| 单词 | nightdress |
| 例句 | Ludo Bagman was easily the most noticeable person Harry had seen so far, even including old Archie in his flowered nightdress. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She looks like a spirit; her snowy nightdress is the same shade as her skin and hair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Leave the nightdress for the servants to put away. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, after the bath, a warm drink with milk and herbs; and a new flannel nightdress with printed flowers and a scalloped hem, and sheepskin slippers dyed soft blue; and then bed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Lucy ran down the stairs in her nightdress and opened the door. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It shone upon the nightdress case, lying on the pillow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I had been given a nightdress so covered with bows and frills that I couldn’t lie flat comfortably. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She had put on a coat over her nightdress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She put on her long dressing gown over her nightdress and stood there with the back of the gown draped over her arm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not tied her wrapper over her nightdress, and I could make out the downward slope of her breasts, the slight swell of her belly underneath the sheer fabric. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She was standing there in her nightdress, breathing deeply of the daybreak air. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She sat on her bed in her nightdress with the letter in her lap and thought about the boy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The kitchen door had opened, and there stood Harry’s aunt, wearing rubber gloves and a housecoat over her nightdress, clearly halfway through her usual pre-bedtime wipe-down of all the kitchen surfaces. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Elinor was sitting up in bed, staring at the flowers on her nightdress, and not saying a word. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She wanted to shower, to scrub herself, but she could not bear the thought of touching her own body, and so she put on her nightdress, gingerly, to touch as little of herself as possible. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I touched the quilt on the bed, traced with my fingers the monogram on the nightdress case, R de W, interwoven and interlaced. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As I came close, she put up her hand in her sleep and pulled the collar of her nightdress close around her throat. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He remembers Frau Elena as she looked early this morning, standing in her nightdress beside the hall lamp, fussing over his bag, all the other children asleep. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I tied my wrapper, which I had used as a light cover in the warm night, over my nightdress, knotted it under my arm, and followed Jaja downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Thank God,” I said to myself, “she cannot be far, as she is only in her nightdress.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z After Ugwu put the potatoes to boil, he gave her a bath, dusted her body over with Pears talcum powder, and brought out her pink nightdress. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her silver hair was wound into a bun on top of her head, and her flowered nightdress was much prettier in the daytime. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z At that moment there was a diversion in the form of a small, red-headed figure in a long nightdress, who appeared in the kitchen, gave a small squeal, and ran out again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Someone in an engine-boat was trying to maneuver it towards an upstairs window, where a gray-haired woman in a nightdress was calling for help, her terrier dæmon barking madly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z An hour later she was lying on her canopy bed in the clean white cotton nightdress which Betty had found for her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her clothes were in the wardrobes in her room, her brushes were on the table, her shoes beneath the chair, her nightdress on her bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He heard urgent voices, and then Professor McGonagall swept back into view, closely followed by Madam Pomfrey, who was pulling a cardigan on over her nightdress. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z From below her woven nightdress emerged two bare thin legs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man’s bare breast which was shown by his torn-open dress. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Amaka had rolled out of bed and was knotting her wrapper over her nightdress. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I could not see the bed any more, nor the nightdress case upon the pillow, nor the dressing-table, nor the slippers by the chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Our nightdresses picked up mud and sticks and leaves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Into your nightdresses, young ladies. The Shores of Sleep are approaching.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But Baby said, “I want my pajamas,” and Ugwu was no longer sure which it was Olanna loved anyway, the nightdress or the pajamas. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She had made it for Charlie because he, too, was outgrowing his clothes, and the old wool shirt their father had left behind hung on him like a nightdress. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Grandma was sitting across from him, still in her nightdress, sipping tea, flipping through her old book, straightening up photos. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I packed the brushes Maxim had given me, a nightdress, my dressing-gown and slippers, and another dress too and a pair of shoes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a darker shade of dark outside than Genie was used to, but he could still make out the flowers on Grandma’s long nightdress. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The nightdress was inside the case, thin as gossamer, apricot in colour. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She took the nightdress from the case and held it before me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Kerry Taylor Auctioneers says that items due to be put up for sale include a scarlet chiffon nightdress, complete with a full length cape, and a 1960s Louis Vuitton vanity case. Wallis Simpson's lingerie, handbags up for auction 2011-03-01T14:03:10Z It’s the domestic details that capture the grief to come: a hall light no longer kept on all night, a half-drunk cup of tea, a tear in the seam of a nightdress. How I photographed my mother’s last days 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man's bare breast which was shown by his torn-open dress. The queer horror of "Dracula" 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z "Does any woman wear a nightdress any more?" he wonders and the listeners call in. Rewind radio: Sony awards; The Danny Baker Show; PM; Cerys on 6 – review 2013-05-18T17:00:03Z But the crisis arises when she's arrested for nicking a black chiffon nightdress from a department store on the eve of her son's wedding. Black Chiffon ? review 2011-01-18T22:01:01Z And most fragile and compelling of all: sitting in a high chair and wearing a nightdress, a monkey reaches out its hand to grasp the arm of the otherwise unseen person who is spoon-feeding it. The Mysterious