| 单词 | knee breeches |
| 例句 | But this isn’t the architectural equivalent of requiring federal workers to wear knee breeches and a tricorn hats. Perspective | Why Trump shouldn’t be allowed to dictate how federal buildings are designed 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z His mystique was amplified by tour photos taken by his official portraitist Napoleon Sarony: Wilde in knee breeches, for instance, reclining sensuously on a fur rug. Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z This apologist for art and beauty, quite froufrou with his long hair and velvet knee breeches, addressed largely feminine audiences about “The House Beautiful.” ‘Wilde’s Women’: the surprising force behind Oscar’s fame and success 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z With the tweed knee breeches that Oliver Spencer made this season, of course. Trading Up: For Rappelling Those Mean Manhattan Canyons - Trading Up 2011-11-28T22:45:36Z He was the last president to wear the powdered wig and knee breeches of an eighteenth-century gentleman and nearly the last Revolutionary in high office. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Even the word “oratory,” from our postmillennial point of view, seems outdated, the rhetorical equivalent of knee breeches and frock coats. Review | An anthology of great speeches, from the inspirational to the ominous 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z He is wearing a black gown and not a wig or knee breeches or silk stockings like those in the other portraits. House Speaker John Bercow on Theresa May, Brexit and why he won’t leave — yet 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Bercow has dispensed with the traditional knee breeches, silk stockings and wig. Order! Order! The sharp-tongued speaker of the House of Commons is changing the rules — and maybe Brexit. 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z A man dressed as a town crier, in knee breeches and a tricorn hat, appeared on the hospital steps, ringing a very large handbell. ‘A Royal Baby, a Prince!’: Kate and William Welcome New Baby 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z After becoming Speaker in 2009, he updated his own attire by wearing a business suit, rather than the knee breeches and tights worn by his predecessors. Who is John Bercow? Six things about the UK's Speaker - BBC News 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Adams was also, according to the committee, the first president to wear long trousers at his inauguration, breaking with the five presidents before him, who all had worn knee breeches. Donald Trump, the Lincoln Bible and a Page Out of History 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Just imagine the dishwashing scene in The Hobbit, but everyone’s in knee breeches. 5 Solid Party Tips from Presidential History 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The Gothic fairytale fabric of Charles Barry's 19th Century building and the sometimes archaic dress of those who work there - including knee breeches, legal wigs and wing collars - have led to its current nickname: Hogwarts. Behind the scenes at Westminster 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z It is not just that at conservative rallies, chaps in tricorn hats and knee breeches are a staple. Lexington: George Washington, politician 2013-05-30T15:02:24Z A clue to the collective psychology emerged in the movement’s early days, when adherents dressed in tricorn hats, knee breeches, and brass-buckled shoes. American exceptionalism is a dangerous myth 2013-05-26T11:00:00Z At the shop belonging to Austria's Grand Dame of Tracht, Gexi Tostman, there are albums full of personal photos of grooms in brilliant waistcoats and knee breeches and brides in silken dirndls. Bodices and leather trousers make a comeback 2012-10-21T23:16:59Z In addition to their knee breeches, they differed from many of the others sipping Champagne aboard the spectator boat because they were watermen and earned their livelihoods on the river. On the Thames, a Small Rowing Race with a Long History 2012-07-25T01:16:03Z They wore black satin knee breeches and white shirts, open at the throat. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z Old Colonel Pyke presided as Chief Magistrate for many years, and was usually to be seen sitting in the little police office in drab knee breeches with gray yarn stockings and snuff colored coat. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z An old lackey, in a blue livery, with knee breeches and white stockings, bowed, somewhat surprised at recognizing, after a moment's hesitation, Prince Lubimoff. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z For wet and dusty work there are trouser suits in cotton, woollen, or mackintosh, or tunic suits with knee breeches and leggings, or gaiters. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z At that moment, a middle-aged man came out of the house; he had long hair, and wore a blue jacket with silver buttons, knee breeches, and stockings. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z There are duels, fancy-dress balls, horses, hats, knee breeches and bodices, but for all the highly mannered behavior on display, the overall mood is feverish, unruly and decidedly weird. A Mild-Mannered Maniac 2011-07-29T20:15:26Z I will here relate an incident that happened when I first encountered experience in her knee breeches, I have termed it a fighting, explosive nauseating cough remedy. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z On his first visit Keats was kept waiting till the poet bustled in, full dressed in stiff stock and knee breeches, in haste to keep a dinner appointment with one of his official chiefs. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Not an expression or exclamation came from him; but his white knee breeches were streaked and stained with red. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Time was, when the soldier was compelled to powder his hair and wear a queue and tight knee breeches, like a dancing master or a French marquis of the ancien régime. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z He wore a court sword, knee breeches, and top boots; he was the epitome of that type of Emigrant dubbed 'Louis XV's tumblers.' The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The Baron was a man of fifty, prodigiously tall, singularly thin, abundantly powdered, with legs like hop-poles, clad in knee breeches and white silk stockings. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Here, at the world's end, as near the Front as anyone can get, driving about in that old car with the broken windows, is our eminent journalist, in baggy grey knee breeches and laced-up boots. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z Being off duty he frequently doffed his uniform and appeared at the Judge's in laced coat, knee breeches and silk stockings. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z On Shabbat it is beautiful black satin frock coats, knee breeches and stunning round fur hats. Kabbalah country 2011-01-15T12:02:20Z But to think of them as apostles in knee breeches or as passionate evangelicals is a profound misreading of the past. Religious Case for Separating Church and State 2010-04-23T23:11:00Z It is the young Prince Imperial, who was killed in Africa a dozen years ago, but is shown here as a mere child in knee breeches. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 And nobody recognized this more acutely than the man with the cigar between his lips, and the short grey knee breeches showing sturdy legs in their dark grey stockings and thick laced-up boots. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z I like Major Morris with his English drawl, his bravery, his knee breeches, and his shade out of sunlight. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z It was the picture of a tall, slight boy of sixteen or seventeen years, dressed in the black satin knee breeches, the diamond shoe buckles, and powdered queue of a past generation. The Gambler A Novel The knee breeches are fastened with buckles over gaudy silk stockings and high-heeled slippers. The Child's Book of American Biography Every morning there came an old man to clean the rooms and to wait upon him, otherwise the old man in the knee breeches would have been quite alone in the house. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series With the heavy golf stockings, knee breeches, and belted jacket, even to himself he seemed another man, and an older man he looked by five years. The Mountain Girl This other was a venerable man with a queer-shaped cap upon his white head and wearing knee breeches and gaiters, which made the young American remember some pictures of old Continental statesmen. Dorothy at Oak Knowe The footman who opened the door was six feet tall, dressed in knee breeches and a swallow-tailed coat. The "Genius" Mr. Quirk, dressed in black, with knee breeches and silk stockings, immediately bustled up to him, shook him cordially by the hand, and led him up to the assembled guests. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. An old man lived in it who wore knee breeches, a coat with large brass buttons, and a wig which any one could see was a real one. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The man wore knee breeches and white stockings; his coat was “some kind of a lightish colour—or betwixt that and dark”; and he wore a “moleskin weskit.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Fowle's father-in-law is remembered as the last gentleman in Alexandria to hold to the fashion of knee breeches and silk stockings. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria He was p. 217very stout, and wore tight black knee breeches with shoes and silk stockings. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations Five or six servants, with powdered wigs, in silk stockings and knee breeches, hover about the table. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign He wore knee breeches of buckskin, and a voluminous overcoat, lined with pockets of astonishing capacity, which pockets were crammed with shirts and stockings. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series His long, thin legs were clad in close-fitting knee breeches of green velveteen, somewhat stained. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman He is always attended by his gentiluomo, who is gorgeously arrayed in knee breeches, military hat and sword. Italy, the Magic Land His face was red from sunburn and he was dressed in a blue coat, gray waistcoat and green knee breeches. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Tell them an old gentleman called Duncan Dhew, in black knee breeches and leggings has sent you, and it will be all right. Adventures and Recollections White cotton stockings; knee breeches of a blue-gray worsted material, and matching frock coat with silver carved buttons. Mr. Wicker's Window He was a gentleman of the old school and always wore knee breeches and shoe buckles. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century I shall never forget my first impression of him—a venerable man, with a queer-shaped cap on his head, and wearing knee breeches and gaiters, much as our old Colonial statesmen were wont to do. Dorothy's Triumph He was dressed much after the manner of some of our English farmers, with knee breeches, white stockings, and shoes fastened over the instep with a large silver buckle. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition He was clad in a huge waistcoat, long coat, knee breeches and hose—blue hose—upon his comely legs! Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Satin knee breeches, a cascade of fine lace at his throat, and lace falling gracefully over his small well-kept hands made up the picture. Mr. Wicker's Window To his latest day, he dressed in the old style; his hair in queue, knee breeches, long stockings, and buckles on his shoes. A Portrait of Old George Town And a couple of flunkies in long-tailed coats and knee breeches and white wigs are mooning round, fixing things up ship shape. Sundry Accounts Yes, it was just about the same time yesterday that a dude from the English ranch, a dude in knee breeches and shiny-topped riding boots, had galloped confidently toward him. 'Me--Smith' The little man wore blue knee breeches and black stockings and buckled shoes, and his coat was cut away in front over his stomach and had two tails behind, down to his knees. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure The coachman wore knee breeches and a cockaded hat; two gentlemen got down from the interior of the coach, stretching their cramped legs. Mr. Wicker's Window “Oh, he wore a somewhat battered gold crown, and carried an orb and sceptre, and was dressed in knee breeches and a velvet cloak with an ermine collar.” The Wallypug in London The dress for polo includes buckskin knee breeches, flannel or madras shirt with low turn-down collar, top riding boots, and polo cap. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Pinchbeck metal was very much used for watch keys, the fob seals remaining in fashion until knee breeches went out. Chats on Household Curios Each head was bound with a bright-colored kerchief, and as the horrified company examined the dead men closer, it was seen that they all wore knee breeches. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure Mr. Bennet's manner of bending over her hand in his acknowledgment of it called loudly for satin knee breeches and lace ruffles, silver buckled shoon and a decorative sword, as the most appropriate accompaniments. The Heart of Arethusa The little lady Marionette wore a beautiful white silk dress brocaded with pink roses, whilst her partner had on a blue velvet coat, knee breeches, white silk stockings, and diamond shoe buckles. Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly His brown suit, knee breeches, and silk stockings, were set off by brightly polished steel buttons and diamond buckles. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean Pretty girls walked there in the twilight with long-haired lovers in knee breeches and round hats. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag His trousers were knee breeches, buckled just below the knee, and he was very bow-legged; his calves were big and knotted. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure The Dean himself came down and called with much decanal grandeur, conspicuous as he walked up to the Hall door with shovel hat and knee breeches. Kept in the Dark He wore a gay-flowered waistcoat, with knee breeches, and huge silver buckles on his shoes. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War It was hard to believe it was Dr Bolter standing there, in a pair of ragged trousers reduced in length to knee breeches, and nothing else. Middy and Ensign Below he wore knee breeches of the same material; with putties, or long bands of cloth, wound round and round the leg, and which possessed many advantages over gaiters. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War For, whatever his faults, he was no coxcomb, and the knee breeches and finery had only been assumed for that one occasion, at the “special request” of charity’s fair committee. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Some are young, handsome, fastidious in person and dress; others are bohemian in costume, speech, and action; all wear knee breeches, and nearly all have pointed beards. Shakespeare's Christmas Gift to Queen Bess The boys were less inconvenienced by their garb, which included, to be sure, heavy shoes and long stockings, but also tight knee breeches and, instead of jackets, waistcoats with sleeves. Ethel Morton's Holidays Leontes' costume consists of a black coat, belted around the waist, black knee breeches and hose, confined with a gold band and showy paste pin. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Hasjelti wore knee breeches and a shirt of black velvet, ornamented with silver buttons. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians His quaintly cut blue cloth coat adorned with large brass buttons, his knee breeches of corduroy, and grey blue stockings, looking well in keeping with his dwelling, but very out of place behind a counter. