The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and RomanceMargaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy G. Henderson, Old Bailey, 1832 - Fashion An illustrated women's magazine; includes extracts from novels, short stories, reviews, aphorisms, songs, philosophical discussions, and detailed descriptions of the latest clothing fashions from London and Paris. |
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Page 60
... skirts , pointed corsages , and sleeves descending below the elbow , recall perfectly to our minds the portraits of our ancestresses ; and even muslins , trimmed as they are with a number of flounces , and profusely orna- mented with ...
... skirts , pointed corsages , and sleeves descending below the elbow , recall perfectly to our minds the portraits of our ancestresses ; and even muslins , trimmed as they are with a number of flounces , and profusely orna- mented with ...
Page 62
... skirt trimmed with flounces ; they vary in number from two to five . This is the most fashionable style for robes , particularly for muslin ones , but if the dress is a redingote , and composed of silk , the corsage high at the back ...
... skirt trimmed with flounces ; they vary in number from two to five . This is the most fashionable style for robes , particularly for muslin ones , but if the dress is a redingote , and composed of silk , the corsage high at the back ...
Page 63
... skirt ; they are arranged in the drapery style , in the centre . Rice straw chapeau ; a small round shape , trimmed in a very novel manner with a twisted band , and aigrette formed of ends of yellow ribbon . YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S PROMENADE ...
... skirt ; they are arranged in the drapery style , in the centre . Rice straw chapeau ; a small round shape , trimmed in a very novel manner with a twisted band , and aigrette formed of ends of yellow ribbon . YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S PROMENADE ...
Page 64
... skirt is embroidered in sentache . Pink tulle chapeau , a mode- rately close shape , trimmed with ribbon to correspond , a round full white feather , and a pink tulle veil . Rarege scarf . OPEN CARRIAGE DRESS . No. 6 . Blue taffeta robe ...
... skirt is embroidered in sentache . Pink tulle chapeau , a mode- rately close shape , trimmed with ribbon to correspond , a round full white feather , and a pink tulle veil . Rarege scarf . OPEN CARRIAGE DRESS . No. 6 . Blue taffeta robe ...
Page 124
... skirt is trimmed with rows of bouillonné above the knee , through each of which , as also on that of the corsage and sleeves , a coloured ribben is run . The under dress is always of white silk , either poult de soie or taffeta . This ...
... skirt is trimmed with rows of bouillonné above the knee , through each of which , as also on that of the corsage and sleeves , a coloured ribben is run . The under dress is always of white silk , either poult de soie or taffeta . This ...
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Algiers appeared arms Aurelia Barberoussa Baron beauty behold black lace blonde lace bosom bouillonné breath Bryan cambric capotes castle Celestina chapeau child Claireville colours composed corsage countenance courser crape dark daughter dear death deep Don Carlos dress Earl Emily EMILY GERARD exclaimed eyes fair fancy fashionable father favour fear feelings flounces flowers garniture gentle girl hand happy heard heart Heaven honour hope knew lace lady light Llangollen look Lord Louisa mantelets marabouts marriage Mexina morning MORNING DRESS mother muslin nature Nethertown never night once Osmond passed passementerie pink possessed proud redingote ribbon rich robe rose round satin scene seemed shade Signor silk Sir Eustace skirt smile soon soul spirit stranger taffeta tarlatane tears tell tender thee thou thought tight sleeves tion trimmed tulle Valenciennes lace velvet Villiers voice Wernerstoff wife woman young youth
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Page 170 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 168 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 248 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 322 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 353 - ... the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.
Page 168 - By morrow evening, and from land to land In order, though to nations yet unborn, Ministering light prepared, they set and rise; Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life In nature and all things ; which these soft fires Not only...
Page 352 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh ! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.
Page 353 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept And sleeping when she died.
Page 352 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
Page 147 - Achtermannshohe, a human figure of a monstrous size. A violent gust of wind having almost carried away my hat, I clapped my hand to it by moving my arm towards my head, and the colossal figure did the same.