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... boards; they gossip across the centuries, feeling, as they should, very busy and important. As you will see, I have devoted myself entirely to civil costume—that is, the clothes a man or a woman would wear from choice, and not by reason of an appointment to some ecclesiastical post, or to a military calling, or to the Bar, or the Bench. Such clothes are but symbols of the...

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...iar forms of the tale, and it seemed to me one of those legends of such universal property that it was quite fair to put it into 18th century English costume....

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...LOVE AND LIFE An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publi... ...y university. 3 Yo n g e LOVE AND LIFE An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE ... ...versal property that it was quite fair to put it into 18th century English costume. Some have seen in it a remnant of the custom of some barbarous tri... ... pensing the chocolate, whilst a little negro boy, in a fantastic Oriental costume, waited to carry the cups about. On a sofa near at hand, in an easy...

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...'The Virgin Mary had more lines but I had the better costume.' After the Christmas play was announced, I had been dreaming all autumn of the Virgin Mary and the essence of femininity that I knew the role possessed if I could only get it. No longer would I have to pull on pant...

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...istory and politics, overshadowed by the actions of those who had died long before I was born. I cried. But that was before I understood about the costume. Apparently, it was felt, the Virgin Mary had to be a Catholic, but an angel could be any denomination. I wasn’t supposed to know this but I found out through the village grapevine that the matter had been a subj...

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...ula. 26 -- Ceremonies of graduation; debut of a hula dancer. 31 -- The password—the song of admission. 38 -- Worship at the altar of the halau. 42 -- Costume of the hula dancer. 49 -- The hula ala&?a-papa. 57 -- The hula pa-ipu, or kuolo. 73 -- The hula ki?i. 91 -- The hula pahu. 103 -- The hula uliui. 107 -- The hula puili. 113 -- The hula ka-laau. 116 -- The hula ili—ili...

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...m taken from Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg, contianing fancy drills, acrostics, motion songs, tableaux, short plays, recitations in costume for children of five to fifteen years. (from book introduction)...

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...onvergence Center. I had to dress up like a Martian and walk into town to meet up with Mayor Crane. Bert wanted the whole troop but he only had one costume. Anyhow, I’m coming up out of the culvert over near Via Bienvenidos and I’m testing out this electronic horn that Bert gave me when ka-boom, two dove hunters open up on me.” Reveille: Bird shot? Pipps. “I got pep...

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...d danced across the surface of the ceiling. That was going to be quite a mess when gravity reversed. The other guard stared at Mark in the astronaut costume as he passed toward the vault. Mark looked at the guard causing the man to stare into his own shocked reflection in the gold faceplate. The guard drew his gun off his hip. Mark faced forward and leapt toward the vaul...

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...unwelcome husband. ‘I just wanted to give you this invitation from the French Consul to a masked costume ball in a few weeks. I shall, of course, be... ... few weeks. I shall, of course, be back to escort you and I believe Rosita has some ideas for our costumes.’ Helen took the gold embossed invitation... ...his safe return. Rosita was bursting with eagerness about the masked ball. She had thought of a costume idea - Helen dressed as a flamenco dancer a... ...elen decided not to mention the matter to Rosita, who was too busy with the preparations of their costumes for the masked ball that evening. THE C... ...id beating of her heart, which was only partly caused by the exertions of the dance. ‘This is my costume for the masked ball and you should see how ... ...wnstairs and when he saw her standing at the door, surveying his handsome figure in the striking costume of a Spanish bullfighter, he grinned like a... ...Helen, I look as ridiculous as I feel,’ said an embarrassed Gavin. ‘But of course not, Gavin. The costume is splendid and makes you look handsomer t... ...tish temperaments.’ ‘Your husband is the handsomest torrero I have ever seen, Helen, and in that costume, with his dark hair and sunburned skin, Gav... ...rned skin, Gavin could pass for one of my fellow countrymen,’ said Rosita, somewhat crossly. The costume was indeed splendid. Rosita had copied it f...

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... I stepped out of the tub, dried myself, and dressed in my diaphanous green costume for the performance. I also wore black velvet boots with soft s... ...e tightened. 55 “You look charming,” he said as I looked down at the absurd costume whilst tugging the pins out of my hair. “Please, Claire, just le... ... crowd that consisted primarily of performers, some still in their spangled costumes. I pulled my shawl up to cover my hair and hide my face a litt... ...The evening show had just ended; many of the performers were still in their costumes. The man was well into his cups and began to spiel to all pres...

