. How our grandfathers lived . was as great a variety of pretty dresses,borrowed wholly from France, as I have ever seen ;and amongst the rest, some with sapphire-blue satinwaists, spangled with silver, and laced down the backand seams with silver stripes ; white satin petticoatstrimmed with black and blue velvet ribbon ; an oddkind of head-dress, which they term the helmet ofrhe owl. Minerva. I did not observe the bird of wisdom,however, nor do I know whether those who wore thedress had suitable pretensions to it. And pray, say you, how were my aunt andcousin dressed ? If it will gratify you
. How our grandfathers lived . was as great a variety of pretty dresses,borrowed wholly from France, as I have ever seen ;and amongst the rest, some with sapphire-blue satinwaists, spangled with silver, and laced down the backand seams with silver stripes ; white satin petticoatstrimmed with black and blue velvet ribbon ; an oddkind of head-dress, which they term the helmet ofrhe owl. Minerva. I did not observe the bird of wisdom,however, nor do I know whether those who wore thedress had suitable pretensions to it. And pray, say you, how were my aunt andcousin dressed ? If it will gratify you to know, youshall hear. Your aunt, then, wore a full-dress courtcap without the lappets, in which was a wreath ofwhite flowers, and blue sheafs, two black and blueflat feathers (which cost her half a guinea apiece,but that you need not tell of), three pearl pins, boughtfor Court, and a pair of pearl earrings, the cost ofthem — no matter what; less than diamonds, how-ever. A sapphire-blue di-uii-saison \\ ith a satin stripe,. A LADY OF THE REPUBLIC. 4 [No. i Lord North primeministerduring theRevolution. sack and petticoat trimmed with a broad black lace;crape flounce, etc. ; leaves made of blue ribbon, andtrimmed with white tlo>s ; wreaths of black velvetribbon spotted with steel beads, which are much int\i>hion, and brought to such perfection as to re-semble diamonds; white ribbon also in the Vandykestyle, made up of the trimming, which looked veryelegant; a full-dress handkerchief, and a bouquet ofroses. Full gay, I think, for my aunt. That istrue, Lucy, but nobody is old in Kurope. I wasseated next the Duchess of Bedford, who had ascarlet satin sack and coat, with a cushion full ofdiamonds, for hair she has none, and she is butseventy-six, too. Well, now for your cousin ; a small, white Leghornhat, bound with pink satin ribbon ; a steel buckle andband which turned up at the side, and confined a largepink bow ; a large bow of the same kind of ribbonbehind ; a wreath of
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