 | Edmund Burke - History - 1792 - 694 pages
...the beauty of the countenance, but confiderably to the fire of the eyes! They trace regular figures with henna, of a faffron colour, on their feet, the...a clean fine haick, which comes over the head, and fin-rounds the face fo as to let them fee without being feen. When they travel, they wear itraw hats... | |
 | History - 1792 - 652 pages
...the beauty of the countenance, but considerably to the fire of the eyes. They trace regular figures with henna, of a faffron colour, on their feet, the...a clean fine haick, which comes over the head, and farrounds the face fo as to let them fee without being feen. When they travel, they wear lira.v hats... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 424 pages
...countenance, but confiderably to the fire of the eyes. They trace regular fea' tures with henna, of a fafiron colour, on their feet, the palm of the hand, and the...they wrap themfelves in a clean fine haick, which «ornes over the head, and furround» the face fo as to let them fee without being feen.— When they... | |
 | History - 1802 - 650 pages
...the beauty of Ihe countenance, but confiderably to i he fire of the eyes. They trace regular figures with henna, of a faffron colour, on their feet, the palm of the hand, and the tip of their finders. On their vifiling day, they wrap themfelves in a clean fine haick, •which comes over the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 774 pages
...»'iu ear-rings in the form of a crefcent, five inches in circumference, and as thick as the end of the of the hand, and the tip of their fingers. On their...furrounds the face fo as to let them fee without being feeri. When they travel, they wear ftraw h'ats to keep off the fun ; and in fome parts of the empire... | |
 | Louis de Chénier - Morocco - 1788 - 398 pages
...the beauty of the countenance, but confiderably to the fire of the eyes. They trace regular figures with henna, of a faffron colour, on their feet, the...of their fingers. On their vifiting day they wrap them- , felves in a clean fine haick, which comes over the head, and furrounds the face fb as to let... | |
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It is much more common to fee them dye their eyebrows and eyelaflies ; which . dye does not add to the beauty of the countenance, but confiderably to the fire of the eyes! They trace regular figures with henna, of a faffron colour, on their feet, the... 