Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 |
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Fondness for dress has of late years introduced itself into the Athens of the North
; al . though one occasionally meets , in good company , a slovenly poet or dirty
politician . There is as much vanity , and more pedantry , in slov . enliness , as in
...
Fondness for dress has of late years introduced itself into the Athens of the North
; al . though one occasionally meets , in good company , a slovenly poet or dirty
politician . There is as much vanity , and more pedantry , in slov . enliness , as in
...
Page 30
An orches . tra is fitted up in a balcony over head , and be low the variety of dress
and splendour of or . nament , present the idea of a parterre of flow . ers . The
whole zest of this polite resort , consists in the agreeable Scotch airs which
enliven ...
An orches . tra is fitted up in a balcony over head , and be low the variety of dress
and splendour of or . nament , present the idea of a parterre of flow . ers . The
whole zest of this polite resort , consists in the agreeable Scotch airs which
enliven ...
Page 58
... he handles all the noses and chins in the room , and afterwards washes and
dresses himself for dinner and the amuse ... The regular practitioners
distinguished themselves by their Hippocratic gravity and pecu . liarity of dress in
Scotland ...
... he handles all the noses and chins in the room , and afterwards washes and
dresses himself for dinner and the amuse ... The regular practitioners
distinguished themselves by their Hippocratic gravity and pecu . liarity of dress in
Scotland ...
Page 167
Dr. M'Cabe , a young Irishman with whom I travelled from Belfast , having
requested me to accompany him to a public masquerade , I went in the humble
dress in which I had walked through the Highlands . In fact , I had sent my trunk
from ...
Dr. M'Cabe , a young Irishman with whom I travelled from Belfast , having
requested me to accompany him to a public masquerade , I went in the humble
dress in which I had walked through the Highlands . In fact , I had sent my trunk
from ...
Page 168
... which every moment gave me additional subjects of amuseAs I gazed on the
throng , busy in tri . fles , the fancy dresses of no meaning and the total want of
consistency , I exclaimed to my friend who joined me in my corner , the progress
and ...
... which every moment gave me additional subjects of amuseAs I gazed on the
throng , busy in tri . fles , the fancy dresses of no meaning and the total want of
consistency , I exclaimed to my friend who joined me in my corner , the progress
and ...
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| Title | Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Franklin James Didier |
| Author | Franklin James Didier |
| Publisher | J. Maxwell, 1822 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 7 Jul 2016 |
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