| Richard Chandler - 1817 - 748 pàgines
...hand, and are lined with red or yellow satin. T 2 A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set...with pearls ; a stay under the chin, and a yellow forehead-cloth. She has bracelets of gold on her wrists ; and, like Aurora, is rosy-fingered, the tips... | |
| Richard Chandler - 1817 - 736 pàgines
...the hand, and are lined with red or yellow satin. A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set...with pearls ; a stay under the chin, and a yellow forehead-cloth. She has bracelets of gold on her wrists; and, like Aurora, is rosy-fingered, the tips... | |
| Edward Daniel Clarke - 1818 - 544 pàgines
...upon fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of goM let with precious stones. Over the ve«t is a robe, in summer lined with ermine, and in cold weather with fur. The head-drecs is a scull-cap, red or green, with pearls ; a stay under the chin, and a yellow forehead-cloth.... | |
| Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 538 pàgines
...the hand, and are lined with red or yellow satin. A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set...with pearls ; a stay under the chin, and a yellow forehead-cloth. She has bracelets of gold on her wrists, and, like Aurora, is rosy-figured, the tips... | |
| Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 424 pàgines
...the hand, and are lined with red or yellow satin. A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set...headdress is a skull-cap, red or green, with pearls ; a slay under the chin, and a yellow forehead -cloth. She has bracelets of gold on her wrists, and, like... | |
| William Brown - 1823 - 532 pàgines
...describing the dress of the Grecian lady, says, " A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set with precious stones." In Russell's Natural History of Aleppo, p. 101, is a print of a Turkish lady, whose clasp looks like... | |
| Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1824 - 462 pàgines
...the hand, and are lined with red or yellow satin. A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set...bracelets of gold on her wrists, and, like Aurora, is rosy -figured, the tips being stained.— Her necklace is a string of zechins, a species of gold coin,... | |
| 1824 - 486 pàgines
...covers than conceals, and is shorter than the shift. A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set with precious stones. The head dress is a. skull-cap, red or green, with pearls ; she has bracelets of gold on her wrists,... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pàgines
...covers than conceals, and is shorter than the shift A rich zone encompasses her waist, and is fastened before by clasps of silver gilded, or of gold set with precious stones. The head dress is a skull-cap, red or green, with pearls ; she has bracelets of gold on her wrists,... | |
| Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 pàgines
...Grecian and Asiatic women of colouring their nails. Chandler, alluding to an Athenian girl, says, ' She has bracelets of gold on her wrists, and like Aurora, is rosy-fingered, the tips being painted.' What an interesting light is thrown upon the ancient- poetry, by researches into the parallel... | |
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