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...e largest and most singular treasury of Islamic history and culture around—costumes and traditional Saudi Arabian garb on display, along with rugs, wo... ...t met Jury. A mutual acquaintance. An apartment packed to the rafters with costumed revelers. Therese present under duress, detached from the raucous ... ...ant to tell him how good-looking he was, so why bother anyway? "It's not a costume." "Huh?" Therese could only stare at the mouth that had released th... ...and inquired as to where I had acquired such a ... cool? Yes, cool Aladdin costume." She was sure they hadn't been that literal, especially not little... ...er as he peered at all the children's colorful and creative outfits like a costume designer. "I like Jamilah and Raphael," he blurted. "I think the fe... ...y, felt herself enveloped by Kane's body heat and the billowy thoub of his costume. "Are you unharmed, Teh-reese?" She gulped, and had only a second t...

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...ainly see his love and loyalty To his king. Then, the minister removed his costume and all laughed with glee (as the servant had fought with all his m... ...mplete devotion Until his quota was filled. Then the minister took off his costume and there was great joy in the king’s palace, The Wise Heart 21 ev...

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...dia ser vista à distância. Ao entrar no templo, Sá Anja ajoelhou, como de costume, e fez o sinal da cruz. Por alguns momentos, ela contemplou, no al... ... Pouco a pouco a igreja foi ficando vazia. O sacristão, com a eficiência costumeira, foi apagando as velas do altar e ia começar a fechar as porta... ...almoço. Saiu do carro espreguiçando espalhafatosamente, dando um berro não costumeiro em outros locais e ocasiões. Ali, naqueles ermos, ninguém ouv... ...a comprida e o véu de renda branca a cobrir a cabeça. Os homens, como de costume, de terno escuro e gravata. Os Irmãos do Sagrado Coração de Jesu... ...rio do Caraça, na região de Mariana. Na minha família, ainda se adotava o costume antigo de se dedicar o primeiro filho homem a Deus e isto signifi... ...re assentava com os colegas nos bancos do Jardim, e, no meio das conversas costumeiras, olhavam as alunas da Escola Normal que passavam em direção à ... ... silêncio voltava a reinar entre os dois. Às nove e meia da noite, como de costume, Carlos a levou até à Ponte do Carrapicho. Era uma ponte de mad... ...ARDEAL Antonio Ribeiro de Almeida Foi entrando na redação como de costume. Cumprimentou um, deu um tapinha nas costas de outro colega e foi... ...íram, como sempre, abraçados, apesar daquele diálogo, que, entre eles, era costumeiro. Quem os recebeu foi o secretário do cardeal. Era um rapaz do...

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... ţii electronice – nu e cazul spectacolului de faţă. Personajele poart ă costume victoriene. Intrig ă matrimonial ă. Actori slabi, prea teatrali, r... ...estival cu m ăşti numit Junkanoo. Dans, muzic ă, tobe din piei de capr ă, costume colorate. Trei sta ţii de radio emit pe lungimi de und ă AM şi ci...

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...shedly assessed me when we first met: her slanted, flamboyant hat, defiant mannish costume, and, incredibly, a large Star of David tucked between ex...

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...ke pleasure in the Creator and not in pleasures of this world, which are mere costumes over the pleasure that comes from the Creator. In each spirit...

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...works with in the spiritual world are bare, open; they are not clothed in the costumes of our world. A Kabbalist stops studying our world once in th...

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...our men board the plane mixed in with the other passengers. Susan, dressed in her nun’s costume, would board two hours later on a different airlin...

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...beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange. They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country. It might, I thought, be the Happy Future, or Utopia, or the Land of Simple Dreams; an errant mote of memory, Henry James?s phrase and story of ?The Great Good Place,?...

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...ew to me and strange. They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country . It might, I tho... ...omet All my enormous hatred of his class had flared up at the sight of his costume, at the fancied challenge of his words. I knew him. He was Edward V... ...th and with an open mouth. He was in the clerical dress of that time, that costume that seems now almost the strangest of all our old-world cloth- ing...

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... medieval life and culture in France, with reference to other parts of Europe, including chapters on private life, food, hunting, games and pastimes, costume, privileges and rights, justice, commerce, finance, and punishments. The online text of the book has over 400 contemporary illustrations. Warning: Sections 27 and 28, Punishments, may be disturbing to those of a sensi...