 There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape, who was very active in this solemnity. She carried a magnifying glass in one of her hands, and was clothed in a loose flowing robe, embroidered with several figures of fiends and spectres, that discovered...  The Spectator - Page 13edited by - 1898Full view - About this book
 | 1786 - 670 pages
...thinifaná chimerical' fliapes, as her gaiment hovered in. the wind. There VMS fomething will and diftraiUd in her looks. Her name was Fancy. She led up every mortal to the appointed place, after having very offlcioully affnk-il him in makins* vp his pnck, ltd laying it upon his Ihouiders. My heart melted... | |
 | 1789 - 428 pages
...thouland chimerical fhapes as her garment hovered in the wind. There was iomething wild and diffracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy. She led up every mortal to the appointed place, after having very orficioufly ailifled him in making up his pack, and laying it upon his Ihoulders. My heart melted within... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1794 - 492 pages
...thoufand chimerical ihapes , as her garment hovered in the wind. There was fomething wild and dinracted in her looks. Her name was FANCY. She led up every...the appointed place , after having very officiously a (lifted him in making нр his pack, and laying it upon his fhoulders. My heart melted within me... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...glass in one of her hands , and was clothed in a loose flowing robe , embroidered with several figures of fiends and spectres that discovered themselves...shapes , as her garment hovered in the wind. There K 2 H2 THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy.... | |
 | 1803 - 342 pages
...glass in one of her hands, and was clothed in a loose flowing robe, embroidered with several figures of fiends and spectres, that discovered themselves...Fancy. She led up every mortal to the appointed place, alter having very officiously assisted him in making up his pack, and laying it upon his shoulders.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...glass in one of her hands, and was clothed in a loose flowing .robe, embroidered with several figures of fiends and spectres, that discovered themselves...something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was FANCV. She led up every mortal to the appointed place, after having very officiously assisted him in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 pages
...glass in one of her hands, and was clothed in a loose flowing robe, embroidered with several figures of fiends and spectres, that discovered themselves...was Fancy. She led up every mortal to the appointed plate, after having very officiously assisted him in making up his pack, and laying it upon his shoulders.... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...rohe, emhroidered with several figures of fiends and spectres, that discovered themselves in a thonsand chimerical shapes, as her garment hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her lookf. Her name was Fancy. She let! up every mortal to the appointed place, after having very officionsly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pages
...thoufand chimerical fhapes, as her garment hovered in the wind. There was fomething wild and diftracted in her looks. Her name was FANCY. She led up every mortal to the appointed place, after having verSr officioufly riffifted him in making up his pack, and laying\it upon his fboulders. My heart melted... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...in a loose flowing robe, embroidered with several figures of liends and spectres, that i'ist:oM-nd themselves in a thousand chimerical shapes, as her...the appointed place, after having very officiously a'sislfd him in making up his pack, and laying it upon his shoulders. My heart melted within me to... | |
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