10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWDYISM»
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dowdyism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Do-It-Yourself BIBLE PROPHECY KIT!
Not obturate subservient, ghoulish dowdyism. Venerable, thorough dowdyism
substitutions. Obliterative dowdyism throughout snubness. Wealthy virtuosos or
tough-minded tubbiness. Wealthy virtuoso or tough-minded stubbiness.
Bounteous ...
When I arrived at my own abode, that confounded ' authority's ' words recurred to
me; I reflected once more upon them ; and all the horrors connected with
chilblains, dowdyism, projecting tooth, and kick-up heels once more crowded m
upon ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1862
3
Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
I walked out with her, and examined her gait: yes, the heels went up behind like a
monthly nurse's; the projecting tooth was obvious to the naked eye; her chilblains
she complained of with touching candour ; and the dowdyism of her expansive ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1862
I walked out with her, and examined her gait: yes, the heels went up behind like a
monthly nurse's; the projecting tooth was obvious to the naked eye; her chilblains
she complained of with touching candour ; and the dowdyism of her expansive ...
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Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. ...
When I arrived at my own abode, that confounded ' authority's ' words recurred to
me ; I reflected once more upon them ; and all the horrors connected with
chilblains, dowdyism, projecting tooth, and kick-up heels once more crowded in
upon ...
6
Confessions of an Old Maid
As to her appearance it was remarkable for excessive dowdyism: her gait was an
awkward, disagreeable waddle—her head lolloping about from side to side in
unison with a jolting movement of the hips. Her dresses were always costly, and
in ...
Edmund Frederick John Carrington, 1828
7
The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India ...
... and lounge all day in Combermere chairs, indifferent to their husband's hints,
about dowdyism, While the said husbands leave off their stocks, and look neither
useful nor ornamental. Now cutcherries and public offices are delighlfitl places, ...
8
The Three Eras of Woman's Life
As it is six months since Barron died, her ladyship is justified in discarding that ne
plus ultra of. dowdyism, the bonnet of a new.made dowager,—bene_ath whose
terrific shadow the fairest face becomes as petrifying as that of a Gorgon.
Elizabeth Elton Smith, 1836
tutor, accustomed only to the dull dowdyism of Nelly Blair and the rest of the "
second set" in Stoneleigh. He scarcely knew what he answered. He hlushed,
hesitated, stammered, much as a young Greek shepherd might have done if a
nymph or ...
George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, 1861
10
Lady Morgan: Her Career, Literary and Personal
But let us state the proposal, and the circumstances which led to it, 'in her own
words. The " Odd Volume" of her recently published Diarv opens with : " This
morning, as I was on my knees, all dust and dowdyism, comes the English post
— old ...
William John Fitzpatrick, 1860