Relationship Between Pets and Their Owners 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Shortly after the controversy, Pugh freed her nipples yet again in a sheer long-sleeved nude crop top with a matching maxi skirt and a pink nightdress at the British Independent Film Awards. The 13 most buzzworthy fashion statements of 2022, ranked 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Gale-force nonsense, as ever, with the inexplicably acclaimed Welch wheeling out another iteration of her impression of Tori Amos with a bat up her nightdress. This week's new tracks 2012-07-06T23:05:23Z Her childhood was divided between the chaos at home and the calm of her grandparents’ home, where a fresh nightdress, impeccable tablecloths and a disciplined life was introduced by her grandmother. Style: Putting Fairy Tales and Fashion in Play 2011-06-06T12:30:46Z Her partner Howard Mather said she had left the hospital grounds during a fire alarm wearing just a body warmer, nightdress and slippers. Woman died after walking out of Priory Hospital Arnold 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z From removing a dead pigeon from a flooding gutter to being caught in her nightdress by mesmerised tourists, living in a castle is no fairy tale, she said. Duchess of Rutland: Powys farmer's daughter's journey to castle-dwelling aristocrat 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Property manager James Taylor told jurors that he encountered two Chinese women in nightdresses during an inspection of Singh's Albion Street flat. Glasgow trafficking gang jailed over prostitution ring 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z She recalled Mr Farquharson being "very agitated" and then finding Mrs Farquharson - who was wearing a nightdress - lying on the floor of a bedroom. Retired inspector accused of murder 'heard noise' 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z No traces of gun oil were found on her nightdress. Who is Jeremy Bamber? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z But they were middle-aged now, self-consciously aware, as they performed their jokey girlishness, of the heavy shelves of bosom under their nightdresses. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z One morning the duchess was dashing about in her nightdress when she realised she had an audience. Duchess of Rutland: Powys farmer's daughter's journey to castle-dwelling aristocrat 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z "My nightdress was covered in his blood," she recounts. Troubles trauma - the hidden legacy of violence 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The comfy nightdress you change into way before bedtime. Get comfy! How curling up on the sofa became the height of fashion 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Dunst’s nightdresses in Ms. Coppola’s film “Marie Antoinette” directly inspired two of the Sleeper’s most recent nightgown designs. The Case for Wearing Nightgowns All Day 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “I boiled up from bed/in my enormous nightdress, with my lungs full of burning/chrysanthemums.” I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not Anymore. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Mabel Bennett grabbed the garment for protection from the elements, as she was wearing a nightdress when lifeboat crews arrived on the doomed ship. Fur coat worn by Titanic stewardess sells for £150,000 - BBC News 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z A woman who sleepwalked to a supermarket in just her nightdress looking for a watermelon has said she thinks her subconscious "got hungry". Asda watermelon sleepwalker thinks subconscious 'got hungry' - BBC News 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Last year she bought a nightdress at BHS that had been reduced from £18 to £9 but she hasn't bought much since then. BHS: the 88 year old brand with "zero" chance of survival. - BBC News 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The dead woman was found wearing a 1969 Marks & Spencer pink nightdress and was wrapped up in a plastic sheet secured with ropes. Norfolk headless body inquiry: Woman 'was a mother' - BBC News 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z A poses in six-inch black stilettos, a number of lacy nightdresses, and even one of her husband’s unbuttoned dress shirts. In the boudoir with Orthodox Jewish women 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z They were sold alongside nightdresses, stockings and hats worn by Victoria and her third child, Princess Alice. Pants? Queen Victoria's underwear sold for £12,000 at auction 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z I believe when she arrived she was in her nightdress. Patient 'sent to wrong home address' 2013-11-21T06:28:06Z Yesterday I left my nightdress in a hotel, the day before, I left my wallet at home when I went to the shops. At home with Julia Donaldson 2012-12-24T00:57:47Z On one occasion, I emptied my wardrobe and when I woke up in the morning my nightdress was inside out so I guess I had probably been trying on my clothes in my sleep. Your stories of weird sleep behaviour 2012-12-05T01:38:05Z Her dark hair was in plaits, she wore a wrap over her nightdress, and she carried on her hip a tray with two claret-stained glasses and a salver with a cut cake. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z I therefore got out of bed again, and having securely fastened her hands in the sleeves of the nightdress she wore, I sewed them with needle and thread to the mattress. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z In a moment she was back again, with her baby in its pink nightdress, kicking and crowing in her arms. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Her delicate tresses I watch her unbind, From around her fair temples the rose-wreath unwind; Her exquisite form to my rapturous gaze With each motion the tightening nightdress betrays. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z As the toast hand got scorched, she transferred the bacon to the other, gave the hot fingers a lick to cool them, and then held back her nightdress again. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z And then suddenly her door opened softly, and Rose came in in her nightdress, and stood looking in sleepy surprise at the motionless figure seated on the bed. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z One evening about eleven o'clock she got out of bed in her nightdress, and went into the next room for this purpose. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z She was clothed only in a long white nightdress, which the water had so moulded to her shapely figure that it looked like a piece of fair white marble sculpture. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Disrobing herself, donning her nightdress, she ensconced herself between the sheets. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The eldest, a girl of twelve or so, was standing toasting a piece of bacon with one hand, and holding back her nightdress in the other. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z If I had done anything of the sort there must have been traces on my nightdress, or on something. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z She lay in her white nightdress, her black hair done up in the usual knot; her head was propped by her left hand as if she were about to raise herself. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z To be sitting in the middle of a meadow at dead of night, clothed only in a nightdress and a mackintosh, with the rain drenching down, seemed to her to border upon the indecent. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z And he made off, running comically in his long white nightdress. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z At the neck I could see the frilled collar of a nightdress. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z So far as Miss Arnott was able to discern the only other garment she had on was her nightdress. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Two elderly ladies in their nightdresses looked on from a balcony above, waving the national flag. Dark night 2011-05-23T18:28:52Z After supper the children went to bed as usual, but instead of undressing, they pulled their white nightdresses over their heavy coats. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z An old woman in a long nightdress prowled up and down, holding out her candle and peering in the street as if for burglars. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z A scarlet chiffon nightdress from the 1940s to early 1950s is expected to fetch up to £1,000. Mrs Simpson's style up for sale 2011-02-28T20:37:56Z "Well, Mrs Forrester called this afternoon for the express purpose of informing me that Briggs the postman saw me in the woods at two o'clock this morning in my nightdress." Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z In her long white nightdress she flew to the window. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z Babette, her little white nightdress flying in the breeze, was riding on the witch's broomstick and singing loudly as the rest. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z After a time she brought out the little girl in her nightdress to be kissed. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Marie held the cobwebby nightdress ready to put on, but Esm� sent the maid away. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "Do you mean to say I was in my nightdress?" Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z And there’s her nightdress over the chair, just as I laid it out for her.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z A window on the second floor of the house flew up and Mrs. Hawkins in cotton nightdress and lace cap, peered down into the yard. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z "Hurry up!" cried the neighbour, "your house is on fire!" and Auntie Kate was so flustered that she quite forgot where she had put her clothes, and rushed downstairs in her nightdress. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z Oblivious of the fact that she was clad only in a nightdress, Dana stood by, trying to collect her scattered faculties. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z "Have you heard the tales they're telling--about my having been seen in the woods at night in my nightdress?" Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z She lay in her nightdress under the white coverlet. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z When the body was recovered her face was found to be covered with her nightdress. Art.view: Magritte's missives 2010-05-26T09:02:00Z When I lay in bed, my desire to comfort her came upon me with renewed force; I got up, and in my nightdress, just as I was, I slipped out into the dark corridor. The Wish A Novel Her eyes dropped to her nightdress, she threw a significant look toward him and darted into her room. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z He assures me with his own lips that, coming home, as he was passing your place, he heard something moving, and on looking round saw you among the trees in your nightdress. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Close to Betty a stout lady in a nightdress shivered, and clasped a whimpering pug in her arms. The Furnace Meanwhile, I had requested Mrs. Parrot to buy various necessities for her—toothbrushes, nightdresses, day dresses, petticoats, and so on. The Book of Susan A Novel The beautiful head, with its classic, refined features, was slightly bowed towards the left shoulder, and the unbound hair fell down in great shining waves upon the regal bust, over which the nightdress was torn. The Wish A Novel Jenny, the housemaid, entirely unconscious that her nightdress was her sole garment, threw herself flat on her face. Patricia Brent, Spinster If, as you suggest, I was out in the woods in my nightdress--delightful notion!--surely I should have brought back with me some traces of my excursion. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z The loose sleeves of her nightdress fell away, baring them to the elbows. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days I'm glad I brought a white nightdress case," thought Sylvia; "it looks much nicer on the pink bed than the blue one Mother nearly packed instead. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story Hertha tore off her clothes, slipped into her nightdress, and lay, a little huddled mass of shame and woe, upon her bed. The Shadow Gustave had valiantly gone to the assistance of Jenny, and was endeavouring to pour tea through her closed teeth, with the result that it streamed down the neck of her nightdress. Patricia Brent, Spinster She actually says that people have seen me walking about the woods in the middle of the night in my nightdress. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z She sat up a little and her nightdress fell back showing a neck bony, crinkled and yellow. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary "We don't know how soon the weather may turn cold," said Mrs. Lindsay, "and it's as well to send everything at once if we can, though I expect the thick nightdresses will have to follow." The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story She could not, therefore, risk taking a handbag from the house; so she thrust nightdress and toilet articles into her muff and the roomy pocket of her fur coat. The Indian Drum Her nightdress is open at her neck, on which the light of the lamp directly falls. Peasant Tales of Russia Margaret, last seen at the foot of the mast, in her white nightdress, with her long hair hanging about her shoulders, is thought to have sunk at once. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Under the filmy veiling of her dainty nightdress Dwight could see the pretty shoulders beginning to heave convulsively. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade He came toddling into Jan's room, rubbing his sleepy eyes and holding up his little nightdress so he would not stumble over it. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds She sprang out of bed and dashed across the placito in her nightdress to her guardian protector in the person of an old Indian. Through Our Unknown Southwest He experienced an odd unwillingness to look into that mirror this morning, based partly on delicacy—he remembered the nightdress—but more on the fear of disappointment. The Girl in the Mirror Irene," she said, her voice trembling a little with shyness at her first effort, "I think my nightdresses would fit you best. Anxious Audrey This conversation was overheard by little Melisande, who had stolen down from her little boudoir in her gold-flowered nightdress for a peep at her mamma, whom she had not seen for a long, long time. The So-called Human Race With difficulty he refrained from crying out in astonishment on beholding Clarissa in a loose nightdress, dancing with an expression of ecstasy and with passionate movements. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Billy recognized distinctly the figure in the long nightdress, her loose hair hanging down her back. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Then, with a little shock, he realized that the white garment was a nightdress. The Girl in the Mirror Her nightdress, on the other hand, was missing. The Queen Against Owen The bed was turned down, and a lovely new nightdress, with a rose-coloured ribbon run through its lace edge, lay in readiness for the sleeper. Two Little Women She was wound about in shawls which did not wholly conceal the candid fabric of her nightdress, and surmounted by a nightcap of portentous architecture. