| 单词 | mantua |
| 例句 | The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then shoes are buckled, stockings are gartered, and a black mantua placed gently round her shoulders. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The care of her room, and carrying water up and down, gave her some exercise; not enough; but Rotha would not indulge herself with out of door amusement till her mantua making was done. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z But women's clothes were made to order in the town by mantua makers, and in the country by travelling tailoresses and sempstresses, or by the deft-fingered wearers. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Jane was a very "handy" girl, and prided herself on knowing enough about "mantua making" to get her living if she had need. A Little Girl in Old Boston Miss Mary went to the window of two sisters who made caps on the Lady Charlotte model and mantuas inspired by a visit to Edinburgh five years ago. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure A breathless moment and, in place of the mantua, a tippet of pheasants' feathers is adjusted. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z One was much taken up with shopping and visits to her mantua- maker; several were engrossed with fancy work; some went out a great deal; all had an air of dawdling. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z “You will line the hoods and mantuas warm, Betty,” pursued Madam, in her most amiable tone. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Of course, they were not in their flowered silks, their lutestrings, their mantuas. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Our great-great-grandmothers here in America wore Paris fashions shown on the imported fashion dolls and made up in brocades from China, by the Colonial mantua makers. Woman as Decoration But on every side of me I beheld startling costumes; dresses that explained my mantua- maker's eagerness about velvet and green leaves. Daisy The days of her early "mantua making" were over. The Other Girls Meanwhile all Claudia Merlin's time was taken up with milliners, mantua makers, and jewelers. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Among those organized in Philadelphia were hand-loom weavers, plasterers, bricklayers, black and white smiths, cigar makers, plumbers, and women workers including tailoresses, seamstresses, binders, folders, milliners, corset makers, and mantua workers. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States Rich ladies will furnish their garrets with stuff, Which others for mantuas would think fine enough: So the wit that is lavishly thrown away here, Might furnish a second-rate poet a year. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 So many birth-day suits were countermanded the next day, that most of the tailors and mantua makers discharged all their journeymen and women. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 However, a domino may slip aside, and Mr. George Farquhar notices a little lady in a deep mourning mantua, whose eyes are not to be forgotten. Gossip in a Library She is a pretty good mantua maker; can cut out and make vests and pantaloons and roundabouts and joseys for little boys in a first rate manner. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Mrs. Lewin promised the white and silver mantua, and as many of the new clothes as a supernatural address, industry, and obligingness, could produce within the time. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger A few of them had their Sunday dresses made by fashionable mantua makers in Washington. The Man in Gray I laid out a part of your money in a made-up mantua and a petticoat of Rat de St. Maur, and for the hat,'twas the exact copy of the lovely Gunning's—Maria Coventry. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty The little lady in the mourning mantua soon fell in love with our gallant spark, and when he made court to her, she represented herself as very wealthy. Gossip in a Library We have noted the richness and elegance of Madam Symonds's mantua. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Say I was disappointed of a hat or a mantua. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Among the very early letters there is one to his brother about "pretty mantua makers," etc, but it is evidently nothing but a nominal deference to the military immorality of the age. Lectures and Essays Not a circumstance was then omitted, from the manly ardour of the bridegroom, and the modest blushes of the bride, to the parson's new surplice, and the silk tabinet mantua of the bridesmaid. The Fortunes of Nigel He had dropped into her aunt's parlor about ten o'clock, and detected Rosa in the act of dragging her new ball-dress from the box in which the mantua maker had sent it home. At Last But mantuas and masks, whisks and drolls, were just as eagerly sought by the governor's wife as if Esther Rowlandson's capture had been a dream. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) This is no time for wasting weeks with milliners and mantua makers. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce "There was always something low to me in the idea of a milliner or mantua maker, and I cannot bear the thought of your being one," Mrs. Turner replied, in a decided tone. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper |
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