 | ALEXANDRA ANDTEWS - 1856 - 370 pages
...who thus go through their evolutions : " The ladies who carry fans under me are drawn up twice a day in my great hall, where they are instructed in the...the following words of command: 'Handle your fans,' 'Unfurl your fans,' ' Discharge your fans,' ' Ground your fans,' ' Recover your fans,' ' Flutter your... | |
 | 1856 - 418 pages
...them. To the end therefore tiiat ladies may be entire mistresnes of the weapons which they bear, 1 have erected an academy for the training up of young women...exercise of the fan," according to the most fashionable uitt. and motions that arc now practised at court. The ladies «ho "carry " fans under me, are drawn... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 pages
...them. To the end, therefore, that ladies may be entire mistresses of the weapon which they bear, I have erected an Academy for the training up of young women in the Exercise of the Pan, according to the most fashionable airs and motions that are now practised at court. The ladies... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...them. To the end, therefore, that ladies may be entire mistresses of the weapon which they bear, I have erected an academy for the training up of young women...ladies who carry fans under me are drawn up twice a day in my great hall, where they are instructed in the use of their arms, and exercised by the following... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...with them. To the end, therefore, that ladies may be entire mistresses of the weapon they bear, I have ʚ&2= jh* ! ̜a b t CM "R #&> " q )+ ME? G / > # 6%0 S # tu the most fashionable airs and motions that arc Bow practised at court. The ladies who carry fans... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 pages
...them. To the end, therefore, that ladies may be entire mistresses of the weapon which they bear, I have erected an academy for the training up of young women...the most fashionable airs and motions that are now practiced at court. The ladies who carry fans under me are drawn up twice a day in my great hall, where... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...motions that are now practised at court. The ladies who carry fans under me are drawn up twice a day in my great hall, where they are instructed in the...following words of command : — Handle your fans, Unfurl your fans, Discharge your fans, Ground your fans, Recover your fans, Flutter your fans. By the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...who carry fans under me are drawn up twice a day in my great hall, where they are instructed injhe use of their arms, and exercised by the following words of command : — Handle your fans, Unfurl your fans, Discharge your fans, Ground your fans, Recover your fans, Flutter your fans. By the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 450 pages
...them. To the end, therefore, that ladies may be entire mistresses of the wSapon which they bear, I have erected an academy for the training up of young women...the most fashionable airs and motions that are now practiced at court. The ladies who carry fans under me are drawn up twice a day in my great hall, where... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1863 - 202 pages
...them. To the end, therefore, that ladies may be entire mistresses of the weapon which they bear, I have erected an academy for the training up of young women...following words of command : — Handle your fans ; unfurl your fans ; discharge your fans ; ground your fans ; recover your fans ; flutter your fans.... | |
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Women are armed with fans as men with swords, and sometimes do more execution with them. To the end therefore that ladies may be entire mistresses of the weapon which they bear, I have erected an academy for the training up of young women in the exercise... 
