 There is the angry flutter, the modest flutter, the timorous flutter, the confused flutter, the merry flutter, and the amorous flutter. Not to be tedious, there is scarce any emotion in the mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan;...  English Essays - Page 65by J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 257 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 pages
...emotion in the mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the Fan ; insomuch, that if I only see the Fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well...have been glad for the lady's sake the lover Was at a sufficient distance from it. I need not add, that a Fan is either a prude or coquette, according... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 pages
...emotion in the mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan ; insomuch, that, if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well whether she laughs, frowns, or blushes. — Addisen. XXXI. 3/, There is, perhaps, nothing more easy than to write properly for the English... | |
 | ALEXANDRA ANDTEWS - 1856 - 370 pages
...mind," he says, " which does not produce a suitable agitation of the fan, insomuch that, if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well whether she laughs, frowns, or blushes." He then humorously describes an academy for instruction in the use of the fan, and a facetious correspondent... | |
 | Alexander Andrews - 1856 - 356 pages
...mind," he says, " which does not produce a suitable agitation of the fan, insomuch that, if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well whether she laughs, frowns, or blushes." He then humorously describes an academy for instruction in the use of the fan, and a facetious correspondent... | |
 | 1856 - 372 pages
...emotion in the mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan ; insomuch, that, if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well whether she laughs, frowns, or blushes. XXXL There is, perhaps, nothing more easy than to write properly for the English theatre ; I am amazed... | |
 | 1856 - 418 pages
...emotion in the mind which dose not produce a suitable agitation in the fan; insomuch that if I only se« the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well whether she laugh«, frowns, or blushes. 1 have seen a fan so very angry, that it would have been dangerous for... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...emotion in the mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan ; insomuch, that if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well...who provoked it to have come within the wind of it ; PS I teach young gentlemen the whole art of gallanting a fan. NB I have several little plain fans... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...the mind which docs not produce a suitable agitation in the fan; insomuch, that if I only see the fun rsons; who bad s<>eu a fan so very angry, that it would have been dangerous fer the absent lover who provoked it to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...emotion in the mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan; insomuch, that if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well...have been glad for the lady's sake the lover was at a sufficient distance from it. I need not add, that a fan is either a prude or coquette, according... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...emotion in the mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan ; insomuch, that if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady, I know very well...have been glad, for the lady's sake, the lover was at a sufficient distance from it." — lb., No. 102. In Addison's time it was a fashion for ladies to... | |
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