| 单词 | fichu |
| 例句 | By the end of the day, she persuaded me to buy her a yellow linen dress with a tie in the back and a fichu, a white triangle of cloth tucked into the neckline. Fort Ticonderoga Re-enacts Dramatic Battles 2013-09-12T19:44:27Z But the feeling of that giddy costume extravaganza came through only in an airy cream and ivory palette and in shapes suggesting trim court breeches and dainty fichu collars. Film and Fashion: Just Friends 2010-03-04T16:34:00Z She wore a stiff brocade cut in an obsolete fashion, with a broad sash and full white fichu loosely knotted behind. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z On working days they were dressed in cotton gowns, with a little woolen fichu tied behind and a silk handkerchief falling back on the neck from the uncovered head. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The two women in fichus were young; one was ugly, while the other had rather pretty features. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "No, of course, I would not go out in a jacket; but my best costume is very modest: a cotton gown, a little cap, a knitted fichu—that's my attire!" Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z The green chiffon crossed the shoulders in fichu effect, and the elbow-length sleeves were edged with bands of green. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The Friends took infinite pains with their soft brown and silvery grey silks, with their delicate fichus and Canton shawls. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z She furthermore wore a fichu of a style which had been entirely extinct for fifty years at least. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z He had just taken his seat at one, at which two women in fichus were already seated dressed like fishwomen in their everyday clothes. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "What, monsieur! do you mean to say that you would take to the theatre a woman in a cotton dress, cap, and a fichu instead of a shawl?" Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z She is dressed in a short full skirt, white stockings, clogs on her feet, a striped apron, tight bodice, fichu, short sleeves, and white cap on dark hair. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Once or twice I had seen them at home, the women in white caps and fichus, quiet and composed, sitting peacefully in their old-time parlours simple and bare but filled with priceless Sheraton or Chippendale. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z There are scarcely any costumes left, but all Italians like bright colours, and the red and green fichus and aprons looked pretty and gay as the various groups passed us. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z I was advised that my skirt must clear the ground, and for the rest a modest fichu and elbow sleeves seemed the most that good taste permitted. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The crouched-together attitude had caused an envelope the girl had hidden in her bodice to work up to the bit of bare neck revealed by the low-folded fichu. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The women wore a calico skirt, a white shirt with a bracelet at the elbow to hold the sleeves and a fichu on the head. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Mary was thinking of her pretty mother standing at the door of the Tea Cup Inn in a trim gray 35 chambray dress with its white muslin fichu. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z They love bright colours, and generally have on two or three, red or blue skirts, yellow fichus on their heads, or over their shoulders, coloured beads or gold pins. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z For, seated upon a low limb of an apple tree, her two little feet hanging down, and garbed in pink-flowered chintz and snowy fichu, I beheld Penelope Grant, a-knitting. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Before Julia quite realized what was happening, the other had leaped upon her like a young panther, and was tearing away the fichu at her neck. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Isabella is dressed in black, with a square and low-cut bodice and a gauze fichu. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Just turn in the collar of your dress and sling a fichu round your neck. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z She did not expect to find anything more exciting than a black silk with a fichu, or something else elderly of that sort. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z She was attired in a one-piece dress of dark gray silk with a white fichu at the throat of frost-like lace. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z She had wrapped the torn fichu up close about her throat. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z On his left stands his wife, whose handsome figure is dressed in a crimson skirt, brown corsage, a white fichu, and a black cloak. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The becoming fichu and full skirt of this design seem to belong to the Colonial days with powdered hair and patches. Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl 2011-08-10T02:00:14.783Z One of Romney’s Lady Hamilton pictures for instance, with a white gauze fichu; or a Sir Thomas Lawrence portrait——” “You don’t think it’s too fantastic?” asked Molly. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z "Besides, I'll lend you a hat and a fresh fichu; you don't need any coat tonight, it's too rotten warm." Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Entered, with a shy and demure air, a girl dressed in the simplest kind of dress made of thin black muslin, with a white fichu over her shoulders falling in long ends below her waist. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Miss Manning's favorite anisette had accomplished its mission, and her white head was bowed on the billowy lace fichu that covered her neck. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z But these details faded into secondary consideration, for the Lavender Lady was entering, in the soft heliotrope gown, with a sprig of wallflower pinned into the lace fichu. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Nita unties a black lace fichu from her neck, and binds it round the child's neck; then she smooths her hair. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z Ferrol looked at her white dress and the little frilled fichu, which was her sole protection. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z She took the fichu from her shoulders and laid it reverently over the dead man's face: she folded the hands across the breast. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z The bodice began with a very pointed front and very low neck off the shoulders, tuck-ins of fine embroidery, and capes or fichus of the same, covered the shoulders, often three deep. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z This group included the Duchess of Sutherland, as Charlotte Corday in a gown of red cr�pe de Chine, a muslin fichu and cap, trimmed with point d'Alen�on lace, and dagger at waist. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z She smiled, fingering the long ends of her fichu. A Blot on the Scutcheon It was a plain white lawn, with a little frilled cape or fichu which crossed upon her breast, and was knotted loosely behind. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z She fetched a lace fichu, which she knotted loosely on her bosom. The Undying Past No trace of Susanna; her black gauze fichu lay on the floor in the middle of the room; on the sofa, half-hidden in the cushions, was a note. A Sister's Love A Novel Gown of cream satin brocaded with mauve and white lilac, Marie Antoinette, white chiffon fichu, and cap trimmed with clusters of shaded lilac and foliage. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z She rose, her hand resting against the knot of the fichu at her breast. A Blot on the Scutcheon She had a black velvet ribbon around her lithe waist, a rose in her bosom where the fichu crossed, and a broad Gainsborough hat upon her head. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z I lent a little lace fichu to Augusta; tell her that I shall so like to have it. Ayala's Angel The first evening passed pleasantly; and with a white muslin fichu, which Miss Falconer insisted upon making for her, crossed over her black gown, Joyce looked her best. Under the Mendips A Tale They wore the daintiest white costumes of the period, composed of broch� silk, with fichus of white chiffon, and silk hats trimmed with feathers. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z "There is one at Varenac who is more than brother to me," she whispered, plucking at the end of her fichu. A Blot on the Scutcheon The muslin Canezon spencer, the silk fichu, and even the lighter barêge, are frequently the sole additions to a high dress, or even to one but partially so. English Costume On the third evening Theo made her appearance wearing her best fichu, and with a face wreathed in smiles. The Daughters of a Genius Near him was the Queen, whose tears and perspiration had completely drenched her fichu and her handkerchief. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty She paused to shake out the lustrous silk and spread the fichu over it that I might see the delicate pattern of the lace. The Land of Long Ago She awarded the same stamp of approval upon Aunt Sabrina, too, who was very stately in a black silk with one of the Judson roses pinned in the net fichu about her throat. Happy House On this momentous occasion she was attired in buff-colored silk, very scant as to drapery, a lace fichu and a huge Leghorn bonnet trimmed with pink gauze and long ostrich feathers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Have you here," he said, with deep gravity, "some stout gown, fashioned with plaits and fullness in the skirt, and a cape or fichu,—is that what you call it,—about the shoulders? The Story of Old Fort Loudon From the friends in Washington, D. C., came a plush case, on whose satin lining rested an exquisite point lace fichu and sleeve ruffles. