10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRABBINESS»
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drabbiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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She saw him standing for a moment right against the dull, drabby background of
the court room wall; and it seemed as if something of that drabbiness had
descended upon his soul. Youth seemed to have gone out of him. He appeared
to be ...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy,
1911
... of their female partners, it certainly is not the nature of fashion among civilised
man, in this nineteenth century, that men should go about in full dress while
women should pass their lives in drabbiness and dowdiness. And very lucky, we
say, ...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon,
1872
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Three to one; or Some passages out of the life of Amicia ...
partners, it certainly is not the nature of fashion among civilised man, in this
nineteenth century, that men should go about in full dress while women should
pass their lives in drabbiness and dowdiness. And very lucky, wo say, it is for
men that ...
George Webbe Dasent (sir.),
1872
4
The International Studio
Henry seems to have the most magically appealing tints within easy call. There is
nothing more luminously harmonious in art today than a finished Henry canvas: it
is a tonal messenger, sent into a world of drabbiness, fit to dispel the doubt ...
... they make a good cross with blacks and tortoiseshells ; and if a brown tabby
lacks the admired tawny or golden tint, then an orange may assist to brighten and
improve the general tone, and do away, perchance, with that drabbiness which is
...
Frances Simpson ((Miss)), Frances Simpson (Miss.),
1903
She saw him standing for a moment right against the dull, drabby background of
the court-room wall, and it seemed as if something of that drabbiness had
descended upon his soul. Youth seemed to have gone out of him. He appeared
to be ...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy,
1912
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The International Studio
Henry seems to have the most magically appealing tints within easy call. There is
nothing more luminously harmonious in art to day than a finished Henry canvas :
it is a tonal messenger, sent into a world of drabbiness, fit to dispel the doubt ...
Charles Holme, Guy Eglinton, Peyton Boswell,
1916
... great and small ; but there was little going on, for a drizzling rain was in
progress. Can human dullness sink lower? I asked myself, feeling that the civic
heart of things was being profaned. Could utmost drabbiness out-drab this? I
doubted it.
9
Heir to two fortunes, by the author of 'The life of the ...
... Mrs. Filters descended to her own room, and Seton, as he sat solitary, amid the
glories of the drawing-room, could hardly believe that so much had happened
since he was driven from that paradise to the drabbiness of Winchcom Street.
10
Belgravia: A London Magazine
... of their female partners, it certainly is not the nature of fashion among civilised
man, in this nineteenth century, that men should go about in full dress while
women should pass their lives in drabbiness and dowdiness. And very lucky, we
say, ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRABBINESS»
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"I wanted them to be in stark contrast to the drabbiness that exists in much of the city." Adventurous homes. The Lorax house was purchased at ... «The Detroit News, Mar 15»