| 单词 | peruke |
| 例句 | I didn’t know what a peruke was, and I didn’t want to ask. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That would be nice. I think you will look darling in a peruke.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me make this promise, Vivian. If you become a barrister, I shall buy you your peruke.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It may sound like a fairly coarse insult to be bandied about after a couple of ciders, but a nob-thatcher was someone who made perukes, or men's wigs. London's callings: Odd, obsolete and old jobs in the capital 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z For my part I prefer the snows of life’s winter to the best made peruke, and even a bald head to an inferior wig. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Having lapsed into a worldly mind again, he thus addresses Tabitha: “Shall I, who am to ride the purple dromedary, go dressed like Revelation Fats, the basket-maker?—Give me the peruke, boy!” Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z He was a tall, stout man, wearing a large black peruke and a lace cravat and ruffles; and he carried a steel-hilted sword, and had somehow the bearing of one who had seen service abroad. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Mrs. Archer went softly up to the maker of perukes, and whispered something in his ear. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z A peruke was made of long hair, often with curls on the sides, and was sometimes drawn back on the nape of the neck. London's callings: Odd, obsolete and old jobs in the capital 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z He passed by me insensible of my presence and walked into the room, and as he came into the light I saw that he was holding the ends of his peruke in his mouth. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z But through the fog he saw, comfortably stretched in his best armchair, with his peruke pushed back and his waistcoat unbuttoned, a lackey in Lady Oxford's livery. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Consequently I had had my own hair cropped, and had purchased a cumbersome full-bottomed peruke of the latest mode. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z He wore earrings, there were rings on his embroidered gloves, and all over his person, from his sleeves to the aigrette he wore on the little turban over his peruke, a multitude of gems glittered. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z I confess, sir, a woman's in a bad condition, that has nothing to trust to, but a peruke above, and a well-trimmed shoe below. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z He picked up his peruke, clapped it on his head, and stood up in his stocking feet. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The Captain was still standing in the attitude of perplexity; only, instead of smoothing his cheek, he had tilted his peruke aside and was scratching his head to ease the labour of his recollections. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Elmscott's black peruke was all awry, his cheeks flushed, and his eyes bloodshot and staring. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z On the dull green walls were framed steel engravings of the ancestral home of the Allens in Dorsetshire and of that sturdy ancestor, in lace and peruke, whose rugged signature is on the Declaration. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z For instance, a peruke maker in Second Street advertises that he will "leave off the shaving business after the 22nd of August next." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Many a beau peruke and macaroni toupee his lithe fingers curled and sprinkled with sweet flower-water. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z He walked once or twice across the room, shifting his peruke from one side of his head to the other in the fluster of his thoughts. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z His peruke was carefully powdered and his shirt ruffles were snow-white. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z "It's no' ma wig, Davie, it's no' ma wig," he moaned as he lay in the mire, thrusting the peruke away. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z You seem to be unattended, Madam—you us’d to have the beau monde throng after you; and a flock of gay fine perukes hovering round you. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z And with the picturesque additions of frilled wrist-bands, perukes, looped skirts and powdered coiffures, Baird thought this might well have been a clan gathering of a hundred years ago. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Wogan drew on the coat again, pulled his peruke about his face, and drew his hat forward on his forehead. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Matthieu, who was then still page, posted the bellows-blower in the zenith of his peruke, namely, in the gallery exactly above him. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z The beast fastened himself on my bald head,--for I always left off my peruke, in order not to injure it--and the whole swarm came hovering over my face. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Why not go in fancy dress—one of those Georgian Court dresses, you know—black velvet knickerbockers, a sword and peruke! The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Colonel W. F. Coffin, in his "1812: The War and its Moral," asserts that a peruke or scratch-wig, found in the Parliament House, was mistaken for a scalp. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z A turned cloak, with a false beard and a black or yellow peruke, supplied a ready, if not effectual, disguise. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The Calcant let down from above by an invisible horsehair a little hook, which hung like a bird of prey over the out-looking peruke, which I hold to be an ideal of hair. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z With that he drew out a little pocket-comb,--which he kept by him because he was growing bald, and must needs comb forward his back hair,--and began to labour at the peruke. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z There stood the block, and by it two executioners in sailor's clothes, with vizards and perukes. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z Ever greater became the chasm which separated them from the smaller portion of the nation, who, by their perukes, bagwigs, and pigtails, showed from afar that they belonged to a privileged class. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. As for Sir Benjamin, his face grew purple, his great peruke seemed to bristle again. Our Admirable Betty A Romance The bellows-blower let the hook swing and sway like a pendulum above the peruke, till such time as there was a certainty of its having fastened into the vergette. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z There is little to remind us that the Venice he so laboriously depicted was the Venice of perukes and bag-wigs, of masks and hoops and Carnival disguises. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Truly, it was the strangest peruke that ever covered a human cranium. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Certain bold enthusiasts ventured to despise powder, and perukes; this was contrary to all etiquette, but new ideas and new feelings came into circulation. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Though it was to be remarked that his full-flowing peruke was seldom askew and the lace of his cravat and the ruffles below the huge cuffs of his Ramillie coat were of the finest point. Our Admirable Betty A Romance "The stately figure, rich costume, awe-inspiring peruke of the magnificent Louis XIV.--the satins, velvets, embroideries, perfumes, and powder of the indolent and handsome Louis XV., well illustrate the two epochs." Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) Those who love to dream themselves back into the days of hoops and perukes—and there are many such among as now—should not neglect to make themselves acquainted with Pietro Longhi. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The embroidered jabot, the rich falling ruffle, the ample peruke, and the slashed and braided coat, were less and less often seen abroad. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Daniel's head is covered with a peruke of considerable magnitude. Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. And his ruffles flip-flopping and his fine peruke all askew. Our Admirable Betty A Romance She wore a peruke like all the Wigs, and an infinite number of skirts made of butter muslin. The City Curious By the way, Boom says Ovid's ladies had perukes, too, as one of them put her wig on upside down before him, and it chilled his feelings towards her; it would chill most people's. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Just as costume begins to take the modern path we have the wig or peruke, strangest of all the fantasies of fashion, introduced as the wear for all men of standing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" "Is he not thought very like them?" asked Mrs. Ricketts, with a sidelong glance of admiration at the auburn peruke. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Gentlemen!" he cried, his very peruke seeming to bristle with outraged decorum, "gentlemen, I move the total suppression of this verse—" Here his voice was lost in shouts of: "No, no! Our Admirable Betty A Romance Upon his thick, extremely fair peruke he had stuck a tall hat with a fine feather. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II He had a most embarrassing face covered with dark-red spots right up to his astonishingly lofty forehead, whose shiny baldness was half cut in two, as it were, by a bright black peruke. Eyes Like the Sea Mr. Goulden took off his peruke in order to be more at his ease and hung it up behind him, and I opened the bottle and we drank some of the good white wine. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 La Place was startled at the unusual request, and flew to his old friend, whom he found deeply engaged in being measured for a new peruke, and a taffety robe-de-chambre, earnestly enjoining the utmost expedition. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Long he sat thus, chin on breast, his drawn face half buried in the gay curls of his glossy peruke, but now his gaze had wandered back to the pistols on the wall. Our Admirable Betty A Romance It was rare, too, to see a gentleman without his peruke. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria He describes these Horonites of wit as “magnificent fops, whose talents reach but to the adjusting of their perukes.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Catherine could hardly wait till breakfast was over, she was here and there and everywhere, to bring his hat and cane and his shoes and the box which held his beautiful peruke. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 He wore his high black stock, too, and his snow-white hair was gathered behind into a loose peruke. The Story of a New York House When the ancient Seigneur came to town his sword was upon his thigh, and he wore his smartest toilet of peruke, velvet, and lace. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France A succession of hatters, joiners, ships' carpenters, silversmiths, peruke makers, brewers, bakers, sea captains, merchants, doctors and gentlemen, schoolteachers, dentists, artisans, artists and actors, began to fill my empty houses. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Cards and tables do offend him, and perukes do fall within the compass of his theme. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors You think their coats and perukes very old-fashioned, but their notions are still older than their coats and perukes. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 I have purposed to do myself the honor of presenting myself at your house this afternoon, Colonel Dolph, to inquire if you did not desire to have your peruke fris�e. The Story of a New York House The baron had replaced his long peruke, and resumed his heavy, tight-fitting coat, in order to receive De Chemerant and the supposed duke. A Romance of the West Indies No more will hoops and wigs add allure to the progress of beauty—nor peruke nor smallclothes invest the beau with grandeur. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria The period is contemporary with the peruke––the period is the peruke of style. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Morpheous is my last companion; without 8 or 9 hours of him yr correspondent is not worth one scavenger's peruke. Pioneers of Science To secure himself, therefore, he got perukes made, and clothes suited to every age. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) With bright nut-brown hair, golden in the sun, and worn long beneath his peruke, he certainly justified the endearing name of "Bonny Prince Charlie." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History On a heavy pedestal, in the chamber of Mother Michel, was a marble bust of Louis XIV., represented with a Roman helmet and a peruke interlaced with laurel-leaves. The Story of a Cat The peruke reaching the middle of the loins could not be suitable to men in haste to accomplish a work of destruction. Leading Articles on Various Subjects His silver-white hair when he removed his peruke was a venerable spectacle. Pioneers of Science There, in the afternoon, would sit the finely apparelled sons of Mars, and other gay dogs of the period, with their scented perukes, amber vinaigrettes, silver-hilted swords and gold-headed canes quizzing the passers-by. The Story of Paris And the little monkey in the flowing white peruke took direction. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg But this amusement delicate Was worthy of that old baboon, Our fathers used to dote upon; The Lovelaces are out of date, Their glory with their heels of red And long perukes hath vanished. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Come into the drawing-room and look at yourself in the mirror, and you may arrange your peruke in a more becoming way than it is at present.” Won from the Waves The backs of those in the distance, behung with bags, major perukes, pinners, &c. are most laughably ludicrous. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency Fully two hundred of the enemy massed on the hill, commanded by a squat officer in breeks and wearing a peruke Anglic�, that went oddly with his tartan plaid. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn There again was Castanet, a partisan leader in a voluminous peruke and with a taste for controversial divinity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) He found his peruke a model of perfection; tight, yet easy; not an inch more on one side than on the other. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection When a great mirror was to be cast at St.-Gobain, M. Deslandes always took command of the works in full dress, his peruke well powdered and his sword by his side. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 A hair dresser's shop up to the end of last century was also different in appearance from one to-day, and was furnished with perukes, or wigs for all sorts of heads. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Here was merchandise, here the pack and the bale; snuffy men in perukes, knee-breeched and portly, came and piped in high English, managing the transport of their munitions ashore. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The hair of Charles Stuart was concealed under a "pale peruke;" but, is said to have been red, or, according to most of his portraits, of a sandy hue. