 | Thomas Ashe - Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1803 - 402 pages
...the vime metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to display the shape of the leg to' the best advantage. A kind of jacket made of velvet, fitted tight to the...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the end with pearl tassels, is also worn ; and on the shoulders of the jacket is fastened a cloak made... | |
 | 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...petticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. A cloak of gauze, or very fine cotton, hanging down to the ground, and occasionally fastened to the... | |
 | Theophilus Moore - Marriage customs and rites - 1820 - 374 pages
...the same metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to display the shape -of the leg to the best advantage. A kind of jacket made of velvet, fitted tight to the...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the end with pearl tassels, is also worn ; and on the. •boulders of the jacket is fastened a cloke made... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - Marriage customs and rites - 1822 - 424 pages
...the same metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to display the shape of the leg to the best advantage. A kind of jacket made of velvet, fitted tight to the...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the end with pearl tassels, is also wwn and on the shoulders of the jacket is fastened a eloke made of... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - Marriage customs and rites - 1822 - 538 pages
...the same metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to display the shape of the leg to the best advantage. A kind of jacket made of velvet, fitted tight to the...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...petticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. A cloak of gauze, or very fine cotton, hanging down to the ground, and occasionally fastened to the... | |
 | 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...petticoat, and trimmed at the ends with pearl tassels. A cloak of gauze, or very fine cotton, hanging down to the ground, and occasionally fastened to the... | |
 | Thomas Ashe - Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1808 - 326 pages
...the same metal, in so fanciful a manner, as to display the shape of the leg to the best advantage. A kind of jacket made of velvet, fitted tight to the...down quite round the petticoat, and trimmed at the end with pearl tassels, is also worn; and on the shoulders of the jacket is fastened a cloak made of... | |
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... and their stockings interwoven with the same metal, in so fanciful a manner as to display the shape of the leg to the best advantage. A kind of jacket made of velvet, fitted tight to the shape, and laced or buttoned in front, with long points hanging... 