 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
 | 1831 - 364 sider
...is indeed much increased ; they are more noisy, but the natural sweetness of their voices is lost. There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head dress. Within my own memory, I have known it to rise and fall within thirty degrees. The difference... | |
 | Amelia Mott Gummere - 1901 - 374 sider
...high head " had a period of decadence, and was revived again in 1715, and Addison writes soon after: "There is not so variable a thing in nature as a Lady's headdress; within my memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees." " I pretend not to draw the quill... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1903 - 1164 sider
...not disagreeable, though it has the same careful carelessness. CHAPTER XX COMMODES, MOBS, AND PINNERS '•'•There is not so variable a thing in nature as a Lady's head-dress ; within my memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees." _ ,.The SpcctatOT|,, ADDIgc,NI... | |
 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - 1906 - 538 sider
...52), we are reminded of the passage in The Spectator where Addison says, in his delightful way, 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. On Mrs. Bellamy's persuasion, His Grace... | |
 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - 1906 - 542 sider
...52), we are reminded of the passage in The Spectator where Addison says, in his delightful way, 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. On Mrs. Bellamy's persuasion, His Grace... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 sider
...HEAD-DRESS NO. 98. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1711 Tanta est quacrendi euro Aecoris."1 — Juv. Sat. vi. 500. 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 1 a crown adorned with figures of prows... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 sider
...HEAD-DRESS NO. 98. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1711 Tanta cst quaerendi cura decoris. 1 — Juv. Sat. vi. 500. 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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1917 - 648 sider
...an accession of other estates as valuable as the lands themselves. HEAD-DRESSES (Spectator, No. 98.) THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress: within my own memory 1 have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 440 sider
...contained essays that reflected in serious or humorous mood the coffeehouse discussions. r T > HERE 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... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 sider
...appearance together. No. 98. Friday, June 22, 1711 Tanta est quaerendi cura decoris.1 — Juv. Sat. vi. 500. er Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot... | |
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