 There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch that the female part of our species were much taller...  New Monthly Magazine - Page 191redigeeritud poolt - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 528 lehte
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's headdress : within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...were much taller than the men. The women were of such an enormous stature, that 'we appeared as grasshoppers before them.' At present the whole sex is in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's headdress : within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...were much taller than the men. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers before them.' At present the whole sex is in... | |
 | 1876
...commode " or " fal-lal," as it was sometimes called, suddenly collapsed. It had shot up to an extravagant height, " Insomuch that the female part of our species were much taller than the men. We appeared," says the Spectator, "as grasshoppers before them." The cost of a lace head was high :... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 712 lehte
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height, inasmuch as the female part of our species were much taller than the men. The women were of such an... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 712 lehte
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height, inasmuch as the female part of our species were much taller than the men. The women were of such an... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's head dress : within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...height, insomuch that the female part of our species wero much taller than the men.1 The women were of such enormous 1 This refers to the commode (called... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1882 - 377 lehte
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress : within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...were much taller than the men. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers before them :' at present the whole sex is... | |
 | John Ashton - 1882
...it delighted. in Nature as a Lady's Head Dress : Within my own Memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty Degrees. About ten years ago it shot...Female Part of our Species were much taller than the men.'1 The numerous examples given in the illustrations of this book render any further reference to... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 450 lehte
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...part of our species were much taller than the men." what he was about, and never forgot that he was addressing a mixed audience, composed of people with... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 450 lehte
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...part of our species were much taller than the men." Similar social playfulness may be found in ISTos. 101, 275, and 281. These papers certainly are not... | |
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