticoat, broken and ragged, and worked with brown chenille, round... | |
| California - 1884 - 738 pages
...appearance on the next year. She then appeared in white satin, "the bottom of the petticoat Ьг<т.ч> hills covered with all sorts of weeds, and every breadth had an old stump of a tree that ran up almost to the top of the petticoat, broken and ragged, and worked with brown chenille, round... | |
| Gertrude Townshend Mayer - Authors, English - 1894 - 374 pages
...embroidered with clumsy festoons of nothing-at-alls, supported by pillars no better than posts. . . . The Duchess of Queensbury's clothes pleased me best....and every breadth had an old stump of a tree, that ran almost to the top, broken 'and ragged, round which twined nasturtiums, ivy, honeysuckle, periwinkles,... | |
| Gertrude Townshend Mayer - Literary Criticism - 1894 - 376 pages
...Queensbury's clothes pleased me best. They were white satin embroidered, the bottom of the petticoat brmvn hills covered with all sorts of weeds, and every breadth had an old stump of a tree, that ran almost to the top, broken 'and ragged, round which twined nasturtiums, ivy, honeysuckle, periwinkles,... | |
| English periodicals - 1899 - 628 pages
...not be far behind in elaboration. She was at the Princess Royal's wedding, and afterwards wrote : " The Duchess of Queensbury's clothes pleased me best...and every breadth had an old stump of a tree that ran up almost to the top of the petticoat, broken and ragged, and worked with brown chenille, round... | |
| Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - Great Britain - 1899 - 650 pages
...satin embroidered, t*ie bottom of the petticoat brown hills, covered with all sorts of weeds, and eocry breadth had an old stump of a tree that run up almost...and worked with brown chenille, round which twined nnstertians, ivy, honeysuckles, periwinkles, convolvuluses, and all sorts of twining flowers which... | |
| Artists - 1900 - 366 pages
...worth transcribing as a veritable curiosity in millinery. 'They were white satin embroidered, the 114 bottom of the petticoat brown hills covered with all...and every breadth had an old stump of a tree, that ran up almost to the top of the petticoat, broken and ragged, and worked with brown chenille, round... | |
| Literary Criticism - 1900 - 368 pages
...brown hills covered with all sorts of weeds, and every breadth had an old stump of a tree, that ran up almost to the top of the petticoat, broken and...and worked with brown chenille, round which twined nasturtiums, ivy, honeysuckles, periwinkles, and all sorts of twining flowers, which spread and covered... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - Americans - 1901 - 350 pages
...pleasure than by quoting Mrs. Delany's description of one of them : — " The Duchess's dress was of white satin embroidered, the bottom of the petticoat...and every breadth had an old stump of a tree, that ran up almost to the top of the petticoat, broken and ragged, and worked with brown chenille, round... | |
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