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years There were ruffles of point lace in the full sleeves, and she held up the point-lace cap and fichu that completed the costume. The Land of Long Ago She wore a black satin gown with a handsome point lace fichu and draped over her shoulders a soft, white shawl, while close by was a large jar of lavender hyacinths. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V There was no picture in all that famous collection more attractive than this white-haired woman, robed in garnet velvet, relieved by antique fichu, collar and cuffs of old point lace. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV In the vicinity of the cemetery gathered many colored marchandes, their 369 heads and shoulders draped in shawls and fichus of bright, diversified hues; before them, perambulating booths with baskets of molasses candy or pain-patate. The Strollers On Sundays they are dressed in brown frocks with elbow sleeves and mittens, and wear white fichus and aprons and snowy Dutch caps, like the children of the Foundling Hospital. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London Now go behind that screen and put on the sprigged cotton frock you will find there, with a muslin fichu and a mob cap. Olive in Italy Esther had put on her best frock and an old muslin fichu about her shoulders. The Carroll Girls A massive fichu of freshly laundered muslin went around her neck and was tucked into her bodice; a white turban was on her head, but on top of the turban—! Mr. Wicker's Window She was dressed specially for her part in a kind of half-Spanish costume, with a red skirt, a black velvet bodice over white sleeves, and a muslin fichu trimmed with lace. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life She put on an elegant sort of bonnet-hat which had been presented to her by Martin, a lace fichu over her shoulders, and a pair of long white gloves. The School Queens And Edna darted out of the room, and returned a moment afterward with a dainty cream lace fichu. Our Bessie The fichu was one her mother had thrown away long ago, and Esther had rescued. The Carroll Girls She was attired in a short skirt, a white fichu moderately fresh, a kind of Italian head-dress and scarlet stockings. The Belovéd Vagabond She produced a manikin dressed primly after the manner of eighteen-thirty, prim parted hair over a small head festooned with ringlets, a fichu, and mits painted on her fingers. Turn About Eleanor And, reaching up a pale hand, she would set straight a stray fluff of the girl's dark-brown hair or improve the set of her fichu. Tatterdemalion She was dressed as though expecting some one, in a black silk dress, with a dainty lace fichu on her head, which was very becoming. The Brothers Karamazov That evening, while Alden read the paper, she planned a feast for the next night, and mended, with fairy-like stitches, the fichu of real lace that she usually wore with her lavender silk gown. Master of the Vineyard 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 I have a piece of Carrickmacross lace somewhere which would make a fichu. Love of Brothers “How queer!” she said, folding a lace fichu into a tulle hat, for she was packing fast and furiously. A Woman's Will She wears a gray silk cloak, a lace fichu, and a parasol. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature The real-lace fichu was fastened at the waist with an amethyst pin and at her throat she wore a string of silver beads. Master of the Vineyard Mrs. Parsons put on a Sabbath garment of black silk to receive her brother, and round her neck a lace fichu. The Hero She came down to dinner wearing a pale green frock with a prim fichu of chiffon and lace. Love of Brothers "Who are you?" she asked, after she had dusted the bark from her fichu. Terribly Intimate Portraits At the other end of the table sat a kindly-faced middle-aged woman, in a grey dress and a lace fichu fastened with a large cameo brooch. Antony Gray,—Gardener It quickly became very popular, in the early "fifties" every woman of either high or low degree possessing herself of at least a lace collar or fichu of Limerick lace. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework She smoothed a stray wisp of hair which had escaped from under her lace cap: she gave a tug to her fichu and a pat to her skirts. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Miss Ellen Terry is attired in black, with a white fichu at her breast to relieve the monotony of this sombre garb. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Sophie in her little cell rose early and turned her fichu. Terribly Intimate Portraits Her brown eyes shone like two stars, and her cheeks were the colour of the knot of carnation ribbon that fastened the lace fichu of her dress. A harum-scarum schoolgirl She had thrown a fichu of point-lace over her head, and was wearing a dressing-gown of starched white piqué, with plenty of material in it, falling in wide pleats. Renée Mauperin "She is quite a pretty girl," returns madame, leisurely, carefully folding her exquisite lace fichu and laying it back in its scented box. Floyd Grandon's Honor “Be sure you don’t get mixed up and describe monkish fichus and gold leaf on the bias, or you’ll be everlastingly disgraced in the office.” Jewel Weed Well, maybe fichus and capes will go out before another summer. A Little Girl in Old Boston Grandmother Underhill came too, but she wore black silk with her pretty fine lace fichu that she had been married in herself. A Little Girl in Old New York The short, puffed sleeves, lace fichu and full, puffed skirt proclaimed it of a bygone generation. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The bride, who was a beautiful girl, wore a delaine dress of light and dark blue with a large white lace fichu. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History When she appeared before them no trace of emotion was visible upon her face, and she had concealed the fated paper beneath the fichu that covered her bosom. Which? or, Between Two Women And there's so much silk I should make a fichu to tie round in the back with two long ends. A Little Girl in Old Boston The senhoras were all dressed after the French fashion: corset, fichu, garniture, all was proper, and even elegant, and there was a great display of jewels. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 I thought if I put on the bright dress and my pet chiffon fichu, they might not notice how thin my hair is at the top!” More about Pixie She dressed perfectly, in soft satins and brocades; not black, but of rich, subdued colours, softened by fichus of lace, while her wonderfully silky white hair was dressed in the latest and most elaborate fashion. Flaming June Her shoulders were covered with a silk fichu of the same color, knotted behind at the waist. Which? or, Between Two Women I’ll put on a fichu, and then I can leave some hooks unfastened, to give myself a little air.” More About Peggy She wore the linen bonnet and the crossed fichu of the poorer class of women, and her whole appearance was that of neatness and honesty. Ten Tales It had a soft fichu about the neck of yellowed muslin, with a pattern of little roses. Mary Gray As a general rule, the waistcoat is made high up the throat, round which is a fall of lace, or opens en cœur, having a fichu à plastron of embroidery, worn under. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II But it was true: this gleaming dress with its white and golden lights, and a filmy fichu crossed meekly over the breast, gave Marie a look of sweet and virginal innocence. The Guests Of Hercules The white dress was made without a collar, and was wrapped across her breast like a fichu which left the slender white stem of her throat uncovered. The Golden Silence At the neck, which was turned away, she wore a fichu of filmy lace tinted by time to a creamy tone and held in place by an old-fashioned medallion of seed pearls. Flood Tide She had a little white muslin folded fichu about her shoulders. Mary Gray Taking the gown from its accustomed peg in the corner, she folded it into a basket with a silk fichu that was almost new, and walked cautiously to the door once more. A Cardinal Sin Her dress of white charmeuse, embroidered with violets, was fastened in front under a folded and crossed fichu of "shadow" lace and a bunch of real violets held on by an old-fashioned brooch. The Second Latchkey She had a ribbon of the MacGregor tartan on her cap, and an uncompromising cairngorm fastened her fichu of valuable point lace. The Golden Silence A white fichu of cheesecloth or lawn may be worn with this costume, and all the girls taking part in the dances should have their hair powdered, and worn in a pompadour fashion. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Also there were fichus and lace-edged handkerchiefs and such things, to strike a young girl dumb with delight. The Story of Bawn She therefore hastened to the neighboring shops, purchased the quarter of a fowl and two white rolls with what remained of the money obtained on her gown and fichu, and turned homeward once more. A Cardinal Sin Adjusting his eyeglasses, they slipped from his nose and fell on the lace of her fichu. The Second Latchkey That collar was a clever idea—and that fichu of lace. His Second Wife The muslin fichu, the little curtains, the nail—was this a cipher decided on in advance between the prisoners? The House of the Combrays I will, and take a fichu to wear in the evening. The Disentanglers Aunt Charlotte, in a pretty white lace fichu set off with rose-coloured bows, was dispensing tea with hospitable smiles, while Martha handed cakes and poured a fresh supply of hot water into the teapot. Austin and His Friends He liked the lace fichu at her throat. Kenny The problem is solved at once by forcing another undergraduate of the name of Lord Fancourt Babberley into a black satin skirt, a lace fichu, a pair of mitts, an old-fashioned cap and wig. Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act Dark-eyed Countess Margaret, all clad in pure white, the smallest of lace fichus just dropped over her heavy hair, moved smoothly up the steps and into the room. Doctor Claudius, A True Story This fichu or cape is made either with fine wool or with silk used three or four times double. Beeton's Book of Needlework When she finally appeared in soft brown merino, with a deep fichu of old, dark lace, and black ribbons, she courageously held out a delightfully cool, smooth hand. The Three Black Pennys A Novel She was all in black, except a floating muslin cape or fichu, making a beholder despise the finery of the Empire. Lazarre The red-moustached man parted company with his companion and went straight to a counter where lace scarfs and fichus and wonderful boudoir caps were achieving a brilliant success. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl The King and the princes came every day for supper, and were received by a Queen dressed in white with a fichu of net--sometimes in a "rumpled gown of cotton." The Story of Versailles The dress should be sombre, trailing, and rather distraught: there is a way of arranging a fichu which of itself suggests that the heart beneath it is blighted. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 The next two wear orchid dresses, cream fichus, and cream hats trimmed with pale blue hydrangeas. Etiquette On her shoulders she wore a small dark-colored fichu that crossed upon her breast, which was also covered by the large bib of her apron. Ticket No. "9672" They wore for clothing a double skirt of coloured linen, and a white fichu, open in a point to the waist and leaving their gold-coloured arms quite bare. The Conqueror She crosses and presses her little fichu on her heart; we can see that distance dwindles affectionately in front of her. Light To-day, they spread out their fichus more proudly, but there is no longer that sweet flower of old-fashioned pudicity in their costume that made them resemble Holbein's virgins. The Devil's Pool For instance, two of them may wear pale blue satin slips covered with blue chiffon and cream lace fichus, and cream-colored "picture" hats trimmed with orchids. Etiquette The third girl, with a delight for old-fashioned ways, was followed by six maids in quaint Colonial gowns of plain or flowered silk, no two costumes alike, save for soft white lace fichus. Entertaining Made Easy Still Winona felt it was daring, because the collar was low and sported a fichu of lace. The Wrong Twin The result was a dress pattern of soft black silk, brocaded with a small leafy design, a graceful lace-edged, muslin fichu, and an onyx bar pin upon which three butterflies were outlined by tiny pearls. People of the Whirlpool The couch made you think of a plump grandmother of bygone days, a beruffled white fichu across her ample, comfortable bosom. Cheerful—By Request With her jewels, her laces, her shawls; her two hundred and twenty dresses, her fichus, her veils; her pictures, her busts, her birds. Men, Women and Ghosts For a long time I did not know what to get for Aunt Dora, and at length we have decided upon a lace fichu; for she is awfully fond of lace. A Young Girl's Diary Armand could not see her face, but presently it seemed to him that something which glittered for a moment in the golden evening light, fell from her eyes onto her dainty fichu of lace. The Scarlet Pimpernel This effect was enhanced by a small black fichu or scarf, of crape or gauze, disposed quaintly round her bosom and now completing as by a mystic touch the pathetic, the noble analogy. The Ambassadors You began by allowing your women to appear in public with their faces unveiled, then you suppressed the fichu and the collarette, and now you rob them of half their corsage. The Ways of Men A large blue handkerchief, such as the Invalides use, was folded into a fichu, and concealed her figure clumsily. Les Misérables In his turn, he touched her face accidentally, as she jumped to recover the last fichu, which he had carelessly let go of. The Dream The gentle sea-breeze blew Marguerite's hair about her face, and sent the ends of her soft lace fichu waving round her, like a white and supple snake. The Scarlet Pimpernel "Lizzie—not—not when I'm in my black lace fichu and the little round hat?" Life and Death of Harriett Frean Wrapped in my cloak, with a lace fichu over my head, I joined Mayer in the smoking-room, and then we both got into his hansom. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt They wanted round collars, and deep collars, and fichus, and edges, and a hundred little irritating things. Ester Ried Yet Speaking She wore her black satin gown, and her white Maltese lace fichu, just to give it a touch of summer lightness. The Far Horizon There was not an article beyond the furniture left in the room, except a woman's fichu that seemed to have caught on a nail near the chimney. L'Assommoir The ten women at the far end were fastening their /fichus/ and tying their cap strings, with a kind of modest nervousness displayed on their mournfully ugly faces. The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5 She wrapped a black fichu round her head, and we both went downstairs, accompanied by Duquesnel and Paul Meurice, who saw us into the carriage. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt "The one in the frock-coat and the silk hat, talking to the lady in the green lawn and the black lace fichu and the spring bonnet." The Christian A Story It was a masculine house in which Mrs. Sales, a gentle lady with a fichu of lace round her soft neck, looked strangely out of place, yet entirely happy in her strangeness. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing To our friend both sky and sea were familiar companions; but the fichu was a new friend. In and out of Three Normady Inns But whilst he was writing, she had drawn the knife from her fichu, and as he uttered those words of doom to others his own doom descended upon him in a lightning stroke. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series It had a white fichu crossing and tying behind, which gave her the look, somehow, of belonging in the house. The Wishing-Ring Man Marfinka coloured, smoothed her hair, gave a tug to her fichu, and cast a glance in the mirror. The Precipice Nobody would remember it, and trimmed with some of her mother's lace, the big flounce and the fichu, it would be a different thing. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing The wink was entirely by way of explanation; it was to enlighten us as to why a certain rare bottle of port—a fresh one—was being secreted beneath her fichu. In and out of Three Normady Inns She was becomingly dressed in brown cloth, a lace fichu folded across her well-developed breast, a conical hat above her light brown hair. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Let the fichu be Eidelweiss; trim the fan and slippers with the same, and use dandelions and calla lilies for the bouquets. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. Only once he let himself go and presented Emilie with a light pink fichu of real French material, and that very day she had burnt a hole in his gift with a candle. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories Blouses, trousers, clothes for the baby, a woollen dress, a muslin dress, with two beautiful fichus in true Breton style for the grandmother. The Idol of Paris The fire and the candlelight were in competition which should best light up the tall transparent caps, the lace fichus, the brocade bodices, and the long trains. In and out of Three Normady Inns She took off her things, washed off the dust, and changed into the black-and-white barmaid's costume, fastening the frilly apron, the cuffs, the delicate fichu with mechanical care. Hidden Creek Another anxious moment, and with a sigh of relief Betty slipped on the short waist with its puffed sleeves and essayed to pin the fichu daintily around her neck. An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott He began to upbraid her; she fixed the fichu to the cat's tail; he was angry; she laughed in his face. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories Quicherat tells that the "whisk" came into universal use in 1644, when very low-necked gowns were worn, and that it was simply a kerchief or fichu to cover the neck. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) I mean to have my next dress made with a green silk fichu, a moire antique bertha, and little point lace peplums and gussets, just like Miss MESTAYER'S. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870 Madame Grévy was sitting in an armchair, near the fire, a grey shawl on her shoulders and a lace fichu on her head. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 The older women wore small bonnets and cashmere shawls, lace collars and cameos, the younger fichus and small flat hats above their "waterfalls" or curled chignons. Sleeping Fires: a Novel The warm bed-stockings were neatly folded and left with a little word of love to Mary, who had rheumatism; and to Mrs. Childs, the beauty of the place, she left her lace fichu. Drusilla with a Million A colored fichu round the neck was the only ornament she wore. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood The Martinique negress is, as a rule, a handsome bronze-coloured creature, and she wears a full-skirted, flowing dress of flowered chintz or cretonne, with a fichu of some contrasting colour over her breast. Here, There and Everywhere This impression indeed was, as it were, certificated by an old-fashioned silk fichu that she had been obliged to borrow, which in bygone years had been worn by Morris's mother. Stella Fregelius Her sister Sally almost danced with excitement, and even Miss Hathaway straightened her fichu. Sleeping Fires: a Novel She put on an expression of severe austerity, and seemed greatly shocked by the sight of La Sarriette's loosely fastened fichu. The Fat and the Thin There were fichus, small and large, with patterns simple and elaborate, looking as though a breath