 I do not remember his common gait: he always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion had then made almost natural; chapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm; knees bent; and feet on tiptoe,...  Bentley's Quarterly Review - Page 2561859Full view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - 1861 - 706 pages
...had made almost natural, chapcau bras between his hands as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent, and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor. His summer dress of ceremony was usually a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 386 pages
...then made almost natural; chapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm; knees bent; and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid...little silver, or of white silk worked in the tambour; partridge silk stockings ; and gold buckles ; ruffles and frill generally lace. I remember, when a... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 332 pages
...made almost natural ; ckapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent ; and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid...little silver, or of white silk worked in the tambour ; partridge silk stockings ; and gold buckles ; ruffles and frill generally lace. I remember, when... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 332 pages
...made almost natural ; cJiapeaw bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent ; and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid...little silver, or of white silk worked in the tambour ; partridge silk stockings ; and gold buckles ; ruffles and frill generally lace. I remember, when... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1866 - 698 pages
...had made almost natural, chapcau bras between his hands as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent, and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor. His summer dress of ceremony was usually a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 832 pages
...then made almost natural: chapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent, and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid...little silver, or of white silk worked in the tambour, partridge silk stockings and gold buckles, ruffles and frill generally lace. I remember, when a child,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 832 pages
...knees bent, and feet on tiptoe, a« if afraid of a wet floor. His dress in visiting was mo«t nsmilly, in summer, when I most saw him, a lavender suit, the,...little silver, or of white silk worked in the tambour partridge silk Blockings and gold buckles, ruffles and frill generally lace. I remember, when a child,... | |
 | Richard Stuteley Cobbett - 1872 - 452 pages
...had made almost natural ; chapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it under his arm, knees bent and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of...little silver, or of white silk worked in the tambour ; partridge silk stockings, and gold buckles ; ruffles and frill generally lace ! I remember when a... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 836 pages
...to compress it. or under his unit ; knees bent, nnd feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor. Hi* dress in visiting was most usually, in summer, when I most saw him, a lavender Miit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver, or of whito silk worked in the tambour, partridge... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1875 - 422 pages
...made almost natural ; cltapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent, and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid...was most usually, in summer, when I most saw him, a 1 Walpole's ' Letters,' ut tupra, vol. ii. p. 197. ' 'Memoirs of the Novelists,' vol. ip 310. lavender... | |
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