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. The trade could hardly have been an unprosperous one in those days of perukes and powder and pomatumed edifices of hair, and when, moreover, 'the Garden' was a not unfashionable locality. Art in England Notes and Studies A third example given by Holme is named the "short-bob," and is a plain peruke, imitating a natural head of hair. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History The royal Individual in round hat and peruke, he is Valet for the time being. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Further down, dressed in black, with vast pointed perukes and shaven faces, are the bailiff, Thomas Arnoton, and the notary, Master Ambroy, two grave objects among the flowing silks and figured damasks. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World My curls, I mind, tumbled forward thicker than those foppish French perukes. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade He wears a long peruke descending in curls upon his shoulders—a gold-laced waistcoat—and snowy ruffles. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors Louis XIV. annexed great dignity to his peruke, which he increased to an enormous size, and made a lion's mane the object of its similitude. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History You might have taken off his splendid peruke, and his scarlet cloak, which was thrown backward from his shoulders, without annihilating the dignity of his appearance. Scenes of Clerical Life Lord Townshend, too, was in the viceregal seat, with gentlemen of his household behind, splendid in star and peruke, and eyed over their prayer-books by many inquisitive Christians. The House by the Church-Yard Dishevelled black hair like a damaged peruke, mournful, yellow face, enormous stag's eyes straining down on me. Romance In our way to the Saloon, I noticed, over the door of a passage, a small whole length of a man, in a formal peruke and dress, walking with a cane in his hand. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three On the Mall and in the theatre," he tells us, "gentlemen conversed and combed their perukes. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History A cannon explodes below him, a comet is seen above; and in his right hand, notwithstanding his cuirass and voluminous Queen-Anne peruke, he brandishes the thunderbolt of Jupiter. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers "The stately figure, rich costume, awe-inspiring peruke of the magnificent Louis XIV.—the satins, velvets, embroideries, perfumes, and powder of the indolent and handsome Louis XV., well illustrate the two epochs." Women of Modern France And it was true enough—they were as alike as Moore and myself; only, they wore white satin small clothes and powdered perukes. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars Even the richness of their laced suits and the gravity of their perukes attracted a degree of admiration; and I have heard the disuse of the large hoops worn by the ladies pathetically lamented. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants So you are beaten, vieilles perukes that you are! not by one or two, but by forty-one; and your bones are all the likelier to ache, and I am not at all sorry. Records of a Girlhood Artificial hair, for the manufacture of perukes, is dyed in the same manner as wool. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants His man then came up to him, and very respectfully helped him off with his peruke first, and then his coat, laying them one on the other in a corner. Oddsfish! The only departure which he made from the fashion of the period, was in respect to the peruke—an article he could never be induced to wear. Jack Sheppard A Romance It is now some quarter century since people took to building Queen Anne cottages, and gentlemen at costume parties to treading minuets in small clothes and perukes, with ladies in high-cushioned hair and farthingales. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century She plucks off her peruke, and puts it on again when he knows her. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 The actors appeared upon all occasions in the enormous perukes that were introduced in the reign of Charles II., and continued in vogue until 1720. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character He wore a peruke, and his hat upon that. Oddsfish! Mrs. Maggot was equipped in a light blue riding-habit, trimmed with silver, a hunting-cap and a flaxen peruke, and, instead of a whip, carried a stout cudgel. Jack Sheppard A Romance Of the colonists McMaster says: "Some could build coaches, some could make perukes, some could carve, others could gild with such exquisite carving that their work had been thought not unworthy of the King." Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making A churchwarden in the next pew nodded and nodded, until he nodded his peruke awry, and a child went fast asleep, with its head in its mother's lap. Audrey But the great actor occasionally varied the mode of his peruke. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Pile perukes on thy head whose curls cannot be counted, On yard-high buskins let thy feet be mounted, Still thou art only what thou art. