10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNICK-KNACKERY»
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knick-knackery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
knick-knackery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Parisian sights and French principles, seen through American ...
At present the adulterine mixture is becoming to neither condition ; but before the
army of French cooks, dancing-masters, tailors, modistes, coiffeurs, valets,
femmes-de-chambre, and mechanics of knick-knackery, every other knick-
knackery ...
James Jackson Jarves, 1855
At present the adulterine mixture is becoming to neither condition ; but before the
army of French cooks, dancing-masters, tailors, modistes, coiffeurs, valets,
femmes-de-chambres, and mechanies of knick- knackery, every other knick-
knackery ...
Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, 1854
3
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany
In their economical rage, the latter might style them vile expensive gewgaws,
contemptible bawbles, childish knick- knackery, only calculated to foment vanity
and extravagance, and to lead the female wearers into vicious practices, and the
...
4
The Court Journal: Court Circular & Fashionable Gazette
But knick-knackery was ig unheard of; and even muslin curtains, iniversal, were
not brought into general use >me years after the commencement of the it century.
At their country scats, indeed, I bad their china-closets, — here and there an dry,
...
5
The Hamiltons, Or, The New Aera
The knick-knackery of life was at his finger's ends. He had pointed out to
Anastasius Hope the only spurious vase in his collection; and detected for Lord
Petersham a modern tail superadded to a silver dolphin, in a group by Benvenuto
Cellini!
Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), 1834
6
Cecil: Or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb: A Novel
... Marylebone have their knick-knackery and Birmingham virtu." In my boyish
susceptibility, I fancied she was talking at me ; my rooms at Oxford having been
renowned for their foppery. I stood accountant for as great a sin as Lady
Ormington, ...
Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), 1841
... men of the East betake themselves to truckle and barter with these savages,
giving them in exchange for their sheep and oxen, all the knick-knackery and
conveniences that the manufactories of their more civilized district supply them
with.
There is a long suite of rooms, some in the rustic style ; a large garden with trees
and flowers, but there is too much knick- knackery ; the most offensive piece is a
glaring sham castle upon the hill behind, so truly detestable, that an English ...
John Scott, John Taylor, 1826
Using these plates acknowledges the tackiness of celebrity knick-knackery, but
also inevitably announces a degree of erudition—everyone knows Little Nell and
Bill Sikes, but Captain Cuttle? (He's in Domlrey and Son [1848] As the displays in
...
And lovers of retro memorabilia, from Meccano to biscuit tins, will fall for the
Windmill Coffee Shop, gloriously unpretentious and stuffed to the gunwales with
knick-knackery. It has some seating in a small garden. A wriggling route to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNICK-KNACKERY»
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knick-knackery is used in the context of the following news items.
Snapshot of Nelson on a quietly busy weekend
This is Nelson in the throes of a perpetual spring-clean, tossing out toys, bedding, pictures, furniture, carpets, pots and pans and knick-knackery ... «Nelson Mail, Jun 15»
St. Cecilia on last leg of $11.5M building effort
The existing statuary, the large wooden altar and, in Sternberg's words, “the holy knick-knackery” in use and on display throughout the church ... «Madison.com, May 15»
St. Cecilia's prepares for final Mass in old church
... with existing statuary, the church's large wooden altar and, in Sternberg's words, the “the holy knick-knackery” throughout the church building ... «Madison.com, May 15»
Ingrid Gabriel
In Part One I of my 2011 Gifting Guide, I suggested that cooking knick-knackery was the trending gift of 2011. Hip Americans seemed to have embraced food ... «SanJuanIslander.com, Apr 15»
Open your heart — and wallet — in the Ridge
On Friday, bound over to neighborhood knick-knackery Hom (8806 Third Ave. between 88th and 89th streets) and hand those cats $10 to get ... «Brooklyn Daily, Apr 15»
Entertainment Geekly: In praise of things that don't look cool
This is the generally agreed upon counter-argument to knick-knackery like this. But I think that the Wire remastering hits at something deeper, ... «Entertainment Weekly, Dec 14»
Canberra's best restaurants: Le Tres Bon
This is French country kitsch taken to quite an extreme, even to the stylish French knick-knackery sold at the counter. The cottage is small and a ... «Good Food, Dec 14»
'Far Cry 4' review: Ubisoft's masterpiece
I prefer Far Cry 4 as a single-player experience, and I'm incredibly skeptical of wedging any online-gameplay knick-knackery into a campaign. «Entertainment Weekly, Nov 14»
Owner auctions unrivalled collection to pay care bills
He said: “Most people associate it with cheap knick-knackery for holidaymakers and of little value but it would be unwise to say it is cheap tat.”. «Western Morning News, Nov 14»
The dark arts: Gothic goings-on at the British Library
There are sketches, paintings, comics and Gothic knick-knackery, including a Victorian-era vampire- slaying kit and the world's most cheerless ... «Leicester Mercury, Oct 14»
