The World of fashion and continental feuilletons [afterw.] The Ladies' monthly magazine, The World of fashion [afterw.] Le Monde élégant; or The World of fashion, Volume 50, Issue 5891873 |
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1.-Dress à deux à deux jupes agraffe back of skirt BALL COSTUME band of black band of sky-blue basques biais band black lace black silk black velvet ribbon blue silk blue velvet bouffant bouquet brim is turned brown silk buttons Capucines Casaque caught centre CHAPEAU chest COSTUME FOR HOME crown is surrounded deux jupes draped band dress edged elegant FASHION fastened finished floating ends forms frill of black frill of white front of skirt full-sized pattern George Forsyth gilet green silk green velvet grey silk group of bows guipure inside is trimmed Ladies large bows left side loops MAISON Mantelet MDME muslin neck Number ostrich feather papillon bow passementerie plate pleated frill Polonaise portion PROMENADE COSTUME puff revers RIEZ right side rose-colored silk roses rouleau round rûche skirt is trimmed sky-blue silk sleeves style tablier tabs tarlatan upper skirt upright frill Veston violet velvet white lace white muslin
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Page 19 - Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book ! — a message to us from the dead, — from human souls whom we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away; and yet these, in those little sheets of paper, speak to us, amuse us, terrify us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers.
Page 18 - He does not — he can not ; nor is it right he should. One hour, perhaps, your presence has captivated him, subdued him even to weakness ; the next he will be in the world, working his way as a man among men, forgetting, for the time being, your very existence. Possibly, if you saw him, his outer self, hard and stern — so different to the self you know — would strike you with pain.
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Page 19 - ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE, A. White Powder, compounded of the choicest and most fragrant exotics. It bestows on the Teeth a Pearl-like Whiteness, frees them from Tartar, and imparts to the Gums * healthy firmness, and to the breath a pleasing fragrance.
Page 19 - May be attributed to early neglect, illhealth, and the use of tooth powders, pastes, and washes containing mineral and other deleterious acids, which give a momentary whiteness to the teeth, while they corrode the enamel.
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Page 19 - And then mildly she argues the matter, not so much to condemn him, as to acquit herself. Surely men, contrary to iron, are worse to be wrought upon when they are hot ; and are far more tractable in cold blood.
Page 19 - Solicitude and disappointment enter the history of every man's life, and he is but half provided for his voyage who finds but an associate for happy hours, while for his months of darkness and distress no sympathising partner is prepared. The return of Mr. Toole and Miss Farren to the GAIETY Theatre has caused an alteration of the programme. The burlesque of