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Still, it is a fine coat, and the knee breeches, stockings and buckled shoes are very splendid. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis The portiere, however, was very gorgeous and imposing in his knee breeches, white silk stockings, gold-trimmed coat, and his three-cornered hat with the prince's cockade at the side. The Title Market The costume of Napoleon consists of a blue dress coat with a buff breast, eagle buttons, buff vest and knee breeches, top boots, spurs, sash, side arms, black chapeau, and gray overcoat. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants He wore a velvet suit, including knee breeches and silk hose and gaiters, and a jacket with a flowing lace collar. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Rupert's knee breeches were of white satin, and his waistcoat of thick brocaded silk of a delicate drab ground. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars I'm going to adopt the knee breeches part of it for good when I go home—golf breeches in the day time and knee breeches at night. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I The worthies are standing about the table dressed in the knee breeches and flowing coats of the day, with wigs conventionally powdered and that stately bearing which characterizes the typical historical painting. Craftsmanship in Teaching The poet is costumed in a dark coat, light vest, knee breeches, white hose, low shoes, knee and shoe buckles, lace collar and wristbands. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants He was very sturdy, and he was clothed smartly in a velvet jacket and knee breeches. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old His picturesque dress—that of the Tyrol—comprised a red waistcoat, crossed by green braces, which were fastened to black knee breeches of chamois leather, below which he wore red stockings. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German If you are not entitled to wear a uniform, you have a dark suit, knee breeches, and a funny little tin sword. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I "You people," he continued after a brief interval, "seem to think I'm still in knee breeches." Poor Man's Rock His costume consists of a coat made of Turkey cloth, trimmed with black binding four inches wide; black knee breeches, white hose, knee and shoe buckles, and red shoes. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants He was a man in knee breeches, leather leggings, a bright blue shirt and a claret and buff blazer. Captivity He was a very young officer, who looked as if he should be wearing knee breeches. More Toasts I never knew the origin of this "knee breeches" story. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I Men and women, boys and girls, old folks with white hair and young folks in knee breeches and short skirts, laughing and talking crisscrossed the floor this way and that seeking seats. Six Feet Four He wore horn spectacles; and knee breeches, waistcoat and coat of black like the ink which fades to brown in a drying ink-horn. Lazarre At this period knee breeches were worn almost altogether in England. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader We had with us at least one man, old in government service, who dared the silk stockings and knee breeches of an earlier generation. 54-40 or Fight What the Butler Wears The butler never wears the livery of a footman and on no account knee breeches or powder. Etiquette While the cheese itself weighed a mite under 150, His Royal Highness, ruff, belly, knee breeches, doffed high hat and all, was a hundred-weight heavier, and thus almost dwarfed it. The Complete Book of Cheese There is also a little old man, dressed in the antique garb of a green cut-away coat, knee breeches, and buckled shoes: he is sometimes accompanied by an old lady in similar old-fashioned costume. True Irish Ghost Stories The Generals are pictured clad in blue velvet coats with white facings of cloth or satin vest and tight-fitting knee breeches, also white and long boots reaching to the knee. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" He stood close, close in front of her, tall and strong and handsome in his tunic, knee breeches and puttees. The Romantic Black satin knee breeches, black silk stockings, and pumps with silver buckles, and their ordinary hair, cut short. Etiquette In the King Street of that day gentlemen in knee breeches and lace shirts, their hair in a powdered queue, were as familiar objects as turbaned blacks and Danes in uniform. The Conqueror With their cloth caps with ear flaps hanging down, their knee breeches and their linen shirts hung with a dozen prayer wheels, they characterize this country well…. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated The old man wore a velvet cloak, knee breeches, and buckles on his shoes, and he had a sheep dog with him—a small-sized tricolored, rough-haired collie. Three Times and Out The first thing Walker noticed was that he wore a square-skirted eighteenth century coat and a tattered pair of brocaded knee breeches on his bare legs; the second was that he limped—ever so slightly. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories Until that time, the only European court at which knee breeches had been insisted upon at court and state entertainments, was that of Great Britain. The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) The "wheel" has introduced knickerbockers and promises to result in knee breeches. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient The two men who were to guide the car had powdered hair, black coats, and knee breeches, like the priests of the last century. The Shadow of the Cathedral He wore a black suit with knee breeches, thick stockings and buckled shoes, and his powdered hair was tied in a queue. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign The lithe, meagre form, well dressed in blackcloth coat and knee breeches, white waistcoat and ruffles of finest linen, black silk stockings and silver-buckled shoes, was energetic, graceful, and well proportioned. Calvert of Strathore Last night I got to thinkin' of the pleasant long ago, When I still had on knee breeches, an' I wore a flowing bow, An' my Sunday suit was velvet. Just Folks All the guests of Napoleon III. breakfasted and dined at his table,—in the morning in frock-coat, in the evening in black coat and knee breeches; no uniforms were to be seen. The Court of the Empress Josephine Then he threw off his shoes and stockings, turned up his knee breeches and stepped into the water, where he helped the feet to kick and splash. Michael O'Halloran Somehow he had scraped up a First Lieutenant's uniform: bright blue coat with long tails; white waist-coat, knee breeches, and stockings; black hat cockaded, worn athwart-ships; and sword slung from a shoulder belt. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea I remember so late as Mr. Canning, the minister always came down in silk stockings and pantaloons, or knee breeches. Endymion The dress had something which Redclyffe recognized as clerical, though not exactly pertaining to the Church of England,—a sort of arrangement of the vest and shirt-collar; and he had knee breeches of black. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance She imagined her knee skirts lengthened to a brocaded train, and his trousers gathered up into knee breeches with silver buckles. We Can't Have Everything She wore her farm dress, knee breeches and a thing like an old trench coat, and looked superb. Anne Severn and the Fieldings "When I heard the guy in the knee breeches coming up the stairs I just dove for the slats and played I was asleep." Tutt and Mr. Tutt He was attired as a cavalier, with a scarlet laced coat, a waistcoat of yellow velvet and knee breeches of the cavalier, with silk stockings. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story His plain black coat and knee breeches were wrinkled from travel. The Unspeakable Gentleman It was pulled in front by two government negroes and pushed behind by another pair, all neatly attired in white jackets and knee breeches, and crimson cummerbunds yards long, bound round their middles. Travels in West Africa It didn't seem fitting that a man in this age of work and wisdom should wear shimmering blue plush knee breeches for everyday. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me He thought that no one would dream that he was a small boy if only they could not see those knee breeches that he so heartily despised. Princess Polly's Playmates Warren, handsome in his skirted coat, knee breeches, and ruffles, disappeared from the room, and the dancing went on. The Heart of Rachael To turn a cabaret into a court the movie men merely exchange their Fifth Avenue evening dress for short coats and knee breeches, heavily wadded and quilted, and wear large wigs. The Hohenzollerns in America "What do you want with a pair of knee breeches?" inquired this person crisply. Europe Revised The thing that held us was his blue plush knee breeches. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me "We want some ice cream, these ladies and me," said Lester, trying to look as tall as possible, and hoping that she did not notice that he was wearing knee breeches. Princess Polly's Playmates He was a delicate, frail-looking little fellow, dressed in a black velvet suit with knee breeches. The Sea Fairies They wore short jackets of red velvet braided with gold, and knee breeches of sky-blue satin with silver buttons. American Fairy Tales Nothing daunted by this I looked up the address of a sporting tailor in a side street off Regent Street, whose genius was reputed to find an artistic outlet in knee breeches. Europe Revised The men were in gay coats and knee breeches, silk stockings and buckled shoes. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve It does not conceal his huge hairy chest, nor his half-buttoned knee breeches, nor his legs. Great Catherine The next day, in the minister's company, I was ushered into a little drawing room at the Tuileries by chamberlains in knee breeches and silver-buckled shoes. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Cooper, who was playing at the theater, needed small-clothes for one of his parts; Irving lent him a pair,—knee breeches being still worn,—and the actor carried them off to Baltimore. Washington Irving He was dressed in a dark-green dress coat, knee breeches of the color of cuisse de nymphe effrayee, as he called it, shoes, and silk stockings. War and Peace He had just entered, wearing an embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, and had stars on his breast and a serene expression on his flat face. War and Peace |
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