 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1806 - 480 pages
...air of the girls next attracted her attention. Their dress was a very short full petticoat of light green, with a boddice of white silk; the sleeves loose,...the shoulders with ribbons and bunches of flowers. Their hair, falling in ringlets on their necks, was also ornamented with flowers, and with a small... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - English fiction - 1815 - 724 pages
...something, I repaired in a coach to tli£~Pantheon ; and that faithful Irishman escorted me thither. But I must first describe my Tuscan dress. It was a short petticoat of pale green, and a boddice of \vhite silk; the sleeves were loose, and tied up at the shoulders, with ribbons and... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1859 - 654 pages
...air of the girls next attracted her attention. Their dress was a very short full petticoat of light green, with a boddice of white silk : the sleeves...the shoulders with ribbons and bunches of flowers. Their hair, falling in ringlets on their necks, was also ornamented with flowers, and with a small... | |
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... Florence as the seat of literature and of the fine arts; but, that its taste for classic story should descend to the peasants of the country, occasioned her both surprise and admiration. The Arcadian air of the girls next attracted her attention.... 