10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROBE-DE-CHAMBRE»
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They make a vast parade of measures; but, not unfrequently, these are so ill
adapted to the objects proposed, as to put us in the mind of Monsieur Jourdain's
calling for his robe-de-chambre — pour mieux entendre la musique.15 The
results ...
Edgar Allan Poe, Stuart Levine, Susan Levine,
2000
2
Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man
Jourdain (bourgeois! riche et ridicule, qui veut prendre les aire d'un homme de
qualité, paraît en robe de chambre et en bonnet de nuit), le Maître de musique, le
Maître à danser, l'Elève du Maître de musique, une Musicienne, deux Musiciens,
...
Nicolas Gouin Dufief,
1810
3
The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases
*robe de chambre, phr. : Fr. : a chamber-garment, a dressing-gown ; a woman's
dress made somewhat after the style of a dressing-gown. 1732 Her lady aunt was
dressed in a robe de chambre: London Mag., Oct. [Fairholt] 1768 Monsieur is ...
Charles Augustus Maude Fennell,
1891
4
The Histrionic Sensibility: Theatricality and Identity from ...
... himself into other gentlemen's attire becomes Jacob's raison d'etre, and the
separation between character and narrator becomes crucial as the sole source of
self-definition; Comment donc, des pantoufles et une robe de chambre a Jacob!
5
André Breton: The Power of Language
The dialogue of Voits m 'oublierez is a much more obvious illustration of the role
played by echolalia and "reponses a cote': after Robe de Chambre's introductory
remarks, 'Allons, allons, quoi? Ou vous voudrez. Dites-moi', the remainder of his ...
6
Eighteenth-century French Fashion Plates in Full Color: 64 ...
There were varied later versions. robe de chambre (34). Housecoat, dressing
gown. robe de cour (14, 28). Gown made to be worn primarily for court functions.
robe du matin (51, 63). In the style of dresses previously worn at home in the ...
7
Dramatic Experiments: Life according to Diderot
J'étais le maître absolu de ma vieille robe de chambre; je suis devenu l'esclave
de la nouvelle,” in Diderot, “Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre,” 943. 6. “
Une nouvelle gouvernante stérile qui succède dans un presbytère, la femme qui
...
8
Balzac and the Model of Painting: Artist Stories in "La ...
(vu, 378) Within this general likeness to Allori's portrait, it is Josépha's yellow
robe de chambre that is picked out for its exact resemblance to Judith's dress.
The lavish outfit has been chosen to crush the respectable baronne with a
courtesan's ...
9
A Cyclopedia Of Costume Vol. II A General History Of Costume ...
A loose dress, called a "robe battante," is said to have been invented by Madame
de Montespan, which seems to have been simply a dressing-gown, or "robe de
chambre;" and as it imparted a youthful air to the wearer, it obtained the second ...
James Robinson Planche,
1819
10
Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and ...
Robe de chambre, night or morning gown. Vivre en chambre, to live privately in a
lodging. Les deux chambres du parlement ifF Angleterre,) the two houses of
parliament. /x chambre haute, the upper house or house of lords. La chambre
basse ...
Abel Boyer, William Bentley Fowle,
1835