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe Then he exchanged his own peruke and hat for the shabby ones of the coachman. The Nameless Castle She had a voluminous blond peruke and a flowing blue dress. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Already pulled far awry, his great peruke, a cataract of hair streaming over his shoulders, shading and softening the swarthy features between its curled waves, now slipped from his head and fell to the floor. Audrey He strove in vain to clear his vision, and to remove the peruke, which clung to him like a second skin. The Sign of the Red Cross And thus it was settled before she had fairly readjusted the peruke on his head as he sat in his great chair and she clambered on its arm. The Frontiersmen Combing the peruke, at the time when men of fashion wore large wigs, was even at public places an act of gallantry. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 "You know of the horse, too," said Wogan, colouring to the edge of his peruke. Clementina There was food for greater mirth in the appearance on the road of a solitary figure in a wine-colored coat and bushy black peruke. Audrey His peruke had disappeared, and he wore a little dark wig that looked like his natural hair. Tom Tufton's Travels Why, grandfather!" the girl admonished Mivane; "your beautiful peruke!—sure, sir, the loveliest curls in the world! The Frontiersmen So said Conrector Paulmann, as he next morning entered his room, which still lay full of broken sherds, and in whose midst his hapless peruke, dissolved into its original elements, was floating in the punch-bowl. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English His peruke was pushed back from his forehead and showed that the hair about his temples was grey. Clementina And naughty little girls these angelic twins were too, without respect for grandfather's peruke or grandmother's Sunday cap. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes I have seen the fellow," he said thoughtfully--"he came here once for a peruke--and a more evil countenance I have seldom seen. Tom Tufton's Travels This appearance was as difficult to reconcile as that of the saints and virgins in their churches being decorated with powdered perukes, swords, laced clothes, and full-dressed suits. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. He wore a strange peruke too—more like a feather-cap than a wig. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English In the towns the officials and the well-to-do merchants dressed elaborately on all occasions of ceremony, with scarlet cloaks and perukes, buckled slippers and silk stockings. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 He drove the little girls before him, and followed carrying the peruke in one hand and the cap in the other. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes "Beshrew me if I ever again walk abroad with a peruke at night!" grumbled Cale, as he let himself be hurried along by the eager Tom. Tom Tufton's Travels "A choice of perukes;" which is nothing comparable to the "waile o' wigs." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character "Heavens and earth!" murmured the little dancing-master, ruefully surveying the ruins of his blonde peruke. In the Days of My Youth Well, if ever I believe a man to be a man, for the sake of a peruke and feather again.— The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 He most assuredly was never destined by her to shave beards, and manufacture perukes for heads more brainless, many of them, than his own blocks. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 565, September 8, 1832 This sign had been painted to the perruquier's own design, at a time when there threatened to be a reaction in favour of natural hair in place of the monstrous perukes so long worn. Tom Tufton's Travels The vergers and Wooden Staffs wore starched ruffs and perukes, and though they had scarcely enough to eat, brocade and velvet covered all the people from the Claverias; even the acolytes wore gold embroidered dalmatics. The Shadow of the Cathedral Nature, swathed in perukes and ruffles, powder and patches, and stifled under a hundred studied airs and grimaces, had much ado to breathe. The Castle Inn A bald-pated villain, yet grudges to buy a peruke to his baldness: for he is as covetous as hell, never satisfied, yet plaguy rich. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 The complexion of a murderer in a band-box; consisting of a large piece of burnt cork, and a coal-black peruke. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Never was such a figure for showing off coat or vest or sash, or a head upon which a peruke sat with a daintier grace. Tom Tufton's Travels But, above all contemplate the wonders of his vast peruke. Gossip in a Library Nature, swathed in perukes and ruffles, powder and patches, and stifled under a hundred studied airs and grimaces, had much ado to breathe. The Castle Inn Surely great statues had stood before them—statesmen in perukes who silently declaimed secular rhetoric in the house of God, swooning women, impossible pagan personifications of grief, medallions, heathen wreaths, and broken columns. Dawn of All He really ought to wear lace and ruffles and a beautiful peruke. The Second Generation But Tom would not be denied the fashionable peruke. Tom Tufton's Travels In days of yore, Laid wit and lore, And wisdom in the wig; But now the skull Contains them all, The peruke is too big. