| 单词 | chemise |
| 例句 | I said, “It sounds great, as long as I get to wear the chemise.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe they wouldn’t find enough good-sized pieces to justify the cost of a funeral; maybe they would only find my chemise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Sophia steps behind it and disrobes, dropping the wet bathing chemise on the floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She left her earrings on the dresser and padded barefoot to the bed wearing just a pink rayon chemise that came down to her hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “That chemise complements your eyes, my little sparrow, ” he murmured. comptroller/controller. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to sneak my chemises and nightgowns out of my drawer and mend them myself rather than ask her to do them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He swears that they are obliged by an army order to wear silk chemises and to bathe before entertaining guests of the rank of captain and upwards. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A slim woman dressed in the fashion of the time: long, loose chemise, narrow shoes with sharply pointed toes and high spiked heels. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Would you have a casket and a ceremony for just a chemise? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A month before, she could have walked through the yard in her chemise and he wouldn’t have noticed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Okay, the chemise last week was a mistake.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen her once, with one of my chemises over her arm, examining the plain material with its small edging of lace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He wondered about the pink chemise that she would not remove. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She wore a one-piece white chemise, and curtsied to him as he opened the door, and smiled, shyly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Scraps of leathers and suedes were patchworked together in a rough Betty-Rubble-meets-the-Road-Warrior series of sleeveless minidresses and billowing greatcoats; tunics and trousers, and princess chemises held together by a big silk bow at the breast. The Techlash Comes to Milan. So Does the Coronavirus Fear. 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z In the “Flapper” room, the chemise persists, but hemlines rise precipitously. Art Review: American Style at the Met and the Brooklyn Museum 2010-05-06T22:29:00Z These women, dressed in calf-length culottes with chemises and jackets in dark pastel colors, remain gently purposeful throughout. Review: In ‘Latitude,’ Dance in Silence Makes Its Own Inner Music 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Caroline Weber, a fashion historian and professor of French literature at Barnard College, has written about Marie Antoinette’s white muslin chemise dresses, known as gaulles, worn in the late 1770s. Summer’s Color Forecast: Whiteout Conditions 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z This is confirmed by her 1782 portrait of the Duchess of Polignac in a white chemise and a black wrap, wearing a straw hat decorated with flowers. She Painted Marie Antoinette (and Escaped the Guillotine) 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z “The Shirt,” as the label calls Mr. Firth’s chemise, may appear just to be a shirt. ‘Will & Jane’: Two Literary Superheroes, United in Pop Culture 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It’s a world of corsets, stays and chemises. ‘Bridgerton’ Is Just the Beginning 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Tollman was standing in her pink West Village bedroom with one of her recent wins: a lace flapper chemise that she got for $71. Up Close: Fashion on eBay, Spoken by Annabel Tollman 2010-11-18T17:42:00Z Also simple little chemises of cream or black or shell-pink gauze, sometimes with flapper tiers, sometimes embroidered with a single, stylized silver-sequined feather or two. ‘Too Much Fashion, Too Much Clothes, Too Much Everything’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Her show on Friday was full of Jazz Age fringe and chemises. Fashion Review: In Milan, Prada Doesn?t Try to Purify the Sweetness - Fashion Review 2011-09-23T23:52:16Z The core of Mr. Lagerfeld’s collection was a draped little chemise. 2010-01-28T08:06:00Z Dressed in a black gown over a white chemise and sporting a jauntily tilted cap and a bejeweled gold necklace, he holds the pommel of a sword and gazes dreamily off to his left. Art Review: ?Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellini? - Review 2011-12-22T23:31:48Z Unfortunately, they meant this quite literally: the substantial difference between the frilly day chemises and those for evening was that the night versions were now to the ankles. Fashion Review: The Closing Flourish Is the Campy Kind 2010-10-08T00:25:00Z One of her first works is a lovely portrait in pale hues showing her sister Inez in profile, seated before a compressed landscape and dressed in a simple chemise that recalls a Greek chiton. 'Helen Lundeberg: A Retrospective' downplays the painter's key early works 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z He realized, Ms. Cannon said, that by adding jewelry to a wardrobe staple — a long chemise by David Holah, who later was a founder of the cult label BodyMap — one outfit could become many. His Name Was Blame: A Legend of London Fashion Remembered 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z We were very true to the layering, of having a liner underneath the corset, and the corset, and the corset cover, and the chemise, and then the outfit.” Costume Secrets From ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z He makes her put on his deceased wife's chemise, as "she wore it when first I burst her." Hunderby: why this Julia Davis comedy is worth watching 2013-01-14T10:00:00Z Included in the collection are hand- and fingerprints scorched into a variety of humble objects: a sleeve, a chemise, a prayer book, a pillow, a nightcap, an apron. 3 Quiet Museums in Rome 2013-09-06T17:28:54Z Hanging in the middle of one gallery, “Pesjur” is an installation of 10 woolly clusters, with a fragile, loose-knit chemise rising from one of them. Nordic Heritage Museum casts edgy ‘Weather Diaries’ exhibit 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z "Slip off your chemise without a blush", reads a translation of the extract. The sexy A-level set texts scandalising our teenagers' morals 2013-06-07T15:58:30Z She dated the image to between 1810 and 1815, judging by the clothes – a black double-breasted coat and waistcoat, white frilled chemise, stock and tie – that Keats is wearing in the portrait. Rare John Keats portrait comes to auction 2013-04-10T12:50:14Z But it was hard to see how his lineup of stiffly constructed dresses and twisted velvet chemises varied significantly from his own label in London. 2010-02-17T00:26:00Z Sarah Cubbage dresses them handsomely; their largely backless chemises are a marvelous touch. Dance Review: Kyle Abraham’s ‘Radio Show,’ at 92nd Street Y 2014-03-17T22:24:10Z Another difference was a long, relaxed silhouette, with chemises or dresses with a slightly dropped waist. Fashion Review: Women?s Wear Moves Beyond the Sporting Look - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-13T04:43:22Z The answer might lie in matching the print on your chemise to your daughter’s pedal pushers, your son’s swim trunks, your husband’s Bermuda shorts, your father’s bow tie and your paper cocktail napkins. Critical Shopper: Lilly Pulitzer: Fashion With a Colorful Narrative 2010-04-06T21:43:00Z With rayon chemise packed and flight socks at the ready, Gail's plans were close to completion, it seemed. Coronation Street: Tyrone and Fiz, the Bonnie and Clyde of the M6 2013-02-16T05:59:01Z Modeled by cool, white mannequins are bras, panties, girdles, corsets and petticoats; night gowns, dressing gowns and tea gowns; peignoirs, bustles, chemises and slips; negligees, pajamas, body stockings, teddies and bustiers. ‘A History of Lingerie,’ at the Fashion Institute Museum 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Gentleness pervaded the collection, as well as self-assurance, with hummingbirds and flowers embroidered on shifts and poplin chemises with collage fronts. Fashion Review: Thakoon, The Row, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera: Fashion Review 2012-09-11T00:14:35Z Every piece, from oversized sheer chemises with teasing ruffles to the pearly silken shorts, was cut to perfection, expertly tailored to create a visual spectacle while maintaining a sophisticated look. Sacai caps Paris Fashion Week with a collision of punk, workwear and inventive silhouettes 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z A 36-year-old Algiers native, with a prodigious beard and an ankle-length orange chemise covering his giant build, Omar was well acquainted with the discrepancy between his country’s size and its reputation. A revelatory road trip along the Algerian coast 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Covering up her sheer chemise with Doc’s pajama top — “Silk, of course, being Doc Scantlin” — she sang a song popularized by Shirley Horn, “Where Do You Start?” Perspective | Time-traveling musicians Chou Chou and Doc Scantlin lost their home in a fire 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The model recently took to Instagram where she rocked a black satin and lace chemise highlighting her coveted curves. Charlotte McKinney stars in new sizzling ‘LUV U’ shoot for Valentine’s Day 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z A white satin bustier was covered gently by a see-through lace chemise. Chanel delves into founder’s orphanage past in couture show 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z For her 86th birthday last week, she posed for a sultry photo stretched out on a surf board wearing a brief, cream-colored chemise. Dishing dirt with 'Catwoman' Julie Newmar: 'A garden is a reflection of you' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z In the first, my 76-year-old father is standing in a hospital lobby in a sheer, sleeveless chemise and red skirt. Susan Faludi: getting to know my father, the woman 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z So she posed in a sheer black chemise, her bleached blonde hair cut in a punky pixie, her mouth set in a sultry pout as she leaned against the railing of a Manhattan rooftop deck. Jillian Mercado made it as a model with a disability. Here’s what she wants next. