 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, and Universal Register - Page 191redigeeritud poolt - 1854Full view - About this book
 | 1729 - 342 lehte
...rife and fall above thirty Degees. About ten Years ago it fhot up to a very great Height, infomuch that the female Part of our Species were much taller than the Men. The Women were of fuch an enormous Stature, that we appeared as Grafsbuffers before them : At prefent the whole Sex is... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 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...much taller than the men *. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers before them f :' At present the whole sex is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 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...much taller than the men *. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers before them f :' At present the whole sex is... | |
 | 1803 - 466 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...insomuch that the female part of our species were much taJler than the men1. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers... | |
 | 1805 - 664 lehte
...thing in nature aa a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory (adds he) I have known it to rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...a very great height, insomuch that the female part sf our species were much taller than the men. The women were of such an enormous stature (concludes... | |
 | 1804 - 676 lehte
...variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-drcis. Within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...much taller than the men *. The women were of such an enormou? stature, that ' we appeared as grashoppers before them.' At present the whole sex is in... | |
 | 1805 - 654 lehte
...i> nature as a lady's head-dress. VVithin my own memory (adds he) I have known it to rise an j fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...were much taller than the men. The women were of such an enormous stature (concludes the Spectator), (bat we appeared as grasshoppers before them.'' or tightness,... | |
 | 1805 - 676 lehte
...in nature as a lady's head-dress. \Vithin my own memory (adds he) I have known it to rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot...species were much taller than the men. The women were of sueli an enormous stature (concludes the Spectator), that we appeared as grasshoppers before them.''... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 346 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, insomuch that t he female part of our species were much taller than the men *. The women were of such an enormous... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 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 c we appeared as grasshoppers before them :' at present the whole sex is... | |
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