To such a ridiculous degree did the fancy for this toy pervade at that time all ranks and ages, that in the public gardens and in the streets numbers of persons, of both sexes, were playing it up and down as they walked along ; or, as my own very young... New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Seite 127herausgegeben von - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...streets numbers of persons, of both sexes, were playing it up and down as they walked along ; or, as my own very young doggrel described it: — The ladies...or walking in the GREEN, Went quizzing on, to show thoir shapes and graceful mien. I have been enabled to mark more certainly the date of this toy's reign... | |
| 1853 - 570 Seiten
...accuracy ; the theme of his muse having been a certain toy very fashionable about the year 1789 or 1790, called in French a " bandalore," and in English a...toys the whole time of the sitting of a committee. In 1795, Thomas Moore became a student of Trinity College, Dublin, and although this gave him a sort of... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - 1853 - 592 Seiten
...streets numbers of persons of both sexes were playing it up and down as they walked along, or, as my very young doggrel described it — ' The ladies,...quizzing on to show their shapes and graceful mien.' " And Mr. Moore adds, he was informed by Lord Plunkett that the Duke of Wellington (then Captain Wellesley,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1853 - 482 Seiten
...streets numbers of persons, of both sexes, were playing it up and down as they walked along ; or, as my own very young doggrel described it, — " The ladies...walking in the GREEN, Went quizzing on, to show their shjpcs and graceful mien." I have been enabled to mark more certainly the date of this toy's reign... | |
| 1853 - 826 Seiten
...persons, of both sexes, were playing it up and down as they walked along; or, as my own very young doggrcl described it, — ' The ladies too, when in the streets,...quizzing on, to show their shapes and graceful mien.' " I have been enabled to mark more certainly the date of this toy's reign from a circumstance mentioned... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1853 - 678 Seiten
...which the fancy for this toy pervaded all ranks and ages, was thus ridiculed by the young poet — "The ladies, too, when in the streets, or walking...Went 'quizzing' on to show their shapes and graceful mien.'1 " I have been enabled," he says, " to mark more certainly the date of this toy's reign from... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1853 - 446 Seiten
...streets numbers of persons, of both sexes, were playing it up and down as they walked along ; or, as my own very young doggrel described it, — " The ladies too, when in the streets, or walking in the GREEK, Wcnt quizzing on, to show their shapes and graceful mien." I have been enabled to mark more... | |
| 1853 - 692 Seiten
...streets numbers of persons, of both sexes, were playing it up and down as they walked along ; or, as my own very young doggrel described it, — "The ladies, too, when in the streets, or walking in the GBKKN, \Veilt quizzing on, to show their shape's and graceful mien. I have been enabled to mark more... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - 1857 - 632 Seiten
...streets numbers of persons of both sexes were playing it up and down, as they walked along, or as my very doggrel described it — " The ladies, too, when in...quizzing on, to show their shapes, and graceful mien." And Mr. Moore adds, he was informed by Lord Plunket, that the Duke of Wellington (then Captain "VVellcsley,... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - 1861 - 474 Seiten
...streets numbers of persons of both sexes were playing it up and down, as they walked along, or as my very doggrel described it— ' The ladies, too, when in the STREETS, or walking in the OREEX, Went quizzing on, to show their shapes, and graceful mien.' " And Mr Moore adds, he was informed... | |
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