We generally wore black or dark dresses with a lace veil tied over our heads, and of course only went when it was fine.

When the car was a hundred paces from the gate, the king put off his crown of state, changed his dress for a fresh suit, and with bare feet, carrying in his hands flowers and incense, and with two rows of attending followers, went out at the gate to meet the image; and, with his head and face bowed to the ground, he did homage at its feet, and then scattered the flowers and burnt the incense.

" "Yew fergit," spoke some one gently, "that it takes consid'able ter dress a matron proper.

'My dear,' was the answer, 'Satan is everywhere, and one can never know what may happen.' Margaret was very fond of warm greys, and fawn tints, and dove colour, and she had lately got a very pretty dress that was exactly to her taste, and was made of a newly invented thin material of pure silk, which had no sheen and cast no reflections of light, and was slightly elastic, so that it fitted as no ordinary silk or velvet ever could.

Desgrais, an officer of justice, was dispatched in pursuit of her, and having assumed the dress of an Abbé, contrived to entice her from this privileged place.

Edith agreed that she knew of no really suitable place where she could buy a new evening dress at eight-thirty on Sunday evening.

Esmond, rushing forward, tore the dress off, so that his own hands were burned more than the little boy's, who was frightened rather than hurt by the accident.

She had brought the dress which her mistress had worn at the Hunt Ball out of the wardrobe where it hung, in order to fold it away.

She pushed her way through the astonished throng which fell aside as they saw her black dress and flowing drapery.

The Normans grew fond of the English beer, and the English adopted the Norman dress.

I cannot describe woman's dress, but with her shadowy figure and worn, but still lovely face, she looked spiritual.

When you waken we will try to find a house-dress to replace your evening-gown.

Dullness of mind is fond of donning this dress; just as an ordinary life it is stupid people who like being demure and formal.

Lady Studley had come out, had come round to the library window, and, holding up her long, dark-blue velvet dress, was looking at us with a peculiar smile.

She was a pretty girl and Lister liked her fashionable dress.

I was putting some dresses into the wardrobe one day and accidentally touched the secret panel.

" "Then don't be so horrid," returns the pensive girl, taking a seat before him upon the rustic settee, and abstractedly arranging her dress so that only two-thirds of a gaiter-boot can be seen.

Just then a woman with red socks got up on her chair in the press seats and pulled her dress away up and yelled, "Rats!" and another woman screamed and jumped up on a seat with her clothes at half mast, and yelled that there were mice on the seats.

Regulate the clothing, then, according to the season; resume the winter dress early; lay it aside late; for it is in spring and autumn that the vicissitudes in our climate are greatest, and congestive and inflammatory complaints most common.

" Seguin was examining her dress, a gown of white silk trimmed with unbleached lace, and he suddenly gave way to one of those horribly rude fits which burst forth at times amid all his great affectation of politeness.

There she found that Marian had kindly laid out her dress and ribbons for her, and was ready to help do her hair.

"I must go," she replied, and although Lister remarked that her hands trembled as she smoothed her crumpled dress, her voice was steady.

A limp bonnet, tied under the chin, makes up the head- dress.

Then she would not need the dresses, and they could not call them issue goods, and not choose Susie in the games, and shut their eyes at her.

While we were there,for we stayed a good while,one went over to Oldtown, returned and cut out a dress, which she had bought, on another bed in the room.