Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . IN OLD BOSTON 245 tion ^ of Miss Ellslers charms be just, shemust certainly have been glorious: La Fanny is tall, beautifully formed, withHmbs that resemble those of the hunting Diana,combining strength with the most delicate andgraceful style; her small and classically shapedhead is placed on her shoulders in a singularlyelegant manner; the pure fairness of her skinrequires no artificial w^hiteness, while her eyesbeam with a species of playful malice, wellsuited to the half-ironical expression
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . IN OLD BOSTON 245 tion ^ of Miss Ellslers charms be just, shemust certainly have been glorious: La Fanny is tall, beautifully formed, withHmbs that resemble those of the hunting Diana,combining strength with the most delicate andgraceful style; her small and classically shapedhead is placed on her shoulders in a singularlyelegant manner; the pure fairness of her skinrequires no artificial w^hiteness, while her eyesbeam with a species of playful malice, wellsuited to the half-ironical expression at timesvisible in the corners of her finely curved lips;her rich glossy hair of bright chestnut hue isusually braided over a forehead formed to wearwith equal grace and dignity the diadem of aqueen or the floral wreath of a nymph. No wonder our ordinarily staid citizens walkedbefore the Tremont House for hours in hopesthat the divinity would show herself at thewindow! Articles of use and ornament, frombread and bootjacks to cuffs and brass buttonswere named in her honor; and so great was hervo
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