 | J. L. Styan - Drama - 1986 - 292 pages
...placed by the side in a genteel fall or natural bend of the wrists, and being in an agreeable fashion or shape about the joint or bend of the hip, with...head gracefully turning to the right or left, which completes a most heroic posture. He continues in this style, describing the second position as having... | |
 | Wendy Hilton - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1997 - 478 pages
...placed by the Side in a genteel Fall or natural Bend of the Wrists, and being in an agreeable Fashion or Shape about the Joint or Bend of the Hip, with the Head gracefully turning to the Right or Left [when conversing] , which compleats a most Heroic Posture. (Tom. p. 4) The lady's feet being hidden,... | |
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... superiors: . . .for Conversation, or when we stand in Company. . . when the Weight rests as much on one Foot as the other, the Feet being considerably separated or open, the Knees straight, the Hands placed by the Side in a genteel Fall or natural... 