An Old Family Legend, Or, One Husband And Two Marriages : a Romance V. 3
The book An Old Family Legend, Or, One Husband And Two Marriages : a Romance V. 3 was written by author Brewer, James Norris, Fl. 1799-1829 Here you can read free online of An Old Family Legend, Or, One Husband And Two Marriages : a Romance V. 3 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is An Old Family Legend, Or, One Husband And Two Marriages : a Romance V. 3 a good or bad book?
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Now the gallants pace the audience- hall, in fond attendance on the beauties of the day. See, walking with an air of distinction among the throng, that tall cavalier, with a short cloak, and trauses of crimson \e\vet ; his doublet is of yel- low satin, and is puckered, stuffed, and distended round his body; his stocks are of different colours, the one yellow, the other scarlet; his hat is of crimson vel- vet, ornamented with a white plume, and he bears it gracefully beneath his arm, while he ca...relessly applies a poun- cet-box to his nose at every break of the discourse. He is the beau of the hour, and the lady beside whom he walks is the most AN OLD FAMILY LEGEND. J 43 most polished and courtly damsel of the party : her kirtle is of ash-coloured cloth of gold, embroidered with strange antics; in one fold are seen crude imitations of the human form, in all the fantastic pos- tures which morris-dancers are wont to assume; in another, flowers, birds, and even insects unseemly to the female eye, save when bedight in the gorgeous tints bestowed by the creative loom ; her mantle is decorated with lace of pearls, and her stomacher has a train of buttons (each a jewel) descending to the very peak.
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