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 The Chancellor in his peruke— The Earl, the Marquis, and the Dook, The Groom, the Butler, and the Cook— They all shall equal be. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan There again was Castanet, a partisan leader in a voluminous peruke and with a taste for controversial divinity. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes He further gave a description of Dubosq's person, and added, that on that day he wore a flaxen peruke. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 They spent above two hours looking over cloths and satins and scarfs, trying effects, and fitting on perukes. Tom Tufton's Travels I was always afraid of him; in a long peruke, and dark red velvet coat, facing the hall-door. Wylder's Hand "Lord, Martin," said he, sitting on his great peruke and looking askance at me, "Lord, what a marvellous thick skull is thine!" Martin Conisby's Vengeance To be a gentleman was a matter of silk breeches and perukes and late hours? In the Valley The president ordered that he should wear a flaxen peruke, and be confronted with the witnesses from Mongeron and Lieursaint, who now unanimously declared that he was the man they had seen. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 But I have a peruke to take to a client who lives hard by Snowe Hill. Tom Tufton's Travels There was a picture in the outer hall—one of those full-length gentlemen of George II.'s time, with a dark peruke flowing on his shoulders, a cut velvet coat, and lace cravat and ruffles. Wylder's Hand If he who wears a peruke is more to be feared than he who wears none? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 There, at least, I shall have the fashion of my peruke and my speech at first hand. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger His Excellency shook his majestic peruke, and echoed the lady. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty His natural hair had therefore been cut close to his head, the peruke was fitted on, and fell in bushy curls to his shoulders. Tom Tufton's Travels Thick eyebrows were raised until they almost met the line of his ponderous peruke. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series If he who wears spectacles is not more to be feared than he who wears a peruke? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 I glanced at her peruke, and for a moment laboured under the idea that she intended to call at her hairdresser's; but I soon recollected. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby The inside of his head is like the outside, and his peruke as naturally of his own growth as his wit. Character Writings of the 17th Century The imputation of Novelty is a terrible charge amongst those who judge of men's heads, as they do of their perukes, by the fashion, and can allow none to be right but the received doctrines. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 His full curled peruke has a mass of long curls hanging in front of the right shoulder, while the curls on the left side are six or eight inches shorter. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) If he who takes tobacco is not more to be feared than he who wears spectacles? and if spectacles, peruke, and snuff-box combined do not triple the force of the jettatura? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 What a formidable assemblage of sable suits, and tremendous perukes! Inns and Taverns of Old London He flutters up and down like a butterfly in a garden, and while he is pruning of his peruke takes occasion to contemplate his legs and the symmetry of his breeches. Character Writings of the 17th Century He goes up and down the world of men, a modern Rhadamanthus in gold-headed cane and peruke, and with nonchalance, and the air of a referee, distributing souls. Representative Men In the reigns of Anne and William and Mary perukes grew so vast and cumbersome that a wig was invented for travelling and for undress wear, and was called the "Campaign wig." Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) By thy leave, goodman usher: mend thy peruke; so. The Poetaster Contrary to the custom of the time, which prescribed perukes, his own fair hair usually in long ringlets on his neck. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 When he accosts a lady he puts both ends of his microcosm in motion, by making legs at one end and combing his peruke at the other. Character Writings of the 17th Century Is it for us to see their perukes put on, their false teeth, their complexion, their eye-brows, their nails? Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman Another portrait attired also in armor and peruke is of Sir Nathaniel Johnson, who was appointed governor of South Carolina by the Lords Proprietors in 1702. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) The old hussar gave a grim look to the emperor, and raised his peruke. Joseph II. and His Court This gentleman, with the bright, sparkling eyes, and pleasant face, was the poet Gleim, who looked very comfortable and stately in the circle of powdered perukes. Old Fritz and the New Era It consisted of a boy's soiled dress, an old peruke, and an old felt hat. Marie Antoinette and Her Son It was powdered and tied behind with a broad ribbon, for he hated perukes. The Golden Dog Queen Anne was deeply offended because Lord Bolingbroke, summoned hurriedly to her, appeared in a Ramillies wig instead of a full-bottomed peruke. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Kaunitz at once declared his readiness to wait upon the king, and to the unspeakable astonishment of his valet, had actually shortened his toilet and had betrayed some indifference to the arrangement of his peruke. Joseph II. and His Court The light reappeared in the dark room and another form hovered over the prince—of grave, obscure face, with a great peruke, staring at him. Old Fritz and the New Era The guards at the gate leading to the outer court quietly let him pass in, and did not notice that another face appeared in the peruke from that which had been seen the day before. Marie Antoinette and Her Son His good taste discarded perukes and powder, although very much in fashion in those days. The Golden Dog He says that except some of the "very Elevated Sort" few wore perukes; so that at first sight "all looked as if about to go to bed," for all wore caps. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) It soon reached its accustomed serenity, and not a lock of the peruke was out of place. Joseph II. and His Court Further, send me eight confidential discreet men of my height and size, with eight perukes, exactly the cut of mine. Old Fritz and the New Era He sprang up, threw off the great peruke, and the long black cloak, and stood before them in the uniform of an official guard. Marie Antoinette and Her Son "Diversions?" said his grace, his eyebrows raised until they all but vanished under the golden curls of his peruke. The Lion's Skin So wonted were his eyes to perukes, that his only thought of caps was that they were "ridiculous." Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) See how exquisitely it lies on the front ringlets, and how airily it is distributed over the entire peruke. Joseph II. and His Court It was the same cold, grave face, with the thick black beard, and the powdered peruke, the curls of which overshadowed the brow and cheeks. Old Fritz and the New Era Early the next day the doctor came in his long, black cloak, and with his peruke, to visit the sick Mistress Simon. Marie Antoinette and Her Son "Ha!" says Sir Rupert, stroking a curl of his great peruke, "How cometh he brawling with the watch?" Black Bartlemy's Treasure Not until great perukes overshadowed the whole face did the beard disappear. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) I am goin' to assassinate my poor mustachio—also remove this horrible black peruke, and emerge in my own hair. Monsieur Beaucaire Over him bent a man in a long coat with a cape, a man in a dark peruke, whose face was clear in the lantern's light. The Path of the King In addition, the queen receives to-day a dirty, torn boy's suit and a peruke, and a pair of soiled children's shoes. Marie Antoinette and Her Son Yes, to pay a fine for a peruke, and recover the lost hair of another man. The Comedy of Errors Of course both, and the periwig, are simply wigs; but the term "peruke" is in general applied to a formal, richly curled wig; and the word "periwig" also conveys the distinction of a formal wig. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) She determined how a gentleman's coat must be cut, how long his peruke must be, whether his heels must be high or low, and whether the lace on his hat must be broad or narrow. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 At that moment Prance returned and with him another, a man in a dark peruke, wearing a long coat with a cape. The Path of the King Another paid thirty louis d'or for the peruke of the king. Marie Antoinette and Her Son Albemarle reared his great massive head, smothered in a mighty black peruke, and scowled upon the florid London beau. Mistress Wilding I have been asked the difference between a peruke and a wig. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) The Curate in surplice and stole; Justice in its peruke; Marechausee sabre in hand, guarding the place, till the bagpipes can begin. The French Revolution Their manes had been coloured a deep blue; their hoofs were wrapped in coverings of woven grass, and the hair between their ears was puffed out like a peruke. Herodias Mr Tattle is all over sweet, his peruke is sweet, and his gloves are sweet, and his handkerchief is sweet, pure sweet, sweeter than roses. Love for Love: a Comedy The royal Individual in round hat and peruke, he is Valet, for the time being. The French Revolution And this Grosse-Tete in round hat and peruke, which, looking rearward, pokes itself out from time to time, methinks there are features in it—? The French Revolution With face shrivelled to nothing; with 'huge peruke a la Louis Quatorze, which leaves only two eyes "visible" glittering like carbuncles,' the old man is here. The French Revolution Weak women and Ci-devants, their locks not yet made into blond perukes, their skins not yet tanned into breeches, are accustomed to 'act the Guillotine' by way of pastime. The French Revolution |
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