. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . uch by theirobstinacy as by their contempt. Lady Elizabeth was very particular and formal in all things connectedwith her toilet; draperies of the finest muslin, starred with gold, descendedfrom her inlaid looking-glass; acheval-glass stood at the rightangle of her dressing-table to gh leffect to the profile and the figure,and cosmetics were carefully enshrined in boxes of filigree silveiShe always dismissed her maidwhen her lappets were pinned on,and completed her adornments in solitude;—I should write repairs, rather than adornments
. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . uch by theirobstinacy as by their contempt. Lady Elizabeth was very particular and formal in all things connectedwith her toilet; draperies of the finest muslin, starred with gold, descendedfrom her inlaid looking-glass; acheval-glass stood at the rightangle of her dressing-table to gh leffect to the profile and the figure,and cosmetics were carefully enshrined in boxes of filigree silveiShe always dismissed her maidwhen her lappets were pinned on,and completed her adornments in solitude;—I should write repairs, rather than adornments ;—tlit tint for the cheek, the pencil for the eyebrow, the pearl powder for tht throat, were used in secret; but, of late, the stately lady had been so bewildered, that more than onct she had applied the rouge to hei eyebrows, and the black pomade ol Ispahan to hercheeks! had done this more than once, and yet she knew it not, until the faithful mirror of the drawing-room undeceived her. Lady Elizabeth felt tliat her dignity was invaded by some malign. 1es: she GO MIDSUMJIiOR EVE
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