 | John Constanse Davie - Argentina - 1805 - 336 pages
...their petticoats, seemed by no means disposed to conceal their beauties from their admiring partners. A kind of jacket made of velvet fitted tight to the...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. On the shoulders of this jacket was fastened a cloak made of gauze, or some... | |
 | John Constanse Davie - Argentina - 1805 - 312 pages
...tasseled. The slippers of some were composed entirely of gold embroidery, and their stockings interwoven with the same metal in so fanciful a manner as to display the shape of the leg to the most luxuriant advantage ; and those that had pretty ones, by the shortness of their petticoats, seemed... | |
 | John Constanse Davie - Argentina - 1805 - 312 pages
...tasseled. The slippers of some were composed entirely of gold embroidery, and their stockings interwoven with the same metal in so fanciful a manner as to display the shape of the leg to the most luxuriant advantage ; and those that had pretty ones, by the shortness of their petticoats, seemed... | |
 | Samuel Hull Wilcocke - Argentina - 1807 - 600 pages
...high-heeled, and sometimes with heels of solid silver, adorn the feet. A kind of jacket of rich velvet is fitted tight to the shape, and laced or buttoned in...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. A cloak of gauze, or very fine cotton, hanging down to the ground, and occasionally... | |
 | Theophilus Moore - Marriage customs and rites - 1820 - 374 pages
...richly tasselled ; their slippers are composed of gold embroidery, and their stockings interi woven with the same metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to...end with pearl tassels, is also worn ; and on the. •boulders of the jacket is fastened a cloke made of gauze, or some such light material, which bangs... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - Marriage customs and rites - 1822 - 424 pages
...fringe richly tasselled ; their slippers are composed of gold embrodery, and their stockings interwoven with the same metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to...and trimmed at the end with pearl tassels, is also wwn and on the shoulders of the jacket is fastened a eloke made of gauze, and some such light material,... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - Marriage customs and rites - 1822 - 538 pages
...fringe richly tasselled ; their slippers are composed of gold embrodery, and their stockings interwoven with the same metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to...points hanging down quite round the petticoat, and t rim 15. 2 x med at the end with pearl tassels, is also worn ; and on the shoulders of the jacket... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...high-heeled, and sometimes with heels of solid silver, adorn the feet. A kind of jacket of rich velvet is fitted tight to the shape, and laced or buttoned in...front, with long points hanging down quite round the peticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. A cloak of gauze, or very fine cotton, hanging... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...high-heeled, and sometimes with heels of solid silver, adorn the feet. A kind of jacket of rich velvet is fitted tight to the shape, and laced or buttoned in...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. A cloak of gauze, or very fine cotton, hanging down to the ground, and occasionally... | |
 | William Adams - America - 1836 - 508 pages
...high-heeled, and sometimes with heels of solid silver, adorn the feet. A kind of jacket of rich velvet is fitted tight to the shape, and laced or buttoned in...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. A cloak of gauze, or very fine cotton, hanging down to the ground, and occasionally... | |
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A kind of jacket made of velvet, fitted tight to the shape, and laced or buttoned in front, with long points hanging down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the... 