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The show, which features more than 200 items made between 1750 and the present day, is dominated by women's undergarments: corsets and crinolines, stockings and shifts, chemises and stays. Think of it as Victoria's (and Albert's) secret 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Through the fashion seasons of the '80s, she promoted frosted denim jackets, chemise dresses and knee-length shorts. Lee Hogan Cass, who redefined power dressing in the '80s, dies at 95 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z So my cardinal association with the team and its traditions is not the chemise, but the nausea. How to Find Your Replacement Team for the Playoffs 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Even if those prices don't sound so high to you, considering the layers people wore – vests, gloves, hats, overcoats, chemises, knickerbockers and petticoats – consumers were outlaying a lot of money on clothing. A Glimpse at Your Expenses 100 Years Ago 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The prim Hargreaves was as much taken aback by this suggestion as her colleague Hopkins had been taken aback by Jasmine's attempt to borrow a chemise on the evening of her arrival. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z I looked eagerly towards the cabinet, and saw issue from it the "Princess Gertie" leading a little toddler with a flaxen poll and bare feet, and no clothing but a kind of white chemise. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z She wears a chemise; a rope is around her neck; her feet are bare, and she is covered with a long black veil of crape. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z Beneath a white chemise her bosom rose and fell, a blue skirt fell plainly to her ankles. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z "The simplicity and lightness of the dress design looked a lot like the chemise, which was the basic foundation garment worn by everyone at the time," says Werlin. History's shocking fashion trends 2012-02-17T00:08:57Z Then she undressed with equal rapidity, mixing up washed clothes with unwashed clothes in her efforts to find a clean chemise. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Over the transparent pirahān, or chemise, she wore a short velvet jacket beautifully embroidered in gold, with its fronts about ten inches apart, so as to show the flowered chemise. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Another clergyman, after carefully reading the rubric, and not finding anything about the bride’s dress, married a pair, although the woman wore only her chemise. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z This was a grey-haired, dishevelled woman, thin as a skeleton, in a dirty, torn chemise, and with peculiarly glittering, immovable eyes. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z As a result it gained the moniker "chemise a la reine". History's shocking fashion trends 2012-02-17T00:08:57Z I say, I wonder if you could lend me a chemise. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The under garment, very much en évidence, is a short chemise of tinselled silk gauze, or gold-embroidered muslin so transparent as to leave nothing to the imagination. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z In the foregoing, it will have been observed that the marriages have been conducted en chemise for the protection of the pocket of the bridegroom. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z But, on the other hand, the wife of Charles VII. seems to have been the only French woman in the 15th century who had more than two linen chemises. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z It is simply a copy of the chemise ordinarily worn by women as an under garment. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Oh yes, miss, I daresay I could find you a chemise. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z It had begun as a chemise, but what it would end in was problematic. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z She must have six dozen of chemises, and four of petticoats, and three of this, and eight of that. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z And Josse would examine the battlefield, finding strips of clothes, fragments of shoes, pieces of chemises, and old teeth. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z For the house opposite is now dark and still,—the parlor where Mariquilla embroiders her chemises, and Dolores pulls lint for the sick is silent and deserted. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z When she attempted to remove my chemise, I begged to be allowed to retain it. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Others have but the rag of a gown—a few stripes of stuff over their coarse chemises. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Percival's, the smart lingerie shop of New York, and bought the three most exquisite chemises I could find, imported and trimmed with real lace! Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Why is thy chemise torn at the shoulder and the back? The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z You shall see; I have on only my chemise and underwaist. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Lights foam and bubble down the gentle grade: Bright shine chop sueys and r�tisseries; In pink translucence glowingly displayed See camisole and stocking and chemise. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z They went up the road along the dunes, all strewn with shells, and presently came upon a young girl, stripped naked even to her chemise, with traces of blood all about her. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z The sleeves, however, are not as full as those one would expect to find on a chemise of the period. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z Even so he tore my chemise, wounded my face, and went on saying, ‘Be mine, I shall make thee rich.’ The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z In truth, she took off, or rather tore off, her underwaist and a skirt or two, and was left only in her chemise. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z He locks up my linen-cupboard ... because I wear too many chemises and send too many things to the wash and employ too expensive a laundress! The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z They like to have beautiful blankets and beautiful chemises, to have the leggings or mittens well made, and above all to have just the right kind of a moccasin; in a word, vanity possesses them. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Thus during the period when bathing became popular as a medicinal treatment, women wore loose, open gowns perhaps patterned after a common undergarment, the chemise. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z The candle being lit, Soetkin looked at Nele and saw the girl’s chemise torn at the shoulder and on her forehead, her cheek, and her neck bloody scratches such as might be made by fingernails. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z And her linen chemise slipped down on her body, catching for an instant on her hips, and then falling slowly to the floor. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z I told him that I was the mistress of my own chemises and that I should wear just as many as I pleased. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z The unfastened chemise permitted her emaciation to be seen, and she was so pale that if it had not been for her cries it might have been thought that the end had already come. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The earliest bathing dress for women in the United States may have been an old smock or shift, followed by a bathing gown based on the shift or chemise. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z She had nothing on except a chemise, and the soldiers treated her with brutal indecency. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z In her chest she had sixteen embroidered chemises which she herself had woven and spun, and round her neck she wore a string of two hundred silver and twenty gold pieces. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z He grudges me more than one chemise a week! The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z A child’s chemise was stretched on a thorn, and close by was a small grave, separated by little sticks from the secular earth. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z This blue and white checked linen gown has several construction details similar to the chemise, a woman’s undergarment, of the period. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z And if the doctors order me abroad to drink the waters, I shall be left, heaven forbid, without so much as a chemise. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z We'd have to sleep all naked Beneath the windy trees; Yet we should die, I know it, With even a chemise.... Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z For a whole week, I put on three fresh chemises a day, to annoy him, and I threw all those chemises into his dirty-clothes-basket, to annoy him! The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Through its gauzy texture her white chemise, trimmed with scarlet embroidery, showed garishly, while the immense sleeves made no pretence of hiding her plump, gold-colored arms. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Also a chemise would probably have had a much wider neckline gathered by a draw-string threaded through a band at the neck edge. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z Bright pink and blue ribbons in a camisole or chemise will always look a bit garish when viewed through a thin blouse. Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl 2011-08-10T02:00:14.783Z When the children are six or eight years old, they are promoted to the dignity of wearing one small garment, an abbreviated shirt or chemise. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z She tore off her neckerchief and stood there in her silver-clasped velvet bodice and white linen chemise, so that Joseph's eyes rested in amazement on her beautiful bare neck. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Notwithstanding his astonishment he varies his abjuration, and exclaims— "Judge ye gods, of my surprise, A lady naked in her chemise!" Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z During the late 1870s a new style of undergarment, the “combination” of chemise and drawers, had come into use. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z Having attached the girl to herself, she sells her all sorts of things: coats, suits, dresses, kimonos, chemises, underwear, hosiery, shoes, hats, gloves, feathers, plumes, combs, hairpins, toilet articles, silver meshbags, watches and rings. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z Under a brocaded pelisse with short sleeves, and laced on the seams, she wore a silk chemise, open much lower down than decency could approve. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The chemises must have a little fine lace on them, he said. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z The women wear a white chemise; over that a very small corselet, and over that a red jacket with blue and black velvet facings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z I had just the chemise I had on my back ... even what was on the clothes-line, drying, they took. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z They then stood her up, and ordered her to remove her night dress and chemise. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z But the hideous sack chemise veils every feature of figure and personal beauty, and the naked hands and feet are alone exhibited, both rather misshapen from hard work and undue exposure to the climate. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z What for," asked Sammy, the inquisitive, "did she cover up her pretty chemise with all those things? The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Are you ever allowed to put a blue ribbon through the top of your chemise? The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z The sleeveless chemise of snow-white cambric, and the translucent skirt of thin muslin, like the gown of Nora Creina, left— “Every beauty free To sink or swell as heaven pleases.” The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z The son was entirely nude, but the daughter was allowed to retain her chemise. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z If a boy, it was afterwards wrapped in a woman’s chemise; if a girl, in a man’s shirt. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z Also two chemises, night-dresses, whatever petticoats are worn now and a good, serviceable dress—a sailor suit, I think. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z The 16th and 17th century collars were mostly attached to the chemise or shirt, as is seen in many of the old prints. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z These men and women all wear shirts and chemises prettily stitched and worked in all possible colours of silks and cottons. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Hazel stooped to pick up a fallen chemise. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Lilly had torn off her outer garments and was pulling at the drawing ribbon of her chemise. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The beautiful princess," said she, "wore a lovely white thing called a chemise—the prettiest thing there ever was. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z I tore off the chemise which I wore under my sailor's dress, and tied it to a piece of bamboo that was lying upon deck. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas The short sleeves of a rough, yellowish linen chemise of the kind that peasants spin themselves showed under it. The Undying Past The chemise, a coarse and roughly made garment, had slipped off her shoulders, laying bare the strong, magnificently moulded neck. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers "Oh, Michael, if I practised in my chemise, I shouldn't expect you to mind." Sinister Street, vol. 1 The two frilly night-dresses, the other chemise, the other petticoat, the extra stockings? The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z The one-piece athletic garment made for women and girls is preferable to separate chemise or drawers. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps And, in your brazen chemise thrust, Heaved with the swelling of your bust, That bunch of white acacia blooms Whiffed past my nostrils hot perfumes. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Her primitive costume consisted of a red petticoat and a chemise. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Elsewhere we meet another pleasing name, Cecilia Pidekin, but unfortunately she is not known in any other way than as the recipient, by a will of 1281, of a chemise and a little brass pail. Springtime and Other Essays One wall was blotted out by two inlaid mahogany wardrobes; through the open doors of one could be seen a pile of frilled linen, lace petticoats, chemises threaded with coloured ribbons. A Bed of Roses The chemise showed above the neck of the gown, which was fastened by the usual round brooch. English Costume They shall wear chemises of cloth next the skin, and these they shall not take off even to sleep. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) The fur collarette was unfastened at the throat, and showed the coarse chemise underneath, the folds of which rose and fell with her billowing breast. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Her short red skirt, tucked up on one side, and fastened to her waist, disclosed her still shorter chemise, which only reached to her knees, so that her legs were uncovered. Black Diamonds Others have but the rag of a gown—a few strips of stuff over their coarse chemises. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Often the gown was made short, so that when it was girded up the border of it fell only to the knees, and showed the long chemise below. English Costume Ruth stood there fingering a wonderfully soft chemise. Fidelity A Novel Then lifting her other arm she calmly raised the chemise over her shapely bosom. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The under tunic was simply a sleeveless chemise, which was worn next to the body. Roman Women Towards the end of the 19th century both drawers and smock or “chemise” were commonly exchanged for a more convenient “combination garment.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" There were still the short gowns, which, being tucked in at the waist by the girdle, showed the thick wool chemise below and the unlaced gown, fitting like a jersey. English Costume The child, a girl of seven, lay on a mattress, had but two garments on: a chemise and a print frock. Some Conditions of Child Life in England He tore open her chemise with a rough, eager hand, and laid his ear on the cool, rounded breast. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers She wore a looped hat and white plume, a riding-skirt, and an embroidered jacket of blue cloth, fastened, as was the wrought bosom of her chemise, with small gold buttons. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 For they know that it is possible to write on chemises with invisible ink and reproduce the writing by means of chemical re-agents. Eyes Like the Sea At the neck and wrists the white chemise shows. English Costume Duke was in his chemise and slippers, preparing to dress for the Duchess of Richmond's ball; the two figures were quite admirable. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle He took his sabre-blade and cut her wet jacket off her, and became aware of the blood that had dyed her chemise crimson. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Face and form those of a child just beginning to develop, dressed in a white chemise and petticoat, and carrying in her upturned overskirt fruit freshly plucked. Timar's Two Worlds They conversed freely together, until the executioner, carrying the red chemise destined for assassins, and the scissors with which he was to cut her hair off, made his appearance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. She is in her long white chemise, standing at the window looking down upon the market square of a small town. English Costume Red and yellow silk chemises and drawers, trimmed with the finest lace. Jena or Sedan? Do you think because you wear a fine hat and a cambric chemise you are a young lady? The Grandee From one shoulder the chemise has dropped, but, that it may not remain uncovered, there sits a white cat, rubbing her head against the girl's cheek. Timar's Two Worlds The executioner cut her hair, bound her hands, and threw the red chemise over her. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The lady pulls a curtain across the window, and then, stripping herself of her chemise, she gets into bed. English Costume She had been fishing; all she wore was a chemise, and it was wetted through. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) As for Dolly, she was still young, and if she did claw hold of a chemise and bring down the whole line, why, it was only that once, and we was children once ourselves. When Ghost Meets Ghost Oh, her little dress was quite wet through, and her bodice and chemise as well. Absolution His name was Monsieur de Nan�ay, and she was obliged to change her chemise, as he had bloodied it in clinging to her! Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 The gown, opening at the neck in the same way as did the men’s tunics, showed the white of the chemise, the opening being held together sometimes by a brooch. English Costume She dared, because she was comely and buxom, and her chemise fell low on her full, olive breast. The Missourian The shoes were by a good maker, the silk stockings with open-work embroidery, the chemise and the drawers were of fine linen and the corset was well cut. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales Her chemise is finely pierced and embroidered on neck, bosom, and cuffs, and her stockings are of open work, while her shoes are almost like sandals. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia I found myself a little tired, and very much benumbed, barefooted, en chemise, and not able to see ten yards before me, it was so dark. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Above the bodice was nearly always seen the -shaped opening of the under petticoat bodice, and across and above that, the white embroidered or crimped chemise. English Costume The costooms of the peasant wimmen are very pretty, a black bodice over a white chemise with short full sleeves and bright colored shirts, and hat trimmed with long gay ribbons. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Sophie's wardrobe, she informs us herself, consists just of three, or it may be four, dresses, with twelve chemises. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 After the visit to Padua he shows less preference for costume, and his women are generally clothed in a loose white chemise, rather than the square-cut bodice. The Venetian School of Painting When he was compelled to put on male attire he consoled himself with wearing a woman's chemise and corset underneath. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study A crêpe de chine chemise—hardly good enough for Peregrine—fifteen dollars! Highacres He then absolutely tore off my clothes, not even sparing my chemise, and I stood before him as naked as I was born. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware The women wear a loose cotton chemise and a colored skirt wrapped about the loins, the legs, feet, and arms being bare. Aztec Land Their disguise is of the simplest, and withal most conspicuous nature, consisting of a man's hat and a woman's chemise—low-necked, short-sleeved, and reaching to the ground. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Short and clean chemises hide their dazzling white necks. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery The space between the top of the chemise and the belt is used as a receptacle for cigars, money, and generally for all the small objects that elsewhere people carry in their pockets. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 At last she stood with nothing on but her chemise. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware With swift, angry slashes, Wolf Paw's senior wife stripped away Nancy's dress and the chemise under it. Shaman She wore a calico chemise reaching below her knees, and leggings, and moccasins. The Road to Frontenac She then, from her daughters' clothes, picked me out two pretty good chemises, a flannel petticoat, and an old stuff-frock, which still was a very good one. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Around them are grouped a number of Paraguayan women, clad in the costume of the country—a chemise and a white rebozo—which gives them a certain statuesque appearance. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 For a lovely girl reclined on the bed with nothing but her chemise on, but still having her breasts and the lower portion of her body bare. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware The best-dressed horsewomen wear nothing more than a flannel chemise with long coloured sleeves, under their trousers. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid Chiquita went quietly to her room, walked straight to her bureau and opening the lower drawer, took out a small pistol which lay concealed beneath a chemise in one corner. When Dreams Come True Petalengro calls ‘The girl in the red chemise’—as well as I can recall his words. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement A cotton cord tied around the waist keeps the chemise to the figure, and serves as girdle and corset at the same time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 The beautiful Cornelia with nothing on but her chemise, was lying on a sofa; but this was not all. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware She now stood in her chemise and drawers only, and Frank felt as if he would faint. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies May I dress up in your chemise and drawers again? Forbidden Fruit Luscious and exciting story and More forbidden fruit or Master Percy's progress in and beyond the domestic circle Under it was a white silk chemise without sleeves. The Saracen: The Holy War When she left school she was apprenticed to a thrasher, with a yearly wage of four thalers, besides two chemises and two aprons as a Christmas present. Home Life in Germany First it was her beautiful shoulders, next her voluptuous limbs, and lastly her resplendent bosom, for when she stood in her chemise I had a full view of her naked bubbies. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Mademoiselle Rosalie, come here and take off everything except your chemise, shoes and stockings. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies "Do you think so, Patty," I replied, "Just look at my chemise and how I am dressed underneath," opening my robe to give her a view. Forbidden Fruit Luscious and exciting story and More forbidden fruit or Master Percy's progress in and beyond the domestic circle Still standing behind her, he dropped his hands gently on her small, square shoulders and slid the chemise down. The Saracen: The Holy War The child ran toward her,—a girl three or four years old, wearing a pair of women's shoes ten times too large, and the remainder of a chemise. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad One of her milk-white breasts was entirely bare and her chemise was raised sufficiently high for me to see a portion of her lovely thighs. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Ethel, not wishing to be thought prudish or ill-natured, first extinguished the light, and then threw off her chemise. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies "Ah, chemise too, none of your own things." Forbidden Fruit Luscious and exciting story and More forbidden fruit or Master Percy's progress in and beyond the domestic circle "But that's not all," said Beth, standing with her chemise only half on, oblivious of everything now but her subject. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius She had probably arranged to have them found among somebody else's things and thus to throw suspicion from herself, just as she had attempted to leave the famous chemise in the Marquis de Sérac's laundry. A Royal Prisoner Her chemise had fallen off her shoulder, beautifully rounded, and two globes of alabaster reposing on a field of snow. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware This splendid girl standing before him; lovely ankles, calves, and bare feet and those enchanting breasts peeping over her embroidered chemise, constituted a most voluptuous sight. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies This finished our game for the night, and when my eyes opened in the morning she lay naked by my side, having thrown off her blood-stained chemise. Forbidden Fruit Luscious and exciting story and More forbidden fruit or Master Percy's progress in and beyond the domestic circle Each woman had brought a coverlet—a sort of white bedspread, and a small linen and lace chemise. Through Finland in Carts After telling him the history of the chemise fallen from the Marquis de Sérac's laundry, she had repeated all the details of her interview with the King and the advice he had given her. A Royal Prisoner This attitude raised her chemise in front, and allowed me to have a full view of her magnificently formed limbs. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware "My darling," said he, "take off your night dress and chemise." The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies The boarding-school miss, en chemise, romped with the buxom widow, who was herself in similar costume. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston A red flannel chemise lay in folds on her back, and she had both hands in the pockets of a black apron which she was flapping up and down on her dark red skirt. Germinie Lacerteux "A woman's chemise," she exclaimed, picking it up. A Royal Prisoner Suddenly, without any previous intimation of her intention, she seized the lower end of her chemise and slowly raised it above her navel. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware She wanted to make a chemise to replace the only one which she possessed. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Her thin chemise was torn, the skin broken and the blood flowing. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere When Frederick came in, the petticoats, the neckerchiefs, and even the chemises were being passed on from hand to hand, and then given back. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man After picking up this chemise I was about to give it over to Mme. A Royal Prisoner There her clothes lay strewn on the chair and floor, the long, black stockings and the rumpled chemise strung with narrow blue ribband. Mountain Blood A Novel Yet on the Saturday evening when she had the three francs in her hand which she had earned for the week's work, she could not resist the temptation of a chemise. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) I had no change of linen, and my day chemise was washed during the night. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Expanding to the comfort as an orchid to cloying tropic airs, she drew on her sheerest chemise, her most frivolous silk stockings. Free Air Without further words, Juve and the young girl drove to Rue de Monceau to examine the chemise which she had found that morning. A Royal Prisoner The westering sun fell through a window on the disordered huddle of Lettice’s hastily discarded clothes streaming from a chair to the floor—her stockings, her chemise threaded with a narrow blue ribband. Mountain Blood A Novel She had some time ago decided upon the shape she would give her chemise. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Over my shirt" he relates, "I wore an old kambas, or dressing-gown, and above that a woman's ragged chemise; my head was covered with rags, and my feet with old sandals. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century They brought their little wardrobe: one spare chemise, on the average, one pair of stockings; their only protection against the weather was the dress they had on, a factory-girl’s ulster and a tam-o’-shanter. The Bill-Toppers The youngest of them, rather a pretty girl, wore nothing but a short linen chemise, and a piece of blue woollen stuff fastened round her hips by a wide band, ornamented with red threads. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Bring the chemise tightly together for two or three inches above the pelvis to form a band. Philosophy of Osteopathy At last it was finished, and on Tuesday morning she would be able to go to the factory wearing a chemise earned by her own work, cut and sewn by her own hands. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Her chemise lay folded on the ground in front of her. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century "Of course, if you wish it," she adds proudly, "I will set off alone, in my chemise, but this I think you will hardly desire." Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 "That her chemise," he says, "burnt by invisible fire, which escaped the thermometer, was more extraordinary than if the instrument had indicated a temperature of 100°." Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology Draw her chemise down her back and legs until it is straight, then with safety pins, pin the chemise on inner side of thighs so that the chemise will go around both thighs separately. Philosophy of Osteopathy Then she told her how she had made herself a chemise and the trouble she had had in cutting it. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) She was a young fresh-faced woman, in the first year of her wifehood, and her snowy chemise and tidy petticoat made her shine like a star among the dirty and frowzy creatures in the kitchen. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Dorothea was lying on a big bed with nothing on but a flimsy chemise. The Goose Man Cinderella purred about her mistress until she seated herself again to work upon her seventh chemise, then jumped up into her lap and composed herself to slumber. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Now you have the shirt fast to keep it from sliding upwards, and you are ready to make a band of the chemise to support the womb and abdomen. Philosophy of Osteopathy She had been given an order to buy what she wanted and she asked for two pairs of stockings and two chemises. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Here, every one had evidently been washed and combed: the men wore clean shirts and stockings, and the women chemises of snowy whiteness under their gay boddices. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland I caught her measuring some kind of transparent chemise against herself when she thought we weren't looking; it was for a girl maybe six sizes bigger. The Night of the Long Knives At six months of age they would doze at her feet on the rug while she studied, or ciphered, or read aloud, or stitched upon those everlasting chemises. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The coarser the chemise the better, as you want to make a strong bandage at that point so as not to push the womb down into the pelvis. Philosophy of Osteopathy But then, I have saved eight half-made linen chemises! that will be better than the outward show. A Confederate Girl's Diary She got up in a very scanty chemise, lit a wooden splinter, and inspected us, and, in answer to our demand for a bed, informed us that we would have to lie upon the floor. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Tying the chemise below the arms, they squat down near the shore and beat the wet mass with a wooden paddle on a rock. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia As a rule, when not engaged with lessons and chemises, she took care in a matronly way of Dorinda, Rozillah's successor, and "behaved." When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood When she had rolled the wide, full sleeves of her chemise to the shoulder she bathed her face and breast and arms; they glistened like marble tinged with rose in the pale forest dawn. Lorraine A romance This relates to all sorts of ladies’ and children’s undergarments, such as skirts, underskirts, infants’ short dresses, chemises, night robes, drawers, corset covers, etc. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Then the chemise next the body should be drawn up and folded high up around the breast. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother She became frightened, and then commenced the peeling of petticoats, shawls, chemises, pillow-slips, etc., much to the amusement and contempt of all honest people. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive It will become as tiresome as the siege of Granada was to the good king Fernando and his warlike spouse of the soiled chemise. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico First, you observe her little chemise, As white as milk, with ruches of silk; And the little drawers that cover her knees. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children We derive from the French language our word chemise—pronounced shemmeeze. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Then unfasten the chemise in front and draw it down underneath her so that it can be removed from below, as it should not be carried over the head. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Her everyday clothes are lying at her feet: the coarse chemise, the barbarous bodice, the hat trimmed with faded ribbons. The Choice of Life I felt moughty big and grown up soon as I could make my own dresses and chemise. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Also, through the same donors, in the same parcel, were sent from Brighton, 8 frocks, 6 pinafores, 6 handkerchiefs, 3 chemises, 2 petticoats, and 10s. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part They have told me again and again that I had this chemise on when I was found. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn Place her arms in the sleeves of the clean chemise, throw its body over her head, and, without lifting her shoulders from the bed, draw it down. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother In cutting chemises, if the cotton or linen is a yard wide, cut off small half gores, at the top of the breadths, and set them on the bottom. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School We distinctly saw women in their chemises look hurriedly out of windows and then rush back again. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages With her arms and feet bare, in her long chemise, which made her look like a phantom, she crossed the flood of light on the boards, opened her window and looked out. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories This she opened carefully, and disclosed a tiny shoe, homely but neat, a little child’s chemise, and an old, faded, pink print sun-bonnet, minus a string. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn One of my best chemises all in rags—and his nasty teeth in my leg in two places, Babette. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend Arrange these pieces right, and they will make two chemises, one having four seams, and the other three. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Akúlka's mother came along, espied the splashed frock and spattered chemise on her daughter. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Mr Oetling was there, and his stories of highway robberies, and of his journeys en chemise, were most amusing. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Then, for the hundredth time, she examined the little chemise, at one corner of which were worked, in red cotton, the letters “M.H.” The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn Nancy soon returned with a chemise, a short flannel pet—and a shawl, which she gave to Smallbones, desiring him to take off his wet clothes, and substitute them. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend Six yards, of yard width, will make two chemises. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School A chemise and a petticoat turn a frightened woman into an Amazon in such circumstances; and woe to the impudent wretch who lingered after the avengers plunged into the thicket. The Promised Land The death garment of Charlotte Corday was a red chemise—fit emblem of the ungovernable instincts, the wild rioting in blood of that reign of terror. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Last of all, she took up the little chemise, which completed her simple store of relics, and gazed intently upon the red letters with which it was marked. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn I had had a blue seal pinned beneath my coat lapel and an engraved card sewn in my chemise. Europe After 8:15 A woman, partly unclothed, was lying prone, her chemise disordered and red with blood, with four bullet-wounds in her breast. Martyred Armenia There is such a thing as leaving society too naked, I admit; but a chemise, at least, could not have injured the little Duke of Bordeaux at this ceremony. Recollections of Europe Frantically she tore a strip from her lawn chemise and bound up his head to stop the flow of blood. Where the Sun Swings North She had on, beneath the old shawl, a little chemise, on which were worked, in red, the letters ‘M.H.’ The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn It was the body of a female, entirely nude, with the exception of p. 357an embroidered linen chemise and one lisle-thread stocking, two sizes larger than the foot, but exactly fitting the full-rounded limb. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The women wore a white chemise and white petticoat and slippers. Sixty Years of California Song One of the dancers is clad in a jacket with a yellow ground and blue and red embroidered border, beneath which is a diaphanous chemise. The Sea-Kings of Crete They dress like the majority of the semi-civilized people on the Amazon: the men content with shirt and pantaloons, the women wearing cotton or gauze chemises and calico petticoats. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America This in its turn fell out of use among refined people, who began to use the French word chemise. Stories That Words Tell Us As it happened, the chiffon was my lady's chemise! Woman as Decoration Fancy her wearing chemises worth three hundred francs apiece, instead of sewing them! A Cardinal Sin She revealed such a quiet satisfaction in her nudity that her chemise, when it fell to her feet, made the onlooker think of a white peacock. A Mummer's Tale He can grasp her promptly by the neck of her chemise and this comfortable semicircle, and not force her to doubt his love by delay and hesitation in expression. Russian Rambles The old word for the garment which is now generally called a "chemise" was smock; but this in time became tinged with vulgarity, and the word shift was used. Stories That Words Tell Us They wear short black petticoats, red bodices, white chemises with long sleeves, short and narrow aprons of two colours, red stockings, and shoes with thick wooden soles. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands And do you know what he had on—a woman's chemise! Leaves from a Field Note-Book Take Fagette; she won't let even women see her undress; when she puts a clean chemise on she holds the old one between her teeth. A Mummer's Tale Young girls wear cotton chemises and aprons and print dresses, all purchased, not home made. Russian Rambles The costume is very pretty and peculiar; it consists of a loose chemise, a short skirt of homespun, with a double apron front and back, formed of a very deep thick fringe of various colours. Round About the Carpathians A sort of chemise—like the 'anteree of Egyptian women—completed her costume, if I except a number of barbaric ornaments, some of them of silver, with which her hands and arms were bedecked. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor She was undressed except her petticoat and chemise, which had fallen down and left her shoulders and bosom bare. The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave Then a girl appeared, a little girl of about ten, dressed in a chemise and a linen petticoat, with dirty, bare legs, and a timid and cunning look. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 She left it there, stooped over it, naked with the exception of her floating chemise, and slipped into the bed, whose springs creaked beneath her weight. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 The creature's conception of a travelling costume en route for the South of France consisted of a heavy tweed dress, two gray knitted stay-bodices, one pink Jaeger chemise, and a couple of red flannel petticoats. The Motor Maid They came in, three women, simply dressed in chemise and flowered cotton bloomers. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia And why have you taken off my chemise, Diana? Us An Old Fashioned Story "Tearing off their jewellery in public like that," said Mrs. Hilary, in disgust, as she might have said tearing off their chemises, "and gold watches lying in piles on the collection table, still ticking...." Dangerous Ages There was the lady right enough, in her chemise, sitting in the arm-chair, as drunk as a lord, humming and singing as gay, sir, as any little bird. Mike Fletcher A Novel By men an elastic linen case or chemise, made of a material which will stretch to any size, and cling to the form, is worn next the skin. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah They had shortPg 111 hair dyed black, white coarse linen chemises with large sleeves, embroidered zouaves, white skirts with front and back aprons lavishly embroidered, striped trousers, and stockings knitted on great diagonal patterns. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The females wore a chemise reaching a few inches below the knee, leaving bare the limbs. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest I am going to be married, my good man; to be married—tout de suite—immediately, and there is no time to change my—my chemise d'homme. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 The unseen but easily imagined hand grasping the pistol, the unseen but imagined red stain upon the soft texture of the chemise! Mike Fletcher A Novel The Sister Dina was examined in this way; and it was ascertained that she had nothing under her gown except a chemise and a simple linen stomacher. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Off came the ruffled petticoat and little chemise edged with fine lace. The Christmas Angel Her dress is a brief skirt reaching barely to the knees and a low cut chemise. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The little chemise was produced, and Reine identified it as one of the set belonging to her baby sister supposed to have been drowned, and marked with her initials standing for Helen Gaythorne. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn The corpse of a man with his legs cut off, who was partly bound, was seen by another witness, who also saw a girl of 17 dressed only in a chemise, and in great distress. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Anything, apparently, would do, because as her eye adjusted itself to details, she discovered romper suits, pinafores, chemises, overalls—all equally taken for granted. The Real Adventure One young fellow, distinguished himself by drinking wine strained through his mistress' chemise; another, by drinking out of her shoe; another, by having her slipper torn to shreds, cooked, and served up as a dish. A History of English Prose Fiction To earn two francs a day she must make eight chemises, working from fourteen to sixteen hours daily to accomplish this. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future The portrait of Reine's mother taken at fifteen years of age and the packet of tiny embroidered chemises arrived the next morning from London. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn Aunt Amandy lent me two aprons and a sack and a petticoat for the peony bushes, and Aunt Viney gave me this shawl and three chemises that cover all the pinks. Rose of Old Harpeth These delicate creatures, lovely in pale-tinted robes or forlorn in chemises, were the bright spots in the vast, dark department, shining out through the dusk as stars shine through thin clouds. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl Mavis, in her chemise and stockings now, with her hair down, was still at the dressing-table. The Devil's Garden Bare necked and armed, she turned to him, holding open the front of her chemise. Simon Called Peter An appearance was what she strove for, and one's chemises and nightgowns, however exquisite in themselves, could not very well contribute to one's external appearance. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage She disrobed, threw her skirts on the floor, opened wide the abominable couch, and raising her chemise in the back she rubbed her spine up and down over the coarse grain of the sheets. Là-bas To-day she was rather presentable; but sometimes she has scarcely anything on beyond her shoes and chemise. Abbe Mouret's Transgression When she had removed the wrappings, she held up in her hands a child's chemise and petticoat. The Nameless Castle She sat there with an angel's face, a chemise transparent except where it was embroidered, and not much else, and some of the women were fair beasts. Simon Called Peter In her day a young man in bras de chemise would have been ashamed to appear before ladies in such attire. Chateau and Country Life in France Mad. da P.—Good heavens, madam, I believe you've no chemise! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 566, September 15, 1832 Her chemise had slipped downward, exposing a rosy, rounded shoulder, half hidden beneath the wandering raven tresses, and her person exhaled a subtle, penetrating odor, the odor of love. The Downfall Look at my chemise —it's torn in half; and this bed is so dirty. A Love Episode Gradually, as the moral conception of nakedness developed in their minds, more and more clothing fell away, until the men wore nothing but bathing-drawers and the women only their chemises. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society One day the Jew, going early to see his friend, was told to enter by a woman's voice and found his friend's mistress alone and in her chemise beside the bed. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Clothes became so gauze-like, and receded to such an extent from the limbs, that for a time the chemise was discarded as an awkward and antiquated garment. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism She was wiping the cold cream and powder from her neck with a discarded chemise. Youth and the Bright Medusa Wait a minute; I must order some chemises. A Love Episode Below the shoulder-straps of a brown bodice appeared the long full sleeves of an unbleached cotton chemise. Ticket No. "9672" Olga quickly flung off her dress and chemise, and began undressing her mistress. The Duel and Other Stories No notice, even, is taken of the guest, and in the light one garment is taken off after another, even the chemise is hung on the hook. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism I was flustered—I was frightened, and ran up to help her, but she hid her linen from me; she was afraid I should see her ragged chemises. The Bishop and Other Stories She had drawn on a short flannel petticoat which allowed a glimpse of her chemise, and had left her morning jacket open, so that you could see her delicate, undeveloped bosom. A Love Episode He came into our nursery yesterday, and I had nothing on but my chemise . The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Your outer clothing was decent enough, but your petticoat, your chemise. The Duel and Other Stories Amongst the rich they avoid going about in the presence of these in the chemise alone. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism For a rouble the priest's wife could get herself a chemise, and the doctor's wife could hire a washerwoman. The Bishop and Other Stories Den men's jes have a kinda clothes like ... well, like a chemise, den some pantaloons wid a string run through at de knees. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Take him," says her mistress, buttoning up her chemise over her bosom; "he is crying. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Her stockings were full of dust; her chemise was like a rag—all, she reflected, the discomforts of an elopement. Evelyn Innes Guttceit, in Russia, knew women who made a large knot in their chemises to rub against, and mentions a woman who would sit on her naked heel and rub it against her. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Among them, were two women, very neatly clad in their native costume, with clean white tobes outside their other apparel, resembling as nearly as possible the chemise of European ladies. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Her dress was a long chemise—so long that it floated over her feet, like the dresses of angels in holy pictures; but so fine that it seemed liquid. The Man Who Laughs When I got back to the flatboat I sent her some chemises, petticoats, stockings, and a pair of shoes. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Nancy soon returned with a chemise, a short flannel petticoat, and a shawl, which she gave to Smallbones, desiring him to take off his wet clothes, and substitute them. Snarleyyow She had nothing on but a short, thin chemise. The Inferno One of the soldiers, a big blond, went down the street wearing an ostrich feather hat and a woman's union suit and chemise. A Volunteer Poilu Cleaving that cloud, he shuddered, as though he were raising her chemise. The Man Who Laughs Alix also sent her three skirts and two chemises, and Suzanne two old dresses and two chemises for her children, cutting down what was too large. Strange True Stories of Louisiana One of my best chemises all in rags--and his nasty teeth in my leg in two places, Babette. Snarleyyow Sometimes she also wears a hat; her bodice, laced behind, crosswise, is made something like our doublets, her chemise bulging out all round her petticoat, which she wears rather badly fastened and not over straight. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 The arms are covered almost to the elbow with sleeves of a white chemise, striped with red. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Even the corner of her chemise, which shows through her transparent blouse, has "Babykins" embroidered on it. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel This man would be taking a liking to a snuff-box that he had inherited; and that gentlewoman might conceit a favourite chemise that had descended to her. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays She picked up something from a chair, a handful of new cotton chemises. Balcony Stories When they got beyond the reach of the firing, the Indians stript the old lady of everything except her chemise, and in that plight carried her into the British camp. The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776 My dresses was made out of cotton stripes and my chemise was made out of flannelette and my under pants was made out of homespun. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 The Indian servants, who with mats and kneeling cushions followed their mistresses, wore white chemises, bright-colored petticoats, and handkerchiefs folded three-cornerwise over the head and knotted under the chin. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate The corset fell back at every quick movement; the silk or gauze chemise, which scarcely reached over the breast, dragged up so high that the whole body might be seen as far as the loins. A Woman's Journey Round the World For a woman to dream of a chemise, denotes she will hear unfavorable gossip about herself. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition The damsel lay down first, but without removing her chemise. Four Arthurian Romances She brings to light several beautiful chemises and an amazing pajama but this does not satisfy her—she goes out. This Side of Paradise "It looks rather like—forgive me—a chemise." The Brother of Daphne The queen then appeared in the national costume, with the coloured pareo and chemise, as did also her husband. A Woman's Journey Round the World She lay very high, upon pillows, with her chemise half open. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories Through this break he passes quickly and proceeds to the window, where he stands, taking good care not to cough or sneeze, until the Queen arrives clad in a very white chemise. Four Arthurian Romances The blue-eyed girl, with a face like a Madonna, stood naked save for her chemise and stockings. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution This is mine—this chemise—so's this shoe. The Brother of Daphne A very short white silk chemise was to be seen under the corset. A Woman's Journey Round the World The daring black chemise of frail chiffon and lace was a hussy at which the deep-bosomed bed stiffened in disgust, and she hurled it into a bureau drawer, hid it beneath a sensible linen blouse. Main Street By persuasion of the missionaries they have exchanged this simple garment for a chemise of printed calico, with the waist immediately under the arms so as to conceal the contour of the figure. Tracks of a Rolling Stone In her chemise she curled herself on a chair, lit a cigarette and poured a drink. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise She undressed, and before she threw herself upon her bed in her chemise, she frowned at herself for a long while in her looking-glass. The Song of the Lark The princess said: "Give me my chemise, and don't say another word." The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc "Hannah cannot mend your chemises any more, and as for your——" "Mother!" Bab: a Sub-Deb The garment she made was a linen chemise for the duchess, and the little needlewoman had embroidered on it, with her own hair, the august lady's coat of arms. The Story of a Pioneer At the stove a woman in a chemise and underskirt, with slippers on her bare feet, was toiling over several pots and pans with fork and spoon. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise She had forgotten nothing, and she clung tightly to her handbag, which held her trunk-key and all of her money that was not in an envelope pinned to her chemise. The Song of the Lark She thought her father, the emperor, might have died, and she got up quickly, dressed in her chemise, and looked out the window. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc The bodice is black velvet, laced over a chemise of white. Fanny Herself She had been fishing; all she wore was a chemise, and it was wetted through. Island Nights' Entertainments When she returned, Susan too was in her chemise and ready to begin the search for the man, if man there was left deep buried in that muck. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise I could see the lovely chemise mother embroidered lying on top of a pile of bedding, and over and over Sally had said that every stitch in the wedding gown must be taken by hand. Laddie; a true blue story I'll tell you why, in strict confidence: He's in love with me, and he would pull up my chemise if I'd let him. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc All the pilgrims—men, women, and children—are submerged en chemise, and the saturated linen is carefully wrapped up and preserved as a burial-dress that shall enure for salvation in the realms of death. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East His wife was putting straw into the stove with one hand, with the other she was holding a baby girl to her breast, which was hanging out of her dirty chemise. The Forged Coupon Then he pulled off his shirt, and put on his pit-singlet, a vest of thick flannel cut low round the neck, and with short sleeves like a chemise. Sons and Lovers She found one of the pretty chemises that Ally had made for her, with a blue ribbon run through its edging. Summer When Tirant saw her in her chemise, he leapt out of bed, flung open the door, and went back to his quarters with great pain. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc This child was well muffled up in a pair of man's trousers, but he did not get them from his father, and a woman's chemise, but he did not get it from his mother. Les Misérables She shook out a petticoat, with a hand-wrought ruffle a foot deep, then an old-fashioned chemise the neck and sleeve work of which was elaborate and perfectly wrought. A Girl of the Limberlost It lights up the flaxen hair of the girls, which falls loose on their slender white necks and thin bare shoulders, and their coarse chemises. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I She laid the chemise on the table, and stealing across the floor lifted the latch and went out.... Summer When she saw that the maiden was in bed she put a dress of green velvet lined with sable on over her chemise. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc "And the chemise too," said he, "this has a good appearance." Les Misérables At Whitehaven, England, 1766, a woman stripped herself to her chemise in the church and in that condition stood at the altar and was married. The Woman's Bible In the jumble of changing hands the black valise of her underwear, handkerchiefs, and baby garments had disappeared, so her little washed-out chemise, quite dainty, hung drying over a table edge. Star-Dust The hooks and eyes showed wherever the strain came, disclosing the coarse chemise and the brown of the neck beneath. The Under Dog I fell asleep, and soon it seemed to me that I was up on the roof in my chemise, saying the prayer that I always pray to the three Kings of the Orient. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc "How ugly Paris is when it has put on a white chemise!" said she. Les Misérables Without hesitation, and in the most matter-of-fact way, he unbuttoned her blouse to the waist and tore apart the thin chemise beneath. The Leopard Woman Betty set her teeth and went, black rage in her heart, to cut out the hateful little chemises. The Incomplete Amorist Her shoulders are covered, and her arms have free play; and although her bodice is cut rather low, the rising chemise and the falling kerchief redeem it from all objection on that score. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Then he went to the genteel lady and removed the clothing she had on so that she was left in her chemise. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc Occasionally her chemise, which was untied and torn, fell almost to her waist. Les Misérables That night she dreamed that she saw Aunt Charlotte standing at the foot of the kitchen stairs taking off her clothes and wrapping them in white paper; first, her black lace shawl; then her chemise. Mary Olivier: a Life As the muttering proceeded, the busy fingers of the old woman loosened the clothes of the indifferent girl, who soon stood swaying by the side of the bed in her chemise. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Although the walls, like those of the castle, are six feet thick, it is surrounded up to half its height with a chemise, or second wall, of large cut stones. English Villages The shawl and her chemise had slipped when she leant on the window-sill, and partly disclosed her tender bosom, white in the moonlight. Sanine He was clad in a woman's chemise, which allowed his hairy breast and his bare arms, bristling with gray hair, to be seen. Les Misérables If they put on a robe, which is not open in front, they dispense with petticoats altogether; their cambric chemise having the semblance of one, from its skirt being trimmed with lace. Paris as It Was and as It Is Besides, I have just thought of something else we could get a little money for—that dainty chemise my mother made for me with her own hands when we were going to be married. Far Above Rubies On the very morning that he first thrust his sickle into the ripened wheat, Deb Smith made her appearance, in a short-armed chemise and skirt of tow-cloth. The Story of Kennett She spent four nights cleaning everything, and mending the smallest holes in her stockings and chemise. L'Assommoir Beneath this chemise, muddy trousers and boots through which his toes projected were visible. Les Misérables "Only this very morning he made me carry my shawl and my chemises to the Mont-de-Piété, and that was the money he had for the carriage." L'Assommoir He began to bellow: "Who will sell me any … slippers … pants … hempen sandals … old shoes … secondhand clothes … syringes … urinals and even chemises." The Quest Bare-footed, in a bright chemise and one-third of his father's trousers…. The Enormous Room Her mother would scold her because the entire building could see her through the window in her chemise as she mended her dress. L'Assommoir She, too, was clad only in a chemise and a knitted petticoat patched with bits of old cloth. Les Misérables Gervaise had lost a sleeve, and her chemise was torn to her waist. L'Assommoir The first-communion chemise was of fine white linen and trimmed with crochet lace. The Path of Life And I remember him pulling his fine beard into two darknesses—huge-sleeved, pink-checked chemise—walking kindly like a bear—corduroy bigness of trousers, waistline always amorous of knees—finger-ends just catching tops of enormous pockets. The Enormous Room Lalie was bare, with only the remnants of a camisole on her shoulders by way of chemise; yes, bare, with the grievous, bleeding nudity of a martyr. L'Assommoir Then tearing the woman's chemise which he was wearing, he made a strip of cloth with which he hastily swathed the little girl's bleeding wrist. Les Misérables The woman with her chemise slipped off her shoulder which was red with the reflection from the brazier, was drawing out another wire, the muscles in her throat swelling with her exertions. L'Assommoir Her lean chest was insufficiently covered by a sheepskin as old as herself and a torn chemise. Selected Polish Tales Nothing remains, at last, but a single covering garment—a loose chemise full of artistic possibilities for the onlookers. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Gervaise made heaps all round her, throwing the shirts in one, the chemises in another, the handkerchiefs, the socks, the dish-cloths in others. L'Assommoir That done, his eye fell with a satisfied expression on his torn chemise. Les Misérables She had rolled up her sleeves and taken off her sack and stood in her chemise and white skirt; the soft hair in her neck was curling on her white throat. L'Assommoir Slimak turned towards the river where his wife could be plainly seen in her white chemise and red skirt, bending over the water and beating the linen with a stick until the valley rang. Selected Polish Tales Heavens! what a lovely girl is standing on the balcony nearly opposite, in a chemise and skirt! Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Gervaise glanced over just as her husband's hands began to explore inside the chemise. L'Assommoir All the clothing that I have is my wife's chemise! Les Misérables Lines were stretched in front of others, on which the family wash was hung to dry—men's shirts, women's chemises and children's breeches! L'Assommoir She was clothed in a chemise a great deal too big for her, and a jacket which was also many sizes too large. Esther Waters It was a photograph and picture-postcard shop: there were pictures of girls in chemises, or without them: illustrated papers displayed obscene jests. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Besides no one could see anything; and she held up her arms, whilst her opulent bosom almost ripped her chemise, and her shoulders were bursting through the straps. L'Assommoir Then he spent several minutes in tucking the lower part of the woman's chemise which he wore into his trousers. Les Misérables He ended by taking down the pantaloons and the shawl and, opening the bureau, took out a sack and two chemises. L'Assommoir Then she rises, fastens on a black mantle which floats behind concealing nothing, at the same moment removing her chemise. Impressions and Comments Through the gap in her blouse he saw the white of her chemise. Jean-Christophe, Volume I She was quickly in only her chemise and petticoat. L'Assommoir Even with this palliation, when the nuns put on this chemise on the 14th of September, they suffer from fever for three or four days. Les Misérables Quickly he carries the girl as she's clad in chemise of coarse linen— Just as a nursemaid might, playfully up to her bed. Erotica Romana But there were other presents more characteristic of the man: there was a bracelet, a scent-bottle, and two pots of pâté de foie gras wrapped up in a lace-trimmed chemise. A Mummer's Wife After vain attempts to sleep, you rise, and may see the good wife cleaning her only plate for you by rubbing it on her greasy hair and wiping it with the bottom of her chemise. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America So long as she was not beneath it, she would have gone off willingly without a chemise to her back. L'Assommoir As she had no longer any clothes, they dressed her in the cast-off petticoats and chemises of the Thenardier brats; that is to say, in rags. Les Misérables He caught the broad collar of Elisaveta's dress with one hand and jerked it forward; he thrust the other hand, large, hot, and perspiring, under her chemise and pressed and squeezed her taut young breast. The Created Legend The foie gras suggested delicacy of living, the chemise immorality, the bottle of scent refinement of taste; the bracelet she could make nothing of. A Mummer's Wife Indeed, the king was putting on one of these chemises, and the queen another. Chicot the Jester That chemise was not hers, she would have nothing to do with it. L'Assommoir They call everything our; thus: our veil, our chaplet; if they were speaking of their chemise, they would say our chemise. Les Misérables Grey devilkins mingled with the crowd, and when the little jokers-pokers hopped on the girls' shoulders and poked their shaggy and ticklish little paws into the corsage under the chemise the girls raised piercing screams. The Created Legend "I did forget the milking," the girl said, putting the baby's little chemise on. The Leatherwood God I impious! it is you, on the contrary; there were two chemises accustomed to be together, and you separated them. Chicot the Jester Still seated on the edge of the stool, she was now disappearing between the petticoats and chemises. L'Assommoir She was a frail, emaciated, slender creature; there was nothing but a chemise and a petticoat upon that chilled and shivering nakedness. Les Misérables Her dress and chemise, flimsy of texture, ripped with a barely audible noise. The Created Legend He pointed to a parcel which contained chemises and nightdresses. Gone to Earth But, in general, they must all be occupied during three fourths of the day in manual work; they ought to know how to make stockings, chemises, embroidery—in fact, all kinds of women's work. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France "He sent me this morning to pawn my shawl and my chemises to pay for that cab." L'Assommoir These six months are a modification: the rule says all the year, but this drugget chemise, intolerable in the heat of summer, produced fevers and nervous spasms. Les Misérables A loose chemise of beautiful cambric, with innumerable and immense frills richly worked with lace, is, with a petticoat of the same, fastened at the waist by several massive chased-gold buttons. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea The poorer women clothe themselves in a saya and in a so-called chemise, which is so extremely short that it frequently does not even reach the first fold of the former. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes It was true; Clotilde was there, undressed like himself, her bare feet covered by canvas slippers, her legs bare, her arms bare, her shoulders bare, clad only in her chemise and a short skirt. Doctor Pascal It would be fun if her chemise burst open. L'Assommoir It's a God-forsaken undertaker's mute in a red and black shroud with a cake-tin at the back of its turnip head and a pair of chemises on its ugly hands…. Snake and Sword A Novel The husband also asks, in the presence of this fresh-smelling woman, whether the odour comes from the skin or from the chemise. The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert Then a child appeared, a little girl of about ten, dressed in a chemise and a linen petticoat, with dirty, bare legs and a timid and cunning look. International Short Stories: French The women had two dresses and two chemises each for summer. Thirty Years a Slave Even ladies' chemises were commandeered, and some of the men assured me that a French chemise is quite comfortable—in spite of the short sleeves. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it He told one of my friends that one of his principal functions was to accompany Madame Waddington to all the charity sales, carrying a package of women's chemises under his arm. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 The enemies of her tribe, after sustaining heavy losses, hit upon the expedient of an attack, not en chemise, but with their heads muffled in bundles of hay. First Footsteps in East Africa They also affected the sleeveless short jacket over a snowy chemise; and what with bright skirts bordered with worsted chenille, and sandal straps carried artfully above the ankles, they were not wanting in picturesqueness. The Prince of India — Volume 01 In the verandah, which is formed of mats, two handsome youths, and five women in green, red, and orange chemises, all with leis of ferns round their hair, are reclining on the ground. The Hawaiian Archipelago The chemise sate up close to the throat; and we have already mentioned the elaborate work which adorned it about the opening. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Calabash, noticing that Amandine had ceased a moment from work, said to her, in a harsh voice, "Will you soon have done with that chemise?" Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 In cutting chemises, if the cotton or linen is a yard wide, cut off small half-gores at the top of the breadths and set them on the bottom. American Woman's Home The six embroidered chemises from Astrakhan— The maid shows great interest. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays They all wore coloured chemises and leis of flowers. The Hawaiian Archipelago I. The reader has been already made acquainted with the chemise, or innermost under-dress. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 She was in her chemise, and the moonlight fell like drops of milk on her naked shoulders. The Queen Pedauque Arrange these pieces right and they will make two chemises, one having four seams and the other three. American Woman's Home Be thankful, O King, that they do not know that—and that they like to have kings and queens, to whom they give, in their generosity, palaces and horses and—and silken chemises from Astrakhan! King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays Honolulu wore a green chemise at first, but when supper was ready she put a Macgregor tartan holuku over it. The Hawaiian Archipelago She was gorgeously clad without, but as a rule had not a rag, not even a chemise, underneath, unless she were 'in luck.' The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II "Ouf!" exclaimed Catherine, arranging the lace of her chemise on her bosom. The Queen Pedauque Six yards of yard width will make two chemises. American Woman's Home One winter's day it happened that the Queen, entirely undressed, was about to put on her chemise. The Eve of the French Revolution They all went into the bedroom, and the queen made a slight dressing, but only wore a close gauze cap, and her long dressing gown, which is a dimity chemise. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 |
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