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) It had been she, and the white garment was her nightdress, which was long and fine, like those worn by smart ladies. Absolution She knelt down in her white nightdress and said her prayers. Daddy's Girl She had slipped on a wrapper over her nightdress, and her hair, flattened and warmed by the pillow, hung in a single braid over her bosom. The Romance of a Plain Man "Lovely!" exclaimed Dotty, as she saw almost the counterpart of her own room, even to the new nightdress,—only Dolly's had a white ribbon. Two Little Women Mag herself stood at the window in her nightdress, cringing from the lightning, and wringing her hands and weeping. Kildares of Storm She expressed no surprise when Karen said that it was all, passed the nightdress over her head and, when she had lain down, tucked the bed-clothes round her. Tante She raised herself on her elbow, and saw her little daughter standing in her white nightdress by the bedside. Daddy's Girl Nowadays the former accountant is so imbued with his female role that he seldom appears in the street except in woman's attire, and even wears an embroidered nightdress. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Her round body was warmly clad in a humble flannelette nightdress, high-necked and long-sleeved. Highacres Her nightdress, too, was open in the front, leaving her delicious breasts exposed. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware I only remember finding myself on the sidewalk in my nightdress, barefooted and bareheaded, of course. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic "Tom!" she cried, standing in her nightdress with the candle, calling into the darkness and the flood out of the doorway. The Rainbow Helen Roper sent some excellent woodcarving, and there was every description of needlecraft—traycloths in fine drawn threadwork, doilys, cushions, tea cosies, nightdress cases, table centres, and other dainty bits of embroidery. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life She rapped a second time, a little louder than the first, and the door was opened by Jenny, in her nightdress. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story At the same time our nightdresses became disarranged, and I felt her naked thighs pressing against mine. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Rachel found her nightdress and half envied the daintiness. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia She seemed small and uncanny, elvish, in her nightdress. The Rainbow "It was distinctly awkward to be left with nothing in the world but a nightdress that I could call my own!" laughed Gipsy. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life While handling the fancy worked underskirts and nightdresses, the fine silk underwear and costly fancy silk hosiery, she remarked: "It is very kind of you, aunt, to get all these fine things." A California Girl Nay, more, I turned down the bedclothes and, unbuttoning her nightdress in front, I exposed those charming, snowy hillocks to my delighted gaze. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Her bed was still unmade, her nightdress was lying on it, and by the side of the bed a pair of drawers that she left there on changing her underlinen. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies He could not bear the sight of her, perched on a chair in her white nightdress in the doorway, elvish and horrible. The Rainbow Ought she to go and open the door in her nightdress? Turn About Eleanor Mary in her nightdress, with her hair about her shoulders, and her eyes staring, entered the room, barefooted. The Scarlet Feather Some odd instinct or intuition told her that history had repeated itself, and it came hardly as a surprise to find a half-sheet of notepaper tucked into her nightdress close to her heart. Bandit Love The next night I had been asleep about a couple of hours when I was suddenly awakened by someone bringing a light into my room; it was Auntie Clara in her nightdress. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies Looking through the window, he saw her seated in the rocking-chair with the child, already in its nightdress, sitting on her knee. The Rainbow Her own nightdress had been left in the time-worn carpetbag that Uncle David had forgotten to take out of the “handsome cab.” Turn About Eleanor On our toilet tables were placed perfumes, scented soap, and very elaborately embroidered nightdresses were laid out for use. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Up from the gate, her nightdress hanging about her feet, her hair pale in the dim light, came the little girl. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Dry-eyed, she sat by the open window in her nightdress, making buttonholes in a tiny slip as she waited. The Wind Before the Dawn Gradually the young ones were captured, and nightdresses finally removed, ready for the clean Sunday shirt. The Rainbow It might be a gentleman, and her Aunt Beulah’s nightdress was not very thick. Turn About Eleanor Receiving no reply when he asked for admittance, he entered the room and found Breda lying on the floor, in her nightdress, the blood streaming from a wound in her shoulder. Werwolves Miss Rose took a white nightdress 34 from the bureau, and laid it on the bed. Clematis Slipping him into his little nightdress she made him comfortable for the night, after which she went back to the dining room to keep Jake from thinking she had anything to cry about. The Wind Before the Dawn She laughed as she sat up in bed, childishly threading the flowers in the breast of her nightdress. The Rainbow Its back, clothed in its long nightdress, was turned to her, but in the glass which had so often reflected it she saw the foolish, fat face, the over-curled, fair hair. A Sheaf of Corn Holding tightly to her nightdress, Harry cuddled down between the pillows with a contented sigh. Virginia I want you to be so kind as to lend Mrs. Anglesea one of your best, new nightdresses,” said the lady. Her Mother's Secret He turned back the loose sleeve of the silk nightdress, one firm hand grasped the soft arm beneath it; the other passed over it for a moment with swift skilful pressure. The Mistress of Shenstone The gleeful melody had scarcely jigged its way into the desert night when, in the black splotch of the doorway, a figure appeared—a woman in a white nightdress. The Desert Fiddler Then Deborah Shimmin, holding something in a fold of her nightdress with one hand, and climbing with the other, came up over the edge of the cliff a few yards away from us. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Blowing out the candle, she crept into the little bed beside him, and lay singing softly until his hands released their desperate grasp of her nightdress, and he slipped quietly off to sleep. Virginia For the moment it struck her as faintly ludicrous to see this middle-aged woman in a long white nightdress behaving like a creature in a detective story. The Tragic Bride I apologised for my black one, and was sent upstairs, when —— presently appeared in a hideous and demoniacal nightdress, having turned out of bed to greet his distinguished countryman. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 Wandering about in a nightdress, with bare feet, was a very cold performance, and it was all she could do to prevent herself from palpably shivering. A Patriotic Schoolgirl "I will just leave you to arrange your things while I get hot water and towels, and put on Mollie's nightdress," she said, and closing the door, turned the key. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls But then as the night, so must the nightdress be; and my personal toilet was arranged in the following tasteful fashion. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back The door opened, and Gabrielle, in her nightdress and bare feet, stood before her. The Tragic Bride It was Louise, who at that moment made her appearance in her nightdress, breathless with terror. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 She was in a silk dressing-gown, and he could see the lace of her nightdress through the opening at her neck. Mufti She wore a wrapper over her nightdress, and carried a small electric lamp in her hand. The Book of All-Power Children's clothes—nightdresses, night drawers, drawers, skirts, rompers, dresses, and aprons. The Making of a Trade School The mistress at last found a sufficiency of nightdresses and other garments, and, telling Diana to keep herself covered up and warm, took her departure. A harum-scarum schoolgirl And the things on the bed, and her nightdress, had to be changed. Cricket at the Seashore He lifts her in his arms, still in her dainty nightdress, and kisses the scarlet lips, that laugh now for very gladness. Floyd Grandon's Honor He saw the white of her nightdress show as a dazzling strip of light where the beam caught it. The Book of All-Power In nightdress, bare feet, we ran out on the prairie, reached up our hands to the soft, cool, soothing drops which fell slowly as though hesitating whether to fall or not. Land of the Burnt Thigh Vests, and nightdresses, and stockings, and anything we could lay our hands on. A harum-scarum schoolgirl Then 'Liza came in, and wanted to know what made Zaidee's legs so sticky, and the sheets and her nightdress were pretty bad, because she wiggled so that I spilled some. Cricket at the Seashore The child was in her nightdress, leaning out of the window, with her hands outstretched to the night. Tom Gerrard This movement roused all the others; and they went out into the waist, following the example of Scott, who wore nothing but his nightdress. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics “It is I, father,” said a low voice, and against the darkness of an inner door he saw dimly the small, long nightdress of the boy he loved. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana She immediately whisked her nightdress on over her clothes, and popped into bed just three seconds before Miss Todd entered the room. A harum-scarum schoolgirl When she went to her room and it was quite late the gas was lighted, her bed been put in the most inviting order and there lay a pretty nightdress with its garniture. The Girls at Mount Morris She was in her nightdress, barefooted, her hair loose and tumbled on her shoulders; it seemed as though she had sprung up from her bed and run to me. The King's Mirror "A warden comes round each morning, and woe betide you if you leave hairs in your brush, or have forgotten to fold your nightdress!" The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Her nightdress fell about her in a train; it was Betty's, and she looked like a slim white wraith. A Little Girl in Old Boston But the grandfather groped his way along in silence, looking in his white nightdress and his dishevelled silvery locks like some spectral thing. The Day of Wrath Not a single article of needlework appeared upon the stall; not a solitary pincushion, nor handkerchief sachet, nor nightdress bag, not even so much as an inoffensive tray cloth. The Love Affairs of Pixie I did not have to wait long, Clarimonde entered in her nightdress, and having removed her apparel, crept into bed and lay down beside me. Clarimonde It contained nightdresses, to be used in case he and Rollo should conclude to spend the night on the mountain. Rollo in Switzerland Betty was standing in her long nightdress at the foot of her small bed; her hands were clenched, and there was a resolute, determined look upon her flushed face. Odd Felicia's nightdress lay in a heap on the floor. The Forbidden Trail Annette was there in her nightdress, looking from side to side like a hunted creature. Despair's Last Journey It was Judith with her kimono over her nightdress and her bare feet poked into her slippers. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge Then, too, if a man may hazard the guess, I would have said that the lacey, beribboned dressing gown she wore hid her nightdress. The Paternoster Ruby Esther, we are told, slipped on her nightdress and got into bed. My Contemporaries In Fiction "It's a bairn!" she cried, and pulled out of the great heap of cloaks and rugs a little beautiful child, in its white nightdress, with its yellow curls all tangled over its blue eyes. The Gold Of Fairnilee Jeanne started up as white as a sheet, and her heart could be seen beating under her thin nightdress. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories When so covered it is put on at bedtime, and a dry nightdress put on over it. Papers on Health For nightdresses, underwear, and sheets, during cold weather this inexpensive fabric is unequaled. Textiles and Clothing Mrs. Sweeny, a lean harassed woman with grey hair, fastened a dingy pink nightdress round her throat with a pin and obeyed her master. Priscilla's Spies Can you also tell me, Madame, whether Monsieur's mistress wears silk underclothing and nightdresses?' The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories They are very serviceable to wear over the baby's thin slips and on cool nights they may be used over the nightdress. The Mother and Her Child A long flannel or flannelette nightdress is used in this, instead of the blanket. Papers on Health Jane wanted hotly to know, "or an angel in a nightdress and a snow scene?" Jane Journeys On Gina Montani was in her nightdress, though as yet she had not touched her hair, which remained in long curls, as she had worn it in the day. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II A cool breeze swept through the wood and Caroline shivered in her torn nightdress. While Caroline Was Growing Get a pattern for a child's nightdress with feet. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays A red lamp burned before the shrine, and the old lady was in an embroidered nightdress, but she was wide awake, and her eyes flashed and her lips trembled. The Eternal City Then swinging the door impatiently toward him, the eddy brought out the upright body of a young woman in her nightdress. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World In an instant her thin nightdress was on fire, and she was so blinded by the glare and the smoke that she did not know which way to turn. The Red Book of Heroes She then takes a nightdress and a white mutch from a drawer in the dresser, and carries them into the other room, where she stays for some time. Krindlesyke She had hastily thrown a kimono over her nightdress at the first warning and had hurried on deck. The Cruise of the Noah's Ark "The first time I saw her she was only three, and she was in her nightdress ready for bed." The Eternal City Then suddenly her eyes fell on her nightdress, dripping at every fold. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping There were rings of diamonds on her fingers, too, and afterwards many fine gems were found sewn within a short vest or camisole of silk she wore under her nightdress. News from the Duchy Then, when you have put on your nightdress, give your hair a thorough brushing. The Child's Day Her voice fell to a husky whisper; her great black eyes were full of passionate entreaty; she shivered in her thin nightdress. Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children October, "pyjama" or nightdress combination with full back. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. The selected ten retired to the dressing-room, and in a few moments emerged, each clad in a long white nightdress, and holding a candlestick with a lighted candle in her hand. The Luckiest Girl in the School It was the body of a woman, clad only in a nightdress. News from the Duchy "Well, dear," said Mother Rodesia, "you were so dead asleep, and the pony got that lame we couldn't stir hand nor foot, so I thought it best to put a little nightdress on you." A Little Mother to the Others The nightdress should now be of cotton and the skirt left off at night, but the band and the thin skirt should be worn. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada He left his mistress at about midnight, in order to look after the horses, as he said, and she put on a very pretty nightdress and went to bed. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Mollie Hill caught her foot in her nightdress, and dropped her candle altogether. The Luckiest Girl in the School She was in a reverie, resting her arms against the window ledge, and he threw himself at her knees, which he kissed madly, through the nightdress. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 Her nightdress was still on her, it is true, and there were neither shoes nor stockings on her bare feet; but she and Orion found themselves in a dirty room with a nasty smell. A Little Mother to the Others In the winter he should sleep in a flannel nightdress and this can be made with a drawing string or button on the bottom so that he cannot expose his feet. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada From a drawer in the Chippendale chest which he had bought her, she brought forth a new nightdress, in-let with dainty openwork, which a few days before she had purchased. Sally Bishop A Romance The first sight of the nightdress case and the brush-and-comb bag must wring admiration from her. The Luckiest Girl in the School Having dressed Rebecca, she suddenly faced upon Mrs. Grantham, who stood watching her as she turned back the bed-clothes to air, and folded the child's nightdress. Hetty Wesley Having jerked herself into her nightdress, she knelt by the bedside. Lydia of the Pines She had got out of her cot by herself, and had come downstairs with bare feet, stumbling over her long nightdress. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse She was wearing a large Paisley shawl over her pink flannel nightdress, but the figure she presented, though quaint, was not unimposing. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories On Saturday evening he ran down to Sablon, drove over, as Captain Armitage had already told them, and, peering in his mother's room, saw her, still up, though in her nightdress. From the Ranks My dear little "helpless" shirt was taken away and when I was given a good stuff nightdress in its place, I felt my last link with France had gone! Fanny Goes to War Lydia stood Patience on the bed and got her into her nightdress after gently persuading the baby to let her fasten the balloon to the foot of the bed. Lydia of the Pines In accordance with a natural forethought I slipped into a suit of underwear and woollen stockings under my nightdress. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Faith went up to the bed where the doll lay in its nightdress. Jewel's Story Book I noticed that her nightdress had a name stamped on it different from what she gave me, and so I cut it out and send it in this letter. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life After much talk between the farmer and his wife, and many contrary directions, Dorothy was finally enveloped in a nightdress that even Tavia in her palmiest days could not have anticipated. Dorothy Dale's Camping Days "Them nightdresses," she sighed, "as is all fluffs an' frills an' openwork, may be all right when you're young, but for true comfort give me—flannel, every time." The Definite Object A Romance of New York She wore a white nightdress, kilted above her knees, and a dark cloak, which dragged behind in the water. The Ship of Stars An embarrassed glance askance comforted him measurably: the lady had thrown an exquisite negligee over her nightdress and had thrust her pretty feet into extravagantly pretty silken mules. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Ellen was sitting on the bolster, in her little old plain linen nightdress buttoning to her neck, two long plaits hanging over her shoulders. Joanna Godden Her nightdress beat any mere suit or frock simply hollow. Married Life The True Romance It was only a few minutes' work to remove the coarse garments, and wrap her in a perfumed, frilled nightdress, that hung loosely on the spare little form. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories So great was my delight that I began to dance in my nightdress to an invisible skipping rope, forgetting my father, who always rose at dawn and was at breakfast in the room below. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill The girl was sitting up in bed in her nightdress, her hair in disorder, and the room felt hot and stuffy and looked more tawdry than ever. Simon Called Peter She sat up in the bed, wan, tear-spent, her glorious hair falling over the embroideries of her nightdress. Bylow Hill When he banged on the door, Grandma, clutching her nightdress at the throat, put her head out. Judith of the Godless Valley Full in the stream of moonlight she stood, the soft, white folds of her nightdress enveloping her from the throat to the small feet they half hid. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories A few minutes later they came upstairs, Isabel on her grandmother's arm, in her nightdress, ready for bed. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill She was kneeling on it in her loose kimono, her hair all about her, her nightdress open at the throat. Simon Called Peter Standing in her frilled nightdress among the bits of glass, Cuckoo flushed scarlet all over her face and neck. Flames The nightdress of the duchess was saturated with blood. France in the Nineteenth Century It represented a man going by mistake into the wrong bedroom; inside the room was a woman, in nightdress, in an attitude that suggested she had just been relieving herself. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Only Christian Ann looked serious, standing at the bottom of the stairs, nursing baby in her nightdress. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill She gave a heavy sigh to his memory, as she was accustomed to do, whenever she spoke of him in company; and went on adjusting her nightdress. Tales of a Traveller She sat at the open window in her nightdress and looked into the street. The Duel and Other Stories It was Winifred gazing at this figure—gazing as though fascinated; her dark hair falling and tumbling down her neck, till it was at last partly lost between her shining bosom and her nightdress. Aylwin There was his little bed, but there was a nightdress rolled up in it, and not a wisp of his brown curls was to be seen anywhere. Milly and Olly A coarse nightdress, a black waist and a worn and ragged empty wallet rewarded his search. Out of the Ashes Severe as a sibyl in her straight-falling nightdress, her hair spreading over her shoulders, her bare feet pattered on the cool matting. Every Soul Hath Its Song Stripped of her gauzy nightdresses, was she like this? Kimono Thereupon the outdoor freshness, fluttering her hair and the lace and nain-sook of her nightdress, brought her, on the instant, into full possession of her wandering wits. Deadham Hard “Oh, you tiresome rain,” said Milly, standing by the window in her nightdress, and gazing up into the sky. Milly and Olly She sprang up, dropping the ring upon her table, and turned to see Olga in her nightdress, standing in the doorway. The Way of an Eagle Katie, bring a blanket, some sheets, and one of Mrs. Graham's old nightdresses from her room. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon When last seen, she was seated at the foot of the foremast, still clad in her white nightdress, with her hair fallen loose upon her shoulders. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous She went red, and then white almost as her white nightdress and the white pillows behind her. Deadham Hard It is important that all the clothing worn through the day should at night be laid aside, and a nightdress substituted, which should be a flannel wrapper coming nearly or quite to the feet. Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. As I did so, a barking cough sprang up in my throat, and I clutched the thick flannel nightdress I found about me. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories "She screamed like a mad woman, and ran down-stairs in her nightdress, chattering so we could hardly understand her." Where the Trail Divides With her pretty smile, she pulled her nightdress from under her arm: that was what she had come for. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 The effect of its glories when worn with her nightdress was dazzling enough, but if ever it appeared in conjunction with the cheesecloth gown, Rebecca felt that even reverend professors might regard it with respect. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm There were Mr. and Mrs. Brashear, he in his nightdress of drawers and undershirt, she in the short flannel petticoat and sacque in which she always slept. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Her body shook as with a chill and her hands trembled so that she had difficulty getting into her nightdress. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life The storm broke and the rain beat in, spattering her nightdress until she rose and lowered the windows. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories "Thank God," I said to myself, "she cannot be far, as she is only in her nightdress." Dracula At the humiliating spectacle Anastasie clutched her nightdress desperately about her and burst loudly into tears. Merry Men She sat up, instinctively caught together the front of the nightdress she had bought in Bethlehem the second day there. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise The window of the room was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress. A Study in Scarlet He saw his sister in her white nightdress, with her long plait of hair down her back, standing in the darkness. Sons and Lovers As I came close, she put up her hand in her sleep and pulled the collar of her nightdress close around her, as though she felt the cold. Dracula I suppose you felt chilly after walking to and fro in nothing but your nightdress, and put on the warmest thing you could find. The Moonstone His shrewd sensual eyes were exploring the openings in her nightdress. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Then she slipped into her white nightdress, shook down her hair that it might become thoroughly dry, set a chair before the table, and reverently opened one of the books. A Girl of the Limberlost Paul saw his mother like a girl curled up in her flannel nightdress. Sons and Lovers Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man's bare chest which was shown by his torn-open dress. Dracula A shudder overcame her and shook the light fabric of her nightdress throughout. The Return of the Native She put on the calico slip as a nightdress, knelt down to say her prayers. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Indeed, she had nothing on but a woolen nightdress, and Pierre had to keep her well wrapped up in the blanket he had brought from her bed. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage Carrying her string bag, that contained her nightdress, a comb and brush, she went from person to person. Sons and Lovers She kissed the heart of Edith Worte where it beat like a clock beneath the high-necked nightdress; she made of her bosom a pillow of mercy and drew the head up to its warmth. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Lilly Penny, whose trousseau had included twelve of the sheerest batiste ones, in a coarse, unbleached nightdress not her own and the least gentle to her flesh she had ever known. Star-Dust She opened her nightdress and showed Susan a deep blue-black mark on her left breast. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Then he put the nightdress over her head, she slipped her arms in the sleeves, and he stretched her on his bed. Michael O'Halloran Marcolina, in her white nightdress and with hands crossed upon her bosom, was standing at the foot of the bed contemplating Casanova with unutterable horror. Casanova's Homecoming She was going off at once, just as she was, in her nightdress; but the house was so still at the moment that she thought she might be mistaken. The Heavenly Twins After that Lilly sat in her nightdress beside the window, her eagerness for the day allayed to an extent by her rising sense of panic. Star-Dust Despite the softening effect of the white nightdress and of the framing of abundant hair, her face was hard and coarse. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise He looked at the child again, and going to the box that contained his mother's clothing he hunted out a nightdress. Michael O'Halloran Marcolina, clad in a white nightdress, was standing at the window, as if to breathe the fragrance of morning. Casanova's Homecoming The mother did not see the child, who stood in her nightdress, pale with sleep. L'Assommoir For the third time in her life, Lilly fainted that night, standing shivering in her nightdress for a second after Miss Neugass had left. Star-Dust She is dressed in a long white garment neither beautiful nor explicit: is it a nightdress, or a piece of conventional drapery? Modern Painting She stopped, her breast rising and falling beneath her nightdress, her voice shrill, almost a scream. The Cathedral "Oh, this is destitution," she said, covering her eyes with one hand as little Mary crouched down and put on the nightdress. The Old Homestead I heard you calling to me to come down and say good-bye; so I jumped up and came down in my nightdress and saw you standing waiting for me at the foot of the stairs. A Traveller in Little Things At nine o'clock she was still in her nightdress, sloughing about in an engagement gift of little blue knitted bedroom slippers. Star-Dust The sunbeams fell on her nightdress and bare throat and made her look like a mermaid. Married She had risen from her bed after lying awake two or three hours, and came in with a light wrapper over her nightdress, and her hair unbound on her shoulders. Fan : the story of a young girl's life "Hush!" said Mrs. Fisher, pointing to Phronsie's wide-open door; but she was standing beside them in her little nightdress, and heard the next words plainly enough. Five Little Peppers Grown Up Mrs. Hamlin, with something hastily thrown over her nightdress, had come out of her bedroom. The Duke of Stockbridge The good wife was sipping at a cup of parsnip wine, and the girl was again wearing nothing but her nightdress. The Yeoman Adventurer When she was at the bottom of the stairs she sat down on one of the steps, still in her nightdress, and in bare feet, and remained in a dazed condition. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories He pointed to a parcel which contained chemises and nightdresses. Gone to Earth But one evening, when Jenny had been coughing, there was blood on the bosom of her nightdress, and as Theophil saw it, his heart stood still with terror. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Two young girls, respectively about fourteen and fifteen, were craning necks out of nightdresses over the balusters in a shadowy angle of the staircase. Young Lives Printed in plain letters, twenty-five circulars reposed in the folds of Julia's nightdresses in her lower bureau drawer. Mother Carey's Chickens She wore a garment which was supposed to be a nightdress, which resembled a very expensive modern shroud, and which was evidently put on over a good many other things. The Primadonna Who was this calmly capable, straight-shooting widow who, with the copper hair falling over her shoulders and streaming down the front of her dainty nightdress, appeared in action even more lovely than in repose? The Lost Naval Papers She had pulled a quilt round her shoulders over her nightdress. The Heart of the Range She came downstairs in her nightdress to Tuft's bed, and awoke him. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction In her white nightdress, the moonlight full upon her, she looked very pretty and yet so weird that Betty could not repress a shiver. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm In her white slip of a nightdress, her coronet braids unwound and falling down each shoulder, even her slightness had waned. Gaslight Sonatas Well, I told you so," said Carmilla, when I described my quiet sleep, "I had such delightful sleep myself last night; I pinned the charm to the breast of my nightdress. Carmilla The farmer's children, awakened by the noise, had now slipped downstairs in their little nightdresses. The Children's Pilgrimage An automobile coat had been donned over her nightdress. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures Therese had risen, looking quite pale in her nightdress, and stood half thrown back, with her elbow resting on the marble mantelpiece. Theresa Raquin Her unbound hair formed a loop of pale gold upon the shoulder of the nightdress, and she looked years younger than either could remember seeing her. Highland Ballad When the Jaeger nightdress fell comfortably about her, her purpose too was presentable and warm. Once Aboard the Lugger In her scanty nightdress, and barefooted, she recalled a mediaeval penitent being reproved for her sins in blasphemous terms. Victory An Island Tale She was clothed only in her nightdress and a bedroom wrapper, and stood near to the open staircase door, resting her hand upon the end of a lounge as though to support herself. Doctor Therne Then, sitting up, trembling, with dilated eyes, and pressing her nightdress to her, she said to herself that she would not experience these sudden fears, if she had a man lying beside her. Theresa Raquin Then she stood them in a row and undressed them, and as she put the nightdress on each one she gave it a sound whipping and sent it to bed. Mother Goose in Prose Sophia had received, for standing in her nightdress at a draughty window of a May morning, what Mrs. Baines called 'nature's slap in the face.' The Old Wives' Tale She herself was lying upon a battered iron bedstead, and she was wearing a very coarse nightdress. The Tempting of Tavernake She handed the child, who was in its nightdress, to a maid. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns "I suppose we shan't get to sleep for an hour," yawned Miss Impett, as she struggled into a not too clean nightdress. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl He looked calmly down on her bulk and between her large soft bubs, sloping within her nightdress like a shegoat's udder. Ulysses She waited through the din until there came a lull in the storm, then got up and put on her shoes and a waterproof coat over her nightdress. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life It was nearly pitch dark, but as I opened the door there was light enough to see Father's nightdress as he lay on the floor under the safe, just as on that first awful night. The Jewel of Seven Stars The woman in the nightdress had edged nearer, craning her neck over the shoulders of the men to see better. Jonah She was refused a nightdress or clean linen for the cot. Jailed for Freedom Maggie was in an instant out of bed, into the passage and standing, in her nightdress, before a high, old cuckoo-clock that stood at the top of the stairs. The Captives A white nightdress girt with a white apron and two red carnations in Mabel's black hair left no doubt as to which of the three was Beauty. The Enchanted Castle Mrs. Grant, seeing that her young mistress had on only her nightdress, had gone to fetch a dressing-gown, which she now threw over her. The Jewel of Seven Stars She dropped on her knees beside the bruised body, wiping the blood from his face with the sleeve of her nightdress. Jonah There fell upon the carpet her brush, comb, slippers, nightdress, and other simple necessaries for a journey. A Changed Man; and other tales In her nightdress she leaned out of the window, poised, as it seemed to her, above a swaying carpet of lights. The Captives "It's like a nightdress," she said wrathfully and dragged the fulnesses down all round under her skirt. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 By the side of her father knelt Miss Trelawny, her white nightdress stained with the blood in which she knelt. The Jewel of Seven Stars A coarse jest passed round when a tall, bony woman came up, a man's overcoat, thrown over her shoulders, barely covering her nightdress. Jonah Jewel suddenly pressed the doll's nightdress against her wet eyes. Jewel That some one was old Martha, looking strange enough in a nightdress, her scanty grey hairs untidily about her neck and a dirty red shawl over her shoulders. The Captives I saw a lamp burning, Mrs. Jow. in a nightdress, with a very dark baby in her arms, and Julia looking tenderly at an ayah, who was nursing another. Burlesques Her bare feet gleamed, her hair shone gold against her nightdress. Villa Rubein, and other stories Only old hunchbacked Foka—bare-footed, clad in some sort of a woman's wadded nightdress, and carrying a candlestick—opened the door to us. Youth Finally, changing her wrapper for her nightdress, she climbed into bed, where she lay thinking and looking at the sunlight on the wall. Jewel The next time Helena came out to play, the babies in the treetop were waking up, and she could see them in their dainty green nightdresses, peeping out at the world. Buttercup Gold, and other stories The sudden movement disordered the nightdress over her bosom and showed the miniature portrait of a man, hung round her neck. The Legacy of Cain She was sitting on the bed in her nightdress, with her bare feet hanging down, and she was moaning. The Wife, and other stories I stood there shivering in my thin nightdress, half stunned by the cataract of noise beating on the walls outside, and peered anxiously around me. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English She flew to the door in her nightdress, and at length I was in the place. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain It was Lucy, a wadded dressing gown over her nightdress and a glass of hot milk in her hand. The Breaking Point But now she lets me keep the shades up, and she takes interest in things—how she looks, and her nightdress, and all that. Pollyanna She made Gregory turn open the bosom of her nightdress, that the dog might put his black muzzle between her breasts. The Story of an African Farm, a novel Naomi was already in bed, and Fatimah brought her away in her nightdress. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Her nightdress had slipped down on her shoulders, and her hair, unfastened and entangled, flowed over them in masses. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola In the drawer behind her at that moment lay two new nightdresses that Milly for months had been vainly urging her mother to wear. Pollyanna |
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