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The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the ... - Page 371
by Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1846 - 482 pages
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M----e: Written ..., Volumes 1-2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1796 - 468 pages
...tumbling down . On a tofa raised three steps , and covered with line Persian• carpets , sat the Kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima , (for that is her name) so much her beauty effaced every thing I have/Seen , nay , all that has been...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 3

Thomas Smith - 1803 - 310 pages
...carpets, sat the kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white sattin embroidered ; and at her feet sat -two girls, about twelve years old, lovely as angels, dressed...they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima, so much did her beauty surpass every thing I had ever seen. She stood up to receive me, saluting me after the...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 3

Thomas Smith - 1803 - 280 pages
...leaning on cushions of white sattin embroidered ; and at her feet sat txvo girls, about twelve year*. old, lovely as angels, dressed perfectly rich, and...they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima, so much did her beauty surpass«v«ry thing I had ever seen. She stood up to receive m«, saluting me after...
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A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of ..., Volume 14

William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 458 pages
...with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroider. ed ; and at her feet sat two young girls about twelve years...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima (for that is her name), so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all that has been...
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Arabian Nights, Volume 1

1810 - 472 pages
...tumbling down. On a sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the Kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima, (for that was her name, ) so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all that has been...
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Written During ...

Mary Wortley Montagu - 1816 - 374 pages
...tumbling down. On a sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the Kiyaya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered;...two young girls about twelve years old, lovely as an * dressed perfectly rich, and almost covered • ' jewels. But they were hardly seen neat- ^L Fatima...
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Marriage Customs and Modes of Courtship of the Various Nations of the ...

Theophilus Moore - 1820 - 374 pages
...sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's (lieutenant- vizier) lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered...her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all th at has been called lovely either in England or Germany. I must own I never saw any thing too gloriously...
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The British Prose Writers...: Lady M. W. Montagu's letters from France and Italy

1821 - 396 pages
...females, into which every man in Turkey, but the master of the house, is interdicted from entering. feet sat two young girls about twelve years old, lovely...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima (for that is hefname),so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen,nay, all that has been called...
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Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of All Nations of the Universe

Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 424 pages
...sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's (lieutenant-vizier) lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered...I have seen, nay, all that has been called lovely either in England or Germany. I must own I never saw any thing so gloriously beautiful, nor can 1 recollect...
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Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of All Nations of the Universe ...

Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 538 pages
...sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's (lieutenant-vizier) lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered...Fatima ; so much her beauty effaced every thing I have sesn, uay, all that has been called lovely either in England or Germany. I must own I never sa\y any...
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