 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
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 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 in a thousand chimerical shapes as her garments hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy.... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...hands, and was clothed in a loose flowing robe, embroidered with several figures of fiends and specters, that discovered themselves in a thousand chimerical...making up his . pack and laying it upon his shoulders. 4. My heart melted within me, to see my fellow-creatures groaning under their respective burdens, and... | |
 | John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 pages
...a loose flowing robe; her name was FANCY, and there was something wild and distracted in her looks. She led up every mortal to the appointed place, after having very officially assisted him in making up his pack and laying it upon his shoulders. My heart melted within... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 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 in a thousand chimerical shapes as her garments hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy.... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 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 in a thousand chimerical shapes as her garments hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy.... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...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 themselves in a thousand chimerical shapes as her garments hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pages
...embroidered wife several figures of fiends and specters, that discovered themselves in a thousand chimerical4 shapes, as her garment hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her looks, ller name was FANCY. She led up every mortal to the appointed place, after having very officiously... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 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 in a thousand chimerical shapes, as her garments hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy.... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 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 in a thousand chimerical shapes as her garments hovered in the wind. There was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was Fancy.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 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...chimerical ' shapes, as her garment hovered in the wind. 4. There was something wild and distracted in her looks. Her name was FANCY. She led up every mortal... | |
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