 THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's headdress. 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 taller...  London Society - Side 86redigeret af - 1880Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 sider
...my travels, and shall learn better manners as I get along. XI. — On the Head-dress of the Ladies. THERE is not so variable a thing in nature, as a lady's head-dressy within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years... | |
 | 1824 - 284 sider
...22. By Addison. Tanta esl qusarendi euro decoris. Juv. SAT. So studiously their persons they adorn. 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... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 384 sider
...Devonshire appear in the world of fashion, than simplicity began to prevail; and although Addison says, " there is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's headdress," yet had he lived in our days, he would have seen how the exuberance of ornament has been gradually... | |
 | 1828 - 394 sider
...which I shall only mention in general to be the pursuit of knowledge. LESSON XXI. •k Head Dresses. 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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 sider
...dangerous consequence, that what is not demonstrable, may also not be true. — Buckingham. MCCXCII. There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory, J have known it rise and fall within thirty degrees — tiddison. MCCXCIII. From... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 sider
...dangerous consequence, that what is not demonstrable, may also not be true. — Buckingham. MCCXCIL 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 within thirty degrees. — Addison. Voi. LZ MCCXCIII.... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 sider
...and shall learn better manners as I get along. XI. — On the Headdress of the Ladies. — SPEcTATOR. THERE is not so variable a thing in nature, as a lady's headdress ; within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago, it... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 810 sider
...to eternity, that may last when all other memorials of the same age are worn out or lost. Addison. 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 within thirty degrees. Id. Reflect upon a cleai,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 sider
...aie coasts, she passed from shape to shape with the rapidity of thought." And Addison tells us that there is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress, which rose and fell in his own memory above thirty degrees. It is probable, however, that the inconstancy... | |
 | James Robinson Planché - 1834 - 410 sider
...IV. coasts, she passed from shape to shape with the rapidity of thought." And Addison tells us that there is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's headdress, which rose and fell in his own memory above thirty degrees. It is probable, however, that the inconstancy... | |
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