 a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers with a gold band running down the outside seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace ruffles, falling down to the tips of his fingers, white gloves with several brilliant rings outside them, and long black...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2931927Full view - About this book
 | James Anthony Froude - Prime ministers - 1890 - 324 pages
...his extravagance. Lady Dufferin told Mr. Motley that when she first met him at a dinner party he wore a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...long black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders. She told him that he made a fool of himself by appearing in such fantastic shape, never guessing for... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Great Britain - 1891 - 328 pages
...his extravagance. Lady Dufferin told Mr. Motley that when she first met him at a dinner party he wore a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...long black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders. She told him that he made a fool of himself by appearing in such fantastic shape, never guessing for... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1896 - 248 pages
...his appearance before a startled dinner - party, is given by Lady Dufferin. On this occasion he wore a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...rings outside them and long black ringlets rippling upon his shoulders. 36 It was only a man of genius who could not merely unabashed, but calm in the... | |
 | Sir Algernon West - Great Britain - 1900 - 518 pages
...him notorious. He wore a slate-colored velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers with a gold band down the outside seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace...down to the tips of his fingers, white gloves with brilliant rings outside them, and long black ringlets rippling down over his shoulders ; and when he... | |
 | James Richard Joy - Biography - 1902 - 300 pages
...with the smooth carefulness of a girl." A lady who met him at dinner described him as appareled in a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers with a gold stripe on the outside seam, a scarlet waistcoat, lace wristbands to his finger tips, white gloves with... | |
 | James Richard Joy - Biography - 1902 - 298 pages
...with the smooth carefulness of a girl." A lady who met him at dinner described him as appareled in a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers with a gold stripe on the outside seam, a scarlet waistcoat, lace wristbands to his ringer tips, white gloves with... | |
 | American literature - 1900 - 640 pages
...interesting. "He wore a slate-colored velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers with a gold band down the outside seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace...down to the tips of his fingers, white gloves with brilliant rings outside them, and long black ringlets rippling down over his shoulders; and when he... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1904 - 810 pages
...the slightest degree in describing to me his dress when she first met him at a dinner party. He wore a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...long black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders. It seemed impossible that such a Guy Fawkes could have been tolerated in any society. His audacity,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1904 - 812 pages
...the slightest degree in describing to me his dress when she first met him at a dinner party. He wore a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...long black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders. It seemed impossible that such a Guy Fawkes could have been tolerated in any society. His audacity,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Great Britain - 1905 - 308 pages
...his extravagance. Lady Dufferin told Mr. Motley that when she first met him at a dinner party he wore a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...long black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders. She told him that he made a fool of himself by appearing in such fantastic shape, never guessing for... | |
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