might blow them out of existence, so fragile was their substance. Glenloch Girls As soon as Nancy had clumped downstairs again I put on my lace fichu and put two hankies in my belt, for I thought I'd probably need more than one. Further Chronicles of Avonlea When Stella came out of church, redraped in the antique and unbecoming fichu, she found herself the object of considerable attention. Stella Fregelius She wore a house-gown of white muslin sprigged with violets, and a long Marie Antoinette fichu, pale green and diaphanous. Sleeping Fires: a Novel The grey satin gown of Mrs. Allen's, which Patty had appropriated without compunction, fitted fairly well, and a fichu of old lace, prettily draped, concealed any deficiencies. Patty's Butterfly Days ‘And then a muslin fichu coming over here.’ A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus Better complete, thought she, the other and smaller pieces—one a fichu of Brussels lace, and the others some embroidered handkerchiefs on which she was to place monograms. Felix O'Day Meanwhile, Stella was being engaged by the brother, who surveyed her with pale, admiring eyes which did not confine their attentions to the fichu. Stella Fregelius Tempers were lost; women, cloaked to the ears, their heads protected only by fichus or mantillas, quarrelled with husbands or cousins or brothers over the question of umbrellas. The Pit Only the presence of so many people prevented her fichu from being mussed. Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress On the night of the supper-party, I was wearing a white muslin dress with transparent chemise sleeves, a fichu and a long skirt with a Nattier blue taffeta sash. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One She wore a purple dress with a yellow fichu, in which was fixed a large silver brooch; on her head was a small lace cap. Thyrza To begin with, finding it warm, Stella threw off the fichu, greatly to the gain of her personal appearance. Stella Fregelius The next moment a wave of color rushes up from beneath the creamy fichu and drowns her whole face. The Man of Destiny The women were all in their bravest attire, with cunning little fichus crossed upon their breasts, broad-striped, brightly colored skirts, and large white coifs. The Honor of the Name I had taken a bunch of rose carnations out of a glass and pinned them into my fichu with three diamond ducks given me by Lord Carmichael, our delightful Peeblesshire friend and neighbour. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One She wore a gown of some soft, silky material, sprigged with heliotrope, and round her neck a fichu of cobwebby lace, fastened at the breast with a cameo brooch of old Italian workmanship. The Hermit of Far End "Princess Yusupova wore one exactly like this," said Berg, pointing to the fichu with a happy and kindly smile. War and Peace It is cut low in the neck, where it is eked out by a creamy fichu. The Man of Destiny She wore a yellowish fichu, a brown skirt, a jacket, all this on her monstrous abdomen; and a vast soiled apron like the linen trousers of a convict. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo And, shaking up the fichu, she ascended the stairs. The Prophet of Berkeley Square When she emerged again she was smartly stockinged and slippered, and even the blue serge skirt was exchanged for a bright print, with a white fichu tied around her throat. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales As Katenka bent over the caterpillar she made that very movement, while at the same instant the breeze lifted the fichu on her white neck. Childhood Mrs. Boyd shed a few tears, and as she never by any chance carried a handkerchief, let them flow over her fichu. A Poor Wise Man The throat, visible to the eye though covered with a transparent fichu, allowed the graceful outlines of the bosom to be seen with charming roguishness. Beatrix "Doubtless," replied Madame, arranging a napkin carefully over her fichu, and dealing rigorously with some mayonnaise sauce. The Prophet of Berkeley Square A pretty fichu edged with lace covered her shoulders; around her throat was a pink silk neckerchief, charmingly tied, and on her head was a straw hat ornamented with one moss rose. The Deputy of Arcis "What a pretty dress you have," and with his finger he touched the gold fringe of her fichu. The Schoolmistress, and other stories Mademoiselle Stangerson threw a fichu shawl over her shoulders and I plainly saw that it was she who was begging Monsieur Darzac to go with her into the garden. Mystery of the Yellow Room Millinery would tell us that she wore a fichu of thin white muslin crossed in front on a dress of the same light stuff, trimmed with deep rose. The Egoist Her sleek crimps were all ruffled up, and her lace fichu twisted half around her neck. Chronicles of Avonlea The women's dresses were faded, old-fashioned, dyed and re-dyed; they wore gloves that were glazed with hard wear, much-mended lace, dingy ruffles, crumpled muslin fichus. 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