 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
 | Austin Dobson - 1890 - 544 pages
...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 child,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 436 pages
...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... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1891 - 384 pages
...Townshend. His dress in visiting is described by Miss Hawkins as being in summer, the season when she mostly saw him, a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver ; or of white silk worked on the tambour, partridge silk stockings and gold buckles, ruffles and frill, generally lace. ... In... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1891 - 384 pages
...made almost natural, viz. chapeau bos between his hands as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm, knees bent, and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid of a wet floor.' 1 Here is the record of three days in the life of the Rt. Hon. W. Windham, MP for Norwich, 1784 :—... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1893 - 362 pages
...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...embroidered with a little silver or of white silk worked in 1 It must, by his own ac- and if I do not flatter myself, count, have been peculiar. my march at present... | |
 | Lady Gertrude Elizabeth Campbell - 1893 - 254 pages
...as necessary in the one as in the other. Horace Walpole is described as always entering a room with knees bent and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor ; but we are told that this affected style was quite a la mode in his day. In the house a woman is... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1897 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | Susan Hale - 1898 - 334 pages
...affected delicacy which fashion had then made almost natural, chapeau has between his hands, or under his arm, knees bent, and feet on tiptoe as if afraid of a wet floor. His dress in summer was a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver, or of white silk worked... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1899 - 836 pages
...between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm; knees bent, and feet on tiptoe, аз if afraid of a wet floor. His dress in visiting was most usually, in snmmer, when I most saw him, a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver, or of... | |
 | 1899 - 640 pages
...then made almost natural ; chap<au has between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm— knees bent, and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid of a wet floor." If we had seen him outside the precincts of Strawberry Hill, he would have been in his light-bodied... | |
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