| James Beresford - 1806 - 384 pàgines
...goggling wax queen bolt upright in a deep glass ease, among the minikin pillars of a tawdry temple, wreathed with red foil, tinsel, and. green varnished...youngest daughter, " aged 10 years," — or a little fat plaster-man on the chimney-piece, with his gilt cocked hat at the back of his head, and ap!pe in his... | |
| James Beresford - 1807 - 360 pàgines
...glass cas«, among the minikin pillars of a. tawdry temple, wreathed with red foil, tinsel, and bright green varnished leaves — or the map of England,...youngest daughter, "aged 10 years," — or a little fat plaster-man on the chimney-piece, with his gilt cocked hat at the back of his head, and a pipe in his... | |
| James Beresford - 1807 - 384 pàgines
...pillars of a tawdry temple, wreathed with red foil, tinsel, and bright green varnished leaves—or the map of England, with only about four counties,...sampler by the landlady's youngest daughter, "aged ]0 years,"—or a little fat plaster-man on the chimney-piece, with his gilt cocked hat at the back... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1835 - 498 pàgines
...goggling wax queen, bolt upright in a deep glass case, among the minikin pillars of a tawdry temple, wreathed with red foil, tinsel, and green varnished...aged 10 years ;' or a little fat plaster man on the chimney-piece, with his gilt cocked hat at the back of his head, and a pipe in his mouth — being... | |
| 1836 - 436 pàgines
...glass case, among the minikin pillars of a tawdry temple, wreathed with red foil, tinsel, and bright green varnished leaves— or the map of England, with...sampler by the landlady's youngest daughter, " aged ten j ears," or a little fat plaster.man on the chimneypiece, with his gilt cocked hat at the back... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 872 pàgines
...goggling wax Queen bolt upright in a deep glass case, among the minikin pillars of a tawdry temple, wreathed with red foil, tinsel, and green varnished...aged 10 years ' ; or a little fat plaster man on the chimneypiece, with his gilt cocked-hat at the back of his head and a pipe in his mouth, being the centre... | |
| Jemima Compton - 1868 - 278 pàgines
...halfpenny prints called 'Going out in the morning,' ' Starting a Hare,' ' Coming in at the Death,' or the map of England with only about four counties,...sampler by the landlady's youngest daughter, ' aged ten years,' &c. ; after getting all this by heart, asking in despair for some books ; which when brought,... | |
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