 | 1718 - 348 pages
...it only confifts in toffing a Fan with an Air upon a ' long Table (which ftands by for that Purpofe) may be ' learned in two Days Time as well as in a Twelvemonth. ' WHEN my Female Regiment is thus difarmed, I ' generally let them walk about the Room for fometime; •-when on a fudden (like Ladies... | |
 | 1729 - 342 pages
...confifts in toffing a Fan with an Air upon a • long Table (which (lands by for that Purpofe) maybe f learned in two Days Time as well as in a Twelvemonth ' WHEN my Female Regiment is thus difanned, I ' generally let them walk about the Room for fomeTime 5 • when 'on a fudden (like Ladies... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...take up a pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falling pin, or apply herself to any other matter of importance. This part of the exercise, as...fan with an air upon a long table (which stands by s 2 for that purpose), may be learned in two days' time as well as in a twelvemonth. ' When my female... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...take up a pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falling pin, or apply herself to any other matter of importance. This part of the exercise, as it only consists in tossing a fen with an air npon a long table (which stands by for that purpose), may be learned in two days' time... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...matter of importance. This part pf the exereise, as it only consists in tossing a fan With an air u|xm a long table (which stands by for that purpose), may...when, on a sudden (like ladies that look upon their watehes after a long visit) they all of them hasten to their arms, cateh them up in a hurry, and place... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...take up a pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falling pin, or apply herself to any other matter of importance. This part of the exercise, as...learned in two days time as well as in a twelvemonth. " The Fluttering of the Fan is the last, and, indeed, the master-piece of the whole exercise ; but... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 340 pages
...pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falli herself to any other matter of importance. '. part of the exercise, as it only consists in tossing...for that purpose), may be learned in two days' time aa well as in a twelvemonth. ' When my female regiment is thus disarmed, I s 2 generally let them walk... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...take up a pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falling pin, or apply herself to any other % s land 3 by for that purpose) may be learned in two days' time as well as in a twelvemonth. ' When... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 414 pages
...take up a pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falling pin, or apply herself to any other matter of importance. This part of the exercise, as...as in a twelvemonth. " When my female regiment is thns disarmed, I generally let them walk about the room for some time ; when on a sudden, like ladies... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1824 - 278 pages
...take up a pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falling pin, or apply herself to any other matter of importance. This part of the exercise, as...room for some time; when on a sudden (like ladies who look upon their watches after a long visit) they all of them hasten to their arms, catch them up... | |
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This teaches a lady to quit her fan gracefully when she throws it aside in order to take up a pack of cards, adjust a curl of hair, replace a falling pin, or apply herself to any other matter of importance. This part of the exercise, as it only consists... 
