| 单词 | dimity |
| 例句 | Green dimity curtains hung over the windows in Theodora’s room, the wallpaper was decked with green garlands, the bedspread and quilt were green, the marble-topped dresser and the huge wardrobe were the same. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Her dress seemed to be of cambric or dimity, and from Mary's description, was that worn by ladies in the seventeenth century. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z When she awoke it was morning, the light was filtering in through the white dimity curtains, and some one was really at her door. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z —Except dimity,—replied my father:——’Tis best of all,—replied my mother. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z Before her arose a vision of a renovated Rectory—a sort of dimity Palace Beautiful—with an enlarged kitchen-boiler, new carpets, and an extra servant. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z In its place she had only this bare room with its small-paned casement and its dimity hangings and its clean scent. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z White dimity curtains were hung in the upstairs windows. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z So that, gazing upward at the faded dimity of her tester, she longed to play her part in it. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z His bedroom, dimity draped, had a pleasant rustic simplicity, but he decided that it wanted living in: the atmosphere at present was too much that of a well-recommended country inn. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Damietta gives its name to dimity, a kind of striped cloth, for which the place was at one time famous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z A dimity gown—or shall it be of tiffany with a quilted petticoat? The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Yet her room was the same as usual; the dimity covers were all in their places: the fire was burning merrily in the hearth: the bed-cloaths were turned back, fresh, cool and lavendered. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The closely-drawn dirty dimity curtains made one wonder if it was occupied already, but Freddy showed that it was not by going to it and drawing the curtains aside. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z We were donning our dimities about this time daily,” recalled Louise, with a well meaning sigh. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z There was a quiet step, and Esther entered, looking fresh and cool in a white dimity gown. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Then I must wear a dimity gown with a muslin apron and cap. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The quiet comfort of the room, the fine white dimity that draped the window, dressing table, chairs and bed, reminded her at once of Signe. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z And it was gay with chintz and dimities, while against my windows a bourginvilla vine whispered in the wind. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The two best chairs were also missing, one chair only being left, and that a broken one; and a heavy patch-work quilt had taken the place of the white dimity bed-cover. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z By night sleep scarcely came to his eyes, but in his little room, with its clean old-fashioned dimity blinds and hangings, he lay awake,—scheming, planning, plotting, preparing for the master-stroke. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z I could already see the luncheon served in my room, the bright wood fire lighting up the dimity curtains draping the high-post bedstead. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z The Petersburg women had gone to work with a will upon my table-cloths, sheets, and dimity counterpanes—and even the chintz furniture covers. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Judith went with her to her room, and did not leave it until Jacqueline was tucked in her big four-poster, with the ghastly white tester and dimity hangings. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Harriet had just donned a dainty frock of dimity, and was now dusting her chestnut ringlets lightly with powder. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z The dimity curtains were drawn aside, the casement window was opened and carefully hooked back, and the kit-cat living portrait of a pleasant plump little woman of about forty appeared in the frame. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z She looks the lady in her morning-gowns of print and dimity; but that lawn with the forget-me-not sprig becomes her rarely. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z As it was, a great easy-chair, draped with white dimity, loomed up like a snow-drift near the bed; which being clothed in like spotless fashion, gave a ghastly appearance to everything around. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z It was a large, old-fashioned room, and Jacqueline’s little white figure, as she sat up in bed, was almost lost in the huge four-poster, with dimity curtains and valance. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Mrs. Macleod sewed, with Marie's help, until she had provided every window with an inner set of white dimity curtains, every washstand, every bureau and table with a cover. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Bab’s frock was a simple yellow dimity, and she wore a big white hat with a wreath of yellow roses round it. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z Abby was a slender girl of fifteen, in a short-waisted gingham gown, with a muslin tucker, dimity apron, and morocco shoes on a pair of small feet demurely crossed before her. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Mrs. Mitchell came forward from a side table, lifted the little girl from her chair, and untied the ruffled bib that protected her white dimity dress. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The little parlour was fragrant with flowers, and May's tiny bedroom was a pleasant nest of white dimity, smelling of lavender and dried rose-leaves. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z It was small, but cosy, with a curiously-shaped bedstead—the head having a resemblance to a Latin cross, with three pegs covered with white dimity. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z “Your clean shirtwaist,” cried one of these helpers sympathetically, as she pulled a fragile bit of dimity and Cluny lace from under the taxi-cab where it had fluttered. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z In the middle of the middle wall there is a latticed window, dimity curtained; upon the plain shelf in front are several flower-pots. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z Simpler still were the bedrooms, where the curtains of the windows and beds were of white dimity. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z I am told you are doing very well with your piqués and dimities.... More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z If you could get a blade in the big scissors, send it too, and the two bits of dimity I want for mendin'. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z The morning is the time for the parlor-maid to do the cleaning, and she should wear about her work a washable dress of percale or dimity, with a white apron. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z One fetching young creation in polka-dotted dimity, aged twenty-three, offers to stay home from a picnic and read Robert W. Chambers aloud to me. Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z She wore a plain little frock of white dimity, and smiled as she resumed her seat at the table. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z The dimity curtains, the quilt, the bed furniture, and the toilet covers were of snowy whiteness, and that peculiar fragrance of the country which is often found in country bedrooms pervaded the room. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z She sat there on the edge of the dimity bed, and watched me shake out that detested evening frock in which she had motored down. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Real cotton goods were not made in Lancashire till 1641, when Bolton is named as the chief seat of the manufacture of fustians, vermilions and dimities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Down toward her corner of the garden she went, her dimity skirts daintily uplifted. The Master's Violin Her little tent-bed, with its white dimity curtains, had been given to baby’s nurse. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story The young lady looked very pretty in a crisp pink and white dimity frock and a large white hat with pink roses. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Them painter chaps," said Mrs. Jones, as she put the key in her great dimity pocket, "isn't to be trusted no ways. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves She was swathed from head to foot in coarse soiled dimity; in one hand she was holding a half stuffed hawk, in the other a sponge, dipped in some arsenical solution to preserve it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 The colour that came and went in her damask cheeks was very like that in her pink dimity gown. The Master's Violin She gloried in the lengths of dimity and poplin, in the intricacies of new stitches and embroidery. Leerie The only other article of furniture was a thin, very old, white scrap of dimity curtain half drawn across the lead lattice-paned window upon a piece of tape. The New Mistress A Tale It was a dainty room, with a grey dimity dado, that marked off a few old engravings of poetic and dramatic subjects. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 Miss Lois's curtains were of white dimity with knotted fringe, and her walls were freshly whitewashed. Anne And I've brought some white dimity curtains with ruffled edges to hang at the windows. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days His little wife sat close to his side on a low rocker, very busy with the making of buttonholes in a small girl's frock of white dimity and lace. The Mountain Girl She is pleased when we stroke it with our hands, and I can see she is as proud of it as I am of my dimity bed-gown with the pink rosebuds on it. Seeds of Pine The spare room, or "parlor-chamber," was delightfully cool and pure looking, decked out in white dimity, stiff with starch, and full of an air of grandeur. Maid Sally —White dimity counterpanes are desirable, since they are light in weight, easily laundered, and inexpensive. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick The divans were spread with Japanese covers, and over the white dimity curtains were hung cotton crepe ones of pale blue with a pink cherry-blossom design. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Then the dimity was all furled, and with the ashen sails we strove might and main to get beneath the high cliffs of the little port. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia She wore a morning gown of demure dimity, with a little ruffle about her singing throat. Rose MacLeod The chinked log walls of the room and the stout beams overhead were whitewashed, and the four tiny windows were curtained with spotless dimity. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge The bedroom furniture proper was of heavy mahogany, a four-post bed hung with white dimity, a wardrobe as big as a closet. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons A ray of sunlight filtering through the white dimity curtains cast a checkered shadow on the antique rug. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Are not organdies, dimities, and embroidered muslins fully as becoming to the women who trip daintily through the pages of men’s books? Threads of Grey and Gold She led the way, and opened the door of a small room, in which there was no furniture, but a little bed, with dimity curtains of snowy whiteness, a deal table, and two straw chairs. Ellen Middleton—A Tale The walls and rafters were whitened, and the windows curtained with snowy dimity. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge So she stepped into the pantry and pushed aside the white dimity curtain at the window in the door which opened into the kitchen. The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won Thomas Johns was a linen draper, sold silks, satinets, linen, and dimities, at his establishment in the Provinces, and was also a politician, and "went on" for the part of magistrate, occasionally. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes She had worn a gown of white dimity, with a cluster of Mayblossoms at her belt, and a little white widow’s cap half covered her soft brown hair. Threads of Grey and Gold In her morning gown of white dimity, with folds of soft net about her throat, and a turban of the same material on her head, she was a pleasant and picturesque figure. Mrs. Tree It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings. Tante Mr. Lyle led his guest into a fresh, pretty room, with white muslin curtains at the vine-clad windows and a white dimity spread on the bed, and white flower enameled cottage furniture completing the appointments. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Then a large elbow-chair covered with dirty white dimity, with my cravat and shirt collar thrown over the back. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories And a dimity confab was a good name for the conference that was held in the July moonlight on the front porch of Rosemeade for several silvered hours that night. Blue-grass and Broadway Fine diaper generally, but sometimes dimity and muslin are employed, or the table is covered with a kind of Marseilles quilting which is prepared expressly for the purpose. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet But most fascinating of all was the long, low, lattice-window with its white dimity curtains, and frill across the top. The Carroll Girls Why, there she goes, with never a tack, through the narrow strait, lying over under the press of her white dimity like a witch on a black broomstick, as she shoots out to sea. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life It was a snug, bowery little place, and the fresh dimity curtains at the upper windows, and the stand of blossoming plants in the little passage, gave it a cheerful and inviting aspect. Lover or Friend How about the dimity in the room which will be Fluff's? Frances Kane's Fortune The travelling suit had been discarded, and she was dressed in a simple blue dimity frock which showed the perfect curves of her figure to charming advantage. The Love Story of Abner Stone Ample curtains of white dimity clothed the three windows and lightly draped the bed. The Wide, Wide World The shop door was shut and locked, and 'Zekiel ran round to the back, and climbing on the edge of the rain-water butt, he peered over the white dimity blind, into the silent kitchen. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Wahpering, too, might have added to his sarong a thin vest, buttoned close up to the neck, a light dimity baju, or jacket, and a pair of loose silk drawers. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines She was dressed in a gown of white dimity, very fine, with ruffles at the foot of the skirt, and a fichu of the same crossed on her breast. Rosin the Beau The little girls chattered like magpies over their dolls and the new bed-spread they were planning to make, all white dimity stars on a blue calico ground, as a Christmas present to Ma. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. Everything was scrupulously clean, even to the dimity vallance that hung across the low window. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young In a remote part of the building I found some Englishmen at work manufacturing what the French were then little acquainted with, dimity. A Sailor of King George She looked at Rose, with her pretty dress of blue dimity, and white hat with its broad ribbon, her neat shoes and stockings, and realized that there was a great contrast in their appearance. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony When she had finished her green dimity looked like foliage around a flower, and her hazel eyes turned green to match it. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk She had contributed a window shade and dimity curtains; Susan a braided rug and a chair cushion. Ladies-In-Waiting In the Kingdom of Heaven every one will have a separate room for rest and meditation; a cell perhaps, whitewashed, with a green shutter and a white dimity curtain in the sunshine. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life Cretonnes, chintzes, dimities, and silk in crazy work and South Kensington patterns are also used. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Blue dimity dresses and shining slippers danced before her wakeful eyes, and a white ribbon to tie back her hair. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony These poor, pretty girls are once in a while just clever enough to make capital out of their poverty by wearing simply fetching things 153 in pale gray dimity and dark blue lawn and sunbonnets. The Indifference of Juliet "Give her the muslin," or "Spare not the dimity," frequently used in tropical chase of slavers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Mrs. Lem threw open the door of a blue-papered room whose ceiling sloped at one side, while on the other were two windows curtained in dimity. The Opened Shutters Lustrous silks and dainty dimities; embroidered muslins and heavy velvets; Patty had never seen such a sight. Patty's Summer Days Anne questioned, as Mrs. Freeman asked a smiling clerk to show them blue dimity. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony In the middle of the June afternoon Judith awoke from a nap in the hammock to find her hostess standing laughing beside her, fresh in a thin gown of flowered dimity. The Indifference of Juliet She wore a pale blue dimity, whose round, full blouse was belted with a soft ribbon. Patty's Friends It was a sweet little chamber over the dairy, smelling of new milk and ripe apples, and very dainty in dimity and muslin. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 From a prolonged sniffle that caused her to wipe her eyes on her dimity sleeves, she began to weep freely. Polly and Eleanor The clerk was waiting patiently, and Mrs. Freeman now begged his pardon for so long delaying her purchases, and ordered enough dimity for Anne’s dress. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony Juliet dropped a big blue denim pillow on the ground and sat down upon it in a flutter of dimity. The Indifference of Juliet Everything there was white, too,—bed and curtains and chair-covers being of white dimity, trimmed with lace. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood He was dressed in dimity; and his stiff figure and mutton-chop whiskers gave him at the same time the air of a magistrate and a dandy. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Oh, that is a striped dimity that mother must have packed by mistake. Polly and Eleanor Anne’s dark head began to nod, the pretty dimity slipped from her fingers to the floor, and the new thimble fell off and rolled under the table. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony As the infant world ascended from cambric and dimity to broadcloth and crinoline, its propensity for investigation grew stronger. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 A big four-poster, hung with dimity curtains, stood in the farther corner. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood She went in, and found the dear old lady sitting in her great white dimity armchair. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Everything about it suggested straitened means, and yet the girls noticed that the small windows were clean and hung with fresh dimity curtains, and that there were little flower boxes on the sills inside. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves See, Amanda!” and she held up the silk sash, and spread out the pretty dimity. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony She had on her light-blue dimity with the Hamburg frills, and her sorrowful face indicated that she had donned it to no avail. Country Neighbors The dimity valance, trimmed, like the curtains, with ball fringe, hid the trundle-bed that was pulled out at night for Mary 'Liza and me to sleep in. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Miss Wealthy always wore this brooch; for in winter it harmonized as well with her gown of lilac cashmere as it did in summer with the white dimity. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls She thought it was a beautiful costume, and that the other girls looked nice, too, though Laura's white dimity and Nettie's blue pique were as well worn as her own familiar lawn. Peggy-Alone The two pretty words dimity and samite— "An arm Rose up from out the bosom of the lake, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, Holding the sword." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) She liked the dimity the best because the stitches seemed to sink in, and it ruffled so of itself. A Little Girl in Old New York Being a dutiful mother, Mrs. Barraclough asked no questions;—instead she arranged accommodation and bought some new dimity chintzes for the top floor bedrooms. Men of Affairs She had put on to-day, for the first time, her summer costume,—a skirt and jacket of striped white dimity, open a little at the neck, with a kerchief of soft white net inside. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls He marked down his prints, his chintzes, his dimities and his veilings with a grand and lavish hand. The Lost Girl It was thus artfully brought about that he appeared to have gone to bed, and could look out from the dimity curtains without having done so. Pickwickian Studies One was cambric, one was fine lawn or nainsook, and one of dimity. A Little Girl in Old New York Mine, at home, has all the furniture covered with faded chintz, and the curtains are made of plain white dimity. Lady Betty Across the Water At the proper hour for retiring, the captain's lady shut the cabin-door to keep out intruders, deliberately arrayed herself in dimity, turned in with baby in one of the large berths, and reöpened the door. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Miss Gould was looking her best in a crisp lavender dimity, upon whose frills Mrs. Waters had bestowed the grateful exercise of her highest art. A Philanthropist Her linen dress was trimmed with the richest lace; her dressing-gown was of white taffeta; and the slippers in which she stepped to the bath were of white dimity, trimmed with lace. The Peasant and the Prince The best room may have had a carved oak chest, brought from England, a tent or field bedstead, with green baize, or white dimity curtains, and generous feather bed. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 As early as 1643 the author of New England's First Fruits wrote: "They are making linens, fustians, dimities, and look immediately to woollens from their own sheep." Home Life in Colonial Days Rose—who had, the day before, officially declared herself "off" the case; but had stayed on, a guest, at the general solicitation—wore a white dimity faintly sprinkled with her favorite rosebuds. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands She blew them out, parted the window curtains of flowered dimity, and curling herself on the window-seat, became a part of the April night. The Long Roll They went on to the house and into the great room where the myrtle candles were burning softly, the dimity curtains shutting out the night. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia I do believe the little tyke has torn my new dimity, clutching at it so. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Then he bent over the bed with the white dimity curtains to Miss Gertie’s forehead, for which purpose he had to remove a mass of curly hair with his big brown hand. The Iron Horse When she reappeared, it was with a snowy white dimity spread taken from her own bed, a pitcher of ice-water, and a large palm-leaf fan. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes There was nothing snobbish in their gatherings; shabby boys came, girls who had made their own little dimity dresses. Play the Game! The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia The finest and softest of French and Scotch flannels, French linen, dimity, nainsook, and India silk are always dainty and they should be made up very simply with little trimming, but that of the finest. Textiles and Clothing The room was a long, low one, cool and shady from the sheltering galleries outside, and with many windows, all open to catch the southern breezes that kept the dimity curtains bellying like white sails. The Rose of Old St. Louis I just hate to hear about ruffles cut on the straight or bias, and I couldn't tell what Dacca muslin, or jaconet, or dimity was to save myself. A Little Girl in Old Salem And suddenly it occurred to Tony’s slow moving masculine perception that neither lavender dimity nor white muslin were fabrics fit for mountain climbing. Jerry Junior And suddenly it occurred to Tony’s slow moving masculine perception that neither lavender dimity nor white muslin were fabrics fit for mountain climbing. Jerry If the lawn or dimity has a colored figure, the embroidery silk or cotton may match this. Textiles and Clothing Her little basque, cut after her aunt's own pattern, rigorously whaleboned, with long straight seams, opened in front; she wore a dimity ruffle, a square blue bow to fasten it, and a brown gingham apron. Young Lucretia and Other Stories "Yes, truly," replied the old woman; and took them into a room where were two little beds, hung with white dimity, with fine white sheets, and everything as neat and comfortable as possible. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew It contains a voluminous list of useful domestic goods, presenting the most enormous bargains, in the way of sheetings, shirtings, flannels, diapers, damasks, dimities, table-cloths, &c. &c. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 And if she didn't buy embroideries and dimities, she would purchase something else with it. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Children's Dresses For children's dresses, the pretty ginghams in small checks, chambray, dimity, serge, flannels, cashmere are appropriate and serviceable. Textiles and Clothing His food was rice and vegetables dressed native fashion, and his clothes were made of black dimity. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Along the wall space, opposite the wardrobe, were light racks for books, wraps, and knick-knacks, and below a long seat, or lounge, covered in white dimity, with its flounce reaching to the floor. All Aboard A Story for Girls It took me back to Florence, and to a box at the Pagliano, and me all in dimity and cork-screw curls, weeping deliciously at a lady in white, whose troubles I could not quite understand. The Prairie Wife This particular Lilac Sunday she was wearing the sprigged dimity that Seth bought her over in Spring Road at Williamson's spring sale. Green Valley Under the head of muslin brought to a high degree of perfection in weave and finish will be found dimity, mull, Indian lawn, organdie, Swiss, and Madras, and a host of others equally beautiful. Textiles and Clothing How delightfully fresh was the breeze that blew about the white dimity curtains, and what a wide range of country she could see instead of a vista of windows, roofs, and chimney-pots! Ruth Arnold or, the Country Cousin Ample curtains of white dimity clothed the three windows, and lightly draped the bed. The Wide, Wide World I told him it wasn't dimity, but he was too interested in Olga to listen to me. The Prairie Wife A sheer dimity frock of mine that had figured in happier scenes made the shroud, and Virginia gave a silken scarf to line the coffin. I Married a Ranger On the morning of the third day I discovered the Gay Lady mending a little hole in the skirt of a tiny-flowered dimity, her bright eyes suspiciously misty. A Court of Inquiry In the daytime she wore a black silk cap tied under the chin, and a dimity short gown over a quilted petticoat. Old Kaskaskia It was a very pretty room, very fresh and frilly with white dimity and with much pink and pale lavender. The Tin Soldier Anne was sent up-stairs to scrub her already shining face, to brush her already orderly locks, to take off her gingham apron and put on a fresh dimity frock. Honey-Sweet There sat Dorothy Fair before them at her dimity dressing-table, with all her slender body huddled forward and resting seemingly upon her two bare white arms, which encompassed her bowed head like sweet rings. Madelon A Novel The Gay Lady was pinching one of her little flowered dimity ruffles into plaits with an agitated thumb and finger. A Court of Inquiry To-night, while Rebecca lay sobbing in her little bedroom, the mother knitted assiduously until nearly midnight upon a wide linen lace with which to trim dimity curtains for the daughter's bridal bedstead. Pembroke A Novel He gazed around eagerly looking for a latticed window with dimity curtains, a blue papered wall hung with texts, and a low beamed ceiling. The Survivor As we wanted to have as big a wash as we could, we collected everything we could muster, From the dolls' bed dimity hangings to Victoria's dress, which I'd used as a duster. Verses for Children and Songs for Music Then he returned and passed the house again, and looked again; and this time Dorothy's face showed between the dimity sweeps of her chamber curtains. Madelon A Novel A dainty valance, or sash curtains of muslin, dimity, or other summer wash goods, give an attractive and homey touch to the room. The Complete Home Then she put on her little white dimity hood, and got the pitcher, which was charmingly shaped, from the cupboard shelf. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories And in both rooms the draperies of the beds, chairs, and windows were of white dimity. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance It is the white light which comes in the dimity which is so hateful to me. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Lot, standing well behind the dimity curtain, watched him flinging the snow aside like spray, his handsome face glowing like a rose. Madelon A Novel If there is a shortage of pillows, the night cases can be exchanged for pretty ruffled ones of lawn, muslin, dimity, or linen. The Complete Home She had blue eyes and pink cheeks, and she wore a blue petticoat, with garlands of rose-buds all over it, and a white dimity short gown, looped up with bunches of roses. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories She was dressed in a heavy white material like dimity, and held a few primroses between her fingers. Uncle Max To 'go mad in white dimity' seems perfectly natural, and consequential even. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 “Do as I bid you!” said Dorothy, and glided past her to her dimity dressing-table, and began combing out her yellow hair. Madelon A Novel Iron colored clothes—lawns, dimities, percales, chambrays, etc.—on the wrong side, with an iron not too hot, otherwise the color is apt to be injured. The Complete Home Neat cubicles and spotless dimity have beguiled an uninterrupted sequence of mammas, and have kept alive, and even flourishing, schools which are in a thoroughly bad moral state and are hopelessly inefficient in every particular. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis The two windows were shaded with plain white linen; the cot bedstead, which stood against the wall opposite the windows, was covered with a coarse, white, dimity spread. The Lost Lady of Lone From the embrace in which he and the worm and I indulged my lace and dimity came out much the worse. The Melting of Molly It was a very plain room with simple maple furniture, neatly arranged; a brown woolen carpet on the floor; white dimity curtains at the window; and a small coal fire in the grate. Ishmael Or, In the Depths If considerable color has already been introduced into the room, the bed drapery, cover, and valance should be of some thin white washable material—dimity, Swiss, and the like. The Complete Home What a sweet pretty innocent, half-a-yard long, On a dimity lap of true nursery make! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "I believe I'd forgotten all about them; I think I'll choose this—" Pauline held up a sample of blue and white striped dimity. The S. W. F. Club "And after the frost they are not at all immune—to such dimity," answered Everett with an echo of Uncle Tucker's laugh, as a slight color rose up under the tan of his thin face. Rose of Old Harpeth Hannah stooped and raised the white dimity coverlet, and proudly displayed her treasures—two fat, round, red-faced babies, calmly sleeping side by side. Ishmael Or, In the Depths We can go to a cheap part of London, and find poor lodgings—we won't mind how poor they are, if only they are very clean, with white curtains, and dimity round the beds. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls The lower places were filled with a crowd of young artisans in brown jackets, dimity breeches, and blue stockings, with their arms round the waists of pretty blushing girls who lowered their eyes. Famous Modern Ghost Stories Close by the window was wide open, and the night breeze from over the Sound was rhythmically waving the white dimity curtains. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl The bed hangings may be of cretonne also, for it makes a very charming room, but if one objects to colored bed hangings, white dimity, or muslin or linen may be used. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The rooms, simple but exactingly clean, are dainty with dimity and netted curtains and spreads. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The Cloth Finishing establishment bleaches, starches, and calenders dimities, muslins, percales, and shirtings, and folds and wraps them for shipping. Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls I cut out many a profile of old-time faces, and the white dimity bed curtains. Around The Tea-Table The night wind entering, scarcely stirred the thin dimity curtains. Hocken and Hunken At that age the rustle of silk or dimity, the suspicion of adventure, tempts the worst or the best of us, I fear. 54-40 or Fight It is a transition from dimity and sweet pine, but travel, like life, should be prized sometimes for its transitions. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees And yet there was ample room for the bed, with its dimity draperies, and the fascinating toilet table, with its bewildering array of ivory fittings. Patty and Azalea It is true she had drawn the dimity curtains—all but a couple of inches. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Mother was in her room, in her white dimity morning gown, with little bows up the front, the ends trimmed with cambric edging. Real Folks But she went to the little bed, which was hung with pink dimity, and pulled the white sheets out of it and replaced them with others from a great wardrobe sunk in the wall. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts I tried to make her see—" "Matilda," said the major sternly, "go right back and tell that child to pack her dimity and come straight here to me. Andrew the Glad The imports are gold and silver, thread, silks, gold stuffs, dimities, rich and curious draperies, rice, muskets and other arms, high priced toys and small goods; and Parmesian cheese. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson A blue dimity was selected as being in the best wearing condition, but in looking it over she found a rent in the skirt and two buttons gone. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls The marshal, in a waistcoat of white dimity, began his usual harangue. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 She’s at the Governor day and night with her wiles, and in my mind it’s her dimity influence that is making him see things with this slant. The Daredevil When a man mounts a high-horse aeroplane and goes sailing off, dimity is the best possible ballast. Andrew the Glad It bore traces of many petty attentions, even—in its white dimity curtains and valances—of an attempt at daintiness. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales Miss Shongut's face was suddenly buried in the neat lace yoke of her mother's dimity blouse, and her arms crept up about her neck. Every Soul Hath Its Song His waistcoat and breeches were of white dimity; the lining and collar of the waistcoat were of green cloth; his little helmet of felt was ornamented with green fringe. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 “You gallivanting young idiot, where did you pick up that dimity?” he demanded of me as he laid a large hand with long strong fingers on my shoulders and gave me a slight shake. The Daredevil A pink and white gown of dimity, yellowed, and grimed with dust, yet lay upon her bed. A Spinner in the Sun A piece of white dimity had been tacked round the packing-case. Fenwick's Career All the lockers gleamed with brasswork; all the draperies were of muslin or dimity, immaculately white; and looking-glass panelled the doors of every cupboard. True Tilda This was his military dress throughout the whole year, except when the weather was intensely cold, and then he substituted white cloth for the dimity. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 Her bonnet is the firmament, The universe her shoe, The stars the trinkets at her belt, Her dimities of blue. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete She brought in the candle, took the dimity gown from the bed, and shook it to remove the dust. A Spinner in the Sun Such dimity convictions, A horror so refined Of freckled human nature, Of Deity ashamed, — It's such a common glory, A fisherman's degree! Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series In exchange for this Ruth bargained for the dimity curtains that had furnished their two windows before, and would not do for the three they had now. We Girls: a Home Story Being something of a dandy, he prided himself upon having his shoes very clean, and his white dimity small clothes without spot or blemish. Isaac T. Hopper Such dimity convictions, A horror so refined Of freckled human nature, Of Deity ashamed, — It's such a common glory, A fisherman's degree! Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete The dimity sweetheart; O. Henry's own love story. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 July - December Her bonnet is the firmament, The universe her shoe, The stars the trinkets at her belt, Her dimities of blue. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series Among other passengers in the train, was a man conspicuous among his fellows for clean hide and clean dimity; on inquiry, I was told he was a Professor. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada In the apartment opposite, however, they were rolled up, so as to show the old-fashioned drapery of dimity, bordered with a netted fringe. Maggie Miller A short flannel gown and a dimity petticoat of very antique pattern and scanty dimensions, completed her costume. The Garies and Their Friends It was not a shabby, dingy cart, but a smart little house upon wheels, with white dimity curtains festooning the windows, and window-shutters of green picked out with panels of a staring red. Ten Girls from Dickens After these words the bridal bonnet disappeared; with as much state as the dimity bedgown left in it. Martin Chuzzlewit The little white dimity bed was as smooth and trim as on the day previous, when Betty's own hands had helped to make it. Vanity Fair Catching the eye of a woman who was peering over her short white dimity blind, he beckoned to her authoritatively. The Shuttle Aunt Jane six months later mitigated this martyrdom by making her a ruffled dimity pinafore, artfully shaped to conceal all the spots. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm A lady beautifully dressed in white dimity appeared in the doorway. The Conquest of Canaan Every window had its neat dimity curtains edged with snow-white trimming. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography And when the orders from Noose Gulch, Nevada, are for those plain dimity curtains instead of the cheap and gaudy Nottingham atrocities, there is conveyed to the mind a fact of immense, of overwhelming significance. Fanny Herself There were actually two or three geraniums in the window, showing cheerful scarlet between the short, white dimity curtains. The Shuttle And those delicious chintzes and dimities for our bedrooms! Remember the Alamo Puffs of sultry air fanned her dimity window curtains and flies buzzed stiflingly against the bluish panes. Summer In removing the light towards the bedstead its rays fell upon the tester of white dimity; something was hanging beneath it, and she lifted the candle to see what it was. Tess of the d'Urbervilles A voluminous garment, fold and fold upon itself, but sheer and crisp dimity, even streaming a length of pink ribbon, lay across the bed-edge. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It There were no window curtains, but a valance of white dimity hung above the window. The Young Buglers The two dormer windows were hung with white dimity curtains. The Vicar's Daughter An inn all dimity and cretonne and brass bedsteads upstairs and unlimited tubs—one fastened to the wall painted white, and about eight feet long, to fit the largest pattern of Englishman. The Under Dog In her least sane moments she would appear, as now, in an old dimity white dress, scrupulously washed and ironed, and decorated with innumerable frills; some natural flowers, generally wild ones, in her hair. The Channings I say whiteness—for the dimity curtains, dropped before a French bed, bounded my view. Villette There, on a little white bed with dimity curtains, lay the form of Isobel. Salted with Fire The dimity curtains, too, with their ball and tassel fringe, were of such a fresh clear white. Geoffrey Strong Her seat was behind the little dimity window curtains, whence she could see without being seen. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales Martha's dress of heavy pearl-gray satin was looped up over a petticoat of white dimity, and she wore a short cloak of white crape. The Story of Kennett She moved away to one of the spindle-legged chairs near a window, and played absently with the knotted fringes of the old-fashioned dimity curtain. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada Often in mid-winter the scant-skirted French calico gowns were made with short elbow sleeves and round, low necks, and the throat and shoulders were lightly covered with thin lawn neckerchiefs or dimity tuckers. Sabbath in Puritan New England Nan opened the door in response to Mrs. Rawson's knock and the girls flocked in, looking so dainty and pretty in their fresh shirt-waists and dimities, and their gay ribbons. The Bishop's Shadow In her tucked white dimity and ankle-ties, her pink sunbonnet and her tiny, frilled parasol, she was as much out of place in the aesthetic town as whipped cream on a grapefruit. Ptomaine Street "That Bishops to bobbins should bend— "Should stoop from their Bench's sublimity, "Great dealers in lawn, to befriend "Such contemptible dealers in dimity! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Bedspreads and bureau covers may be made of unbleached muslin, bound with wide bands of plain yellow, blue, and brown, these colors overlapping each other, or plain white Swiss, dimity, or Marseilles. Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 A murmur ran through the hall as she appeared in her gown of grey-striped dimity, composed and calm—always calm. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Feminine solicitude had fashioned a toilette-table for him, and there was a bunch of geraniums in a blue vase on its sparkling dimity garniture. Endymion Her bedroom had been hung with white dimity, edged with crochet-work, but the furniture was of somber cherry, and the chintz of the couch-cover brown with yellow flowers. The Nest Builder Squire Edwards, in the act of putting back the roll of dimity on the shelf, was staring over his shoulder at them, astounded. The Duke of Stockbridge There was a miniature parlor behind the kitchen, filled with furniture worked in tent stitch by Ann Holland's mother, and carefully covered with white dimity; but it was only entered on most important occasions. Brought Home A neat carpet covered the floor, there were white dimity curtains to the windows, and the little bed in its distant recess looked neat and comfortable. Light O' the Morning So she went to her bed, with its white dimity hangings, more calm and composed than for months before. The House of Whispers Child, what have you been doing?" said Aunt Katy, who sat in full flowing chintz petticoat and spotless dimity shortgown, with her company knitting-work in her hands; "your cheeks are as red as peonies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 She said nothing at first, but soon remarked carelessly: "I wonder if father hasn't got some other dimity in the store." The Duke of Stockbridge "I hope you will never see those dimity curtains anywhere but in your mind's eye," said Marian. Patty at Home I think infants had no woollen petticoats; their shirts, petticoats, and gowns were of linen or some cotton stuff like dimity. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) The curtains to the windows were held in place by stout dimity bands. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Her bed stood in one corner, curtained with white dimity. Old Caravan Days But not taking any notice of him, in fact holding her head very stiffly, and walking unusually fast, she went across to her father and asked him about the dimity. The Duke of Stockbridge The old lady, in her ruffled nightcap, which she always put on when she took to bed, was sitting upright under her dimity curtains, weeping over "Thaddeus of Warsaw." The Battle Ground Other bodices were a striped dimity jacket and a black silk waistcoat. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) It was a large chamber open to the east and south, with polished oaken floors, and hung with white dimity. The Hallam Succession Her skin pure dimity, yet more fair, being spangled here and there with a golden freckle. The Duenna It is true," said mother, "that it would be suitable to give our son a dimity vest. The Queen Pedauque When he did so he saw that Betty was coming along the turnpike, and that she wore a dress of blue dimity. The Battle Ground She owned an olive-colored silk petticoat, another of silk tabby, and one of flowered tabby, one of velvet, and one of white striped dimity. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) If it was a very hot day, how would her white dimity do? The Awakening of Helena Richie 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 For a moment my father remained thoughtful and then he asked if it would be quite suitable for a cook to wear a dimity vest. The Queen Pedauque In the centre of a big four-post bed, curtained in white dimity, a little old lady was lying between lavender-scented sheets. The Battle Ground I must note that he had more ample underclothing than many "plain citizens," having cotton drawers and linen drawers and dimity waistcoats. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) It was prettily furnished with fresh pink and white dimity, and choice-looking earthenware, but to London eyes like those of Dolores it seemed very old-fashioned and what she called 'poked up.' The Two Sides of the Shield I knew it not, and had simply prepared for my second attire only, wearing in the morning my usual white dimity great coat. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 She was neatly dressed in figured dimity, with a bright ribbon at her throat. Mary Louise And at last—his head big with his first day's vanity—he climbed between the dimity curtains and fell asleep. The Battle Ground Marie found a dimity, of a Dresden-flowered pattern, with black velvet bows, which she appropriated, and they flew back to their rooms in triumph. Patty's Suitors The material was of dimity, over muslin, and tiny rows of "val." lace formed a yoke and edgings. Dorothy Dale : a girl of today She walks in quickly, but without haste; dressed in her mutch, her neckerchief, her white dimity short-gown, her black bombazine petticoat, showing her white worsted stockings and her carpet shoes. Rab and His Friends Marjorie wore a dainty frock of white dimity, scattered with tiny pink flowers. Marjorie's Vacation She chose a pink-sprigged dimity, simply made, with short sleeves and collarless neck. Patty's Butterfly Days No, indeed, she had not; nor if she had had one, would it have been of a smarter nature than her present thick white dimity. Wives and Daughters This time she conducted him to a well-appointed bedchamber, off which gave a smaller room, containing a little four-poster draped in dimity. Australia Felix Heritage for obvious reasons did not appear; at the moment he was crouched on the floor of the loft watching the departure through a gap in the dimity curtains. Huntingtower "So should I," agreed Midget, gathering up more and more of her pretty dimity, now, alas! rumpled and stained almost beyond recognition. Marjorie's Vacation That old, old dimity, but Mother pressed and freshened it up.... Mother The upper part of her was clothed in a loose jacket of blue merino; the lower part was robed in a dimity dressing gown of doubtful white. Poor Miss Finch He was dressed in a morning-gown of white dimity, and lie wore his slippers without stockings. Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 13 She showed Morag that in all the shifts and dimities she washed for her, a hole came just above where her heart would be. The King of Ireland's Son Unfortunately Mrs. O'Neill had worn her black silk skirt, but her blue dimity likewise boasted a "sweep." Missy The cool breath of the wet leaves without slightly stirred the white dimity curtains, and somewhere from the darkened eaves there was a still, somnolent drip. A First Family of Tasajara Mrs. Finch was promenading the room, with the baby in one hand and the novel in the other, and the dimity bedgown trailing behind her. Poor Miss Finch He made Lord Buckram a bait for such a multiplicity of pupils, that a new wing was built to Richmond Lodge, and thirty-five new little white dimity beds were added to the establishment. The Book of Snobs The walls were whitewashed stone; the bed was of white dimity. My Lady Ludlow Waking in the night she said again, "I love him to distraction," and slipping under the dimity curtains of the bed, sought his letter where she had left it on the bureau. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Some sort of white dimity gown that she wore added to this paleness. John Halifax, Gentleman But at this moment there were alarming symptoms of distress in the window-curtain; and the major paused as a voice from its dimity depths said plaintively, "And YOU are going without forgiving me!" Thankful Blossom It was Where's my six yards of dimity?' from one, and Have you my coral necklace?' from another. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The sun streamed through the bay-window of a "best" bedroom in the Warden's house, and glorified the pale crayon-portraits on the wall, the dimity curtains, the old fresh chintz. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Steel and dimity and lacings defined but did not create the serpentine lines of the elegant figure, graceful as that of a young poplar swaying in the wind. Modeste Mignon "He must have been a fine baby," said Lyndall, looking at the white dimity curtain that hung above the window. The Story of an African Farm, a novel His first adornment was the sleeveless dimity B.V.D. undershirt, in which he resembled a small boy humorlessly wearing a cheesecloth tabard at a civic pageant. Babbitt —Except dimity,—replied my father:—'Tis best of all,—replied my mother. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
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