The finest lace ruffles about her neck and elbows, with a long-waisted silk dress of rich texture and color, produced an effect that was quite bewitching. She was wonderfully well preserved for a lady of over eighty years of age, and it was pleasant to... Recollections of Seventy Years - Stranica 121napisao/la Mrs. John Farrar - 1866 - Broj stranica: 331Potpun prikaz - O ovoj knjizi
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1882 - Broj stranica: 616
...The finest lace ruffles about her neck and elbows, with a long-waisted silk dress of rich texture and color, produced an effect that was quite bewitching....keep it from the birds. It was worth a Journey to Edgeworthstown only to see this elegant specimen of old age. " When ahown to our bedroom, we found... | |
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1882 - Broj stranica: 610
...The finest lace ruffles about her neck and ellwws, with a long-waisted silk dress of rich texture and color, produced an effect that was quite bewitching....keep it from the birds. It was worth a journey to Edgeworthstown only to see this elegant specimen of old age. " When shown to our bedroom, we found... | |
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1882 - Broj stranica: 640
...I was seated by her side, and requested to address my conversation to her. MBS. FARRAR'S VISIT. 479 When lunch was over, she was wheeled into the library,...keep it from the birds. It was worth a journey to Edgeworthstown only to see this elegant specimen of old age. " When shown to our bedroom, we found... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1894 - Broj stranica: 388
...preserved for a lady over eighty years of age, and it was pleasant to see the great attention paid her by all the family. She was rather deaf, so I was...was wheeled into the library, and occupied herself in making a cotton net to put over the wall-fruit to keep it from the birds. It was worth a journey... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1894 - Broj stranica: 386
...pleasant to see the great attention paid her by all the 1 Author of The Children'i Robinion Crtuoe, etc. family. She was rather deaf, so I was seated by her...was wheeled into the library, and occupied herself in making a cotton net to put over the wall-fruit to keep it from the birds. It was worth a journey... | |
| 1865 - Broj stranica: 834
...same period, and dressed in the same style, as the lovely Honora. She did not appear till lunch-time, when we found her seated at the table, in a wheelchair,...occupied herself making a cotton net to put over the wall fruit, to keep it from the birds. It was worth a journey to Edgeworthtown only to see this elegant... | |
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