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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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Marriage Rites: Customs, and Ceremonies, of the Nations of the Universe

Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1824 - 462 pages
...sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, saf. the kiyaya's (lieutenant-vizier) lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered...much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, alUlhat has been called lovely either in England or Germany. I must own I never saw any thing so gloriously...
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The letters of lady M.W. Montagu during the embassy to ..., Volume 1

lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1825 - 352 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;...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 Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 512 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...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 Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 524 pages
...tumbling down. On a sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaycts 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 Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 410 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...old, lovely as angels, dressed perfectly rich, and alniost covered with jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima (for that is her name)...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 466 pages
...almost covered with 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 called lovely either in England or Germany. I must own that I never saw any thing so gloriously beautiful, nor can...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 470 pages
...almost covered with 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 called lovely either in England or Germany. I must own that I never saw any thing so gloriously beautiful, nor can...
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Chambers's papers for the people, Parts 13-18

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 pages
...profusion !) On a sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the Kiyaya'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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The Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travelers in the Principal ...

Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 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...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima, (for that is her name,) so much her beauty effaced everything I have seen, nay, all that has been called...
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Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 3

1855 - 488 pages
...tumbling down. On a sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the Kiyaya't 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 everything I have seen,—nay, all that has been...
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