...imposing upon the imagination of his time. As late as 1833, he is described as appearing at a dinner in "a black velvet coat lined with satin; purple trousers...seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace ruffles, falling dowta to the tips of his fingers, white gloves, with several brilliant rings outside them, and long...

...imposing upon the imagination of his time. As late as 1833, he is described as appearing at a dinner in "a black velvet coat lined with satin; purple trousers...seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace ruffles, falling dowh to the tips of his fingers, white gloves, with several brilliant rings outside them, and long...

...imposing upon the imagination of his time. As late as 1833, he is described as appearing at a dinner in "a black velvet coat lined with satin; purple trousers...seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace ruffles, falling dowta to the tips of his fingers, white gloves, with several brilliant rings outside them, and long...

...of a candidate for Parliament who, in the days of the Reform Bill, could appear at a dinner wearing 'a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders'? Sometimes his trousers were green, and heaven knows what other colors, and this at a time when Bulwer's...

...of the appearance presented at this dinner party by her sister's fantastic guest. He wore, she said, 'a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders.' 1 Lady Dufferin protested that there was not the slightest exaggeration in this picture ; but we may...

...DISKAELI'S dress at his first dinner party in London is thus described by Lady Dufferin : " He wore a black velvet coat lined with satin, purple trousers...black ringlets rippling down upon his shoulders." KIND LADY—My good man, here are a pair of my poor dead husband's trousers. Take them and get out...