 twould a saint provoke ! (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) — No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face ; One would not, sure...  Random Rambles - Page 166by Louise Chandler Moulton - 1881 - 282 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mark Noble - 1806 - 540 pages
...aged 47. Her corpse, dressed by Mrs. Saunders's directions, had on " a very fine Brussels lace head, a Holland "shift, with a tucker, and double ruffles...of the " same lace, a pair of new kid gloves, and wrapped " up in a winding sheet." Thus richly adorned, she was carried from her house in Grosvenorstreet,... | |
 | Mark Noble - 1806 - 536 pages
...aged 47. Her corpse, dressed by Mrs. Saunders's directions, had on " a very fine Brussels lace head, a Holland " shift, with a tucker, and double ruffles of the " same lace,a pair of new kid gloves, and wrapped " up in a winding sheet." Thus richly adorned, she was carried... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 pages
...Congreve. At her own desire, she was elegantly dressed in her colliu, with a very fine Brussels laced head, a Holland shift, with a tucker and double ruffles of the same lace, a pair of new kid gloves, and her body wrapt up in a winding-sheet. On this account, Pope introduced her, in the character of Narcissa,... | |
 | 1815 - 488 pages
...At her own desire, she was elegantly dressed in her coftiij, with a very fine Brussels laced head, a Holland shift, with a tucker and double ruffles of the same lace, a pair of new kid gloves, and her body wrapt up in a winding-sheet. On this account, Pope introduced her, in the character of Narcissa,... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
...his letters in 1722 — and Mrs. Oldfield, the actress, who was buried in a very fine Brussels'-Iace head-dress, a Holland shift with a tucker and double...ruffles of the same lace, a pair of new kid gloves, &c. ; circumstances which Pope has made the most of in his lines, — " Odious ! in woollen ! Ч would... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 474 pages
...and warm-hearted actress, Mrs. Oldfield. Her corpse, having been decorated with fine Brussels lace, "a holland shift with a tucker and double ruffles of the same lace, and a pair of new kid gloves," was conveyed from her house in Grosvenor Street to the Jerusalem Chamber... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 pages
...and warm-hearted actress, Mrs. Oldfield. Her corpse, having been decorated with fine Brussels lace, "a holland shift with a tucker and double ruffles of the same Face, and a pair of new kid gloves," was conveyed from her house in Grosvenor Street to the Jerusalem... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 348 pages
..."mortal fine." — "She had on," says the writer, " a very fine Brussels lace-head, a Holland shift with tucker, and double ruffles of the same lace ; a pair of new kid gloves, and her body wrapt up in a winding sheet." * Yet we are of Montaigne's opinion, and know not why death... | |
 | 1912 - 666 pages
...Direction thus laid in her Coffin. She had on, a very fine ВгыввсЬLace-Head ; a Holland Shift with Tucker, and double Ruffles of the same Lace ; a Pair of new Kid-Gloves, and her body wrapped up in » Winding Sheet." Mrs. Saunders was an actress, a friend of... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 pages
...his letters in 1722 — and Mrs. Oldfield, the actress, who was buried in a very fine Brussels-lace head-dress, a Holland shift with a tucker and double...ruffles of the same lace, a pair of new kid gloves, &c. ; circumstances which Pope has made the most of in his lines — " Odious ! in woollen ! 't would... | |
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