. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . e-stricted to the blue-and-silver epicene pages who worship theprima donna, and poke fun at the soubrettes on the opera stage;—the page-like parting, then, was on one side of her head, andacross her ample forehead lay a festoon of hair, an-anged so as tosuggest, to a speculative mind, a fanciful resemblance to thedi-apery at the top of a window curtain. Her featiues were byno means without expression ; on the contrary, meek pomposity,and innocent self-satisfaction, were written in legible characterson her good-natured countenance. The most carefully
. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . e-stricted to the blue-and-silver epicene pages who worship theprima donna, and poke fun at the soubrettes on the opera stage;—the page-like parting, then, was on one side of her head, andacross her ample forehead lay a festoon of hair, an-anged so as tosuggest, to a speculative mind, a fanciful resemblance to thedi-apery at the top of a window curtain. Her featiues were byno means without expression ; on the contrary, meek pomposity,and innocent self-satisfaction, were written in legible characterson her good-natured countenance. The most carefully ^Titten descriptions usually prove inade-quate to convey to the readers mind a just idea of the objectthey would fain depict; but as we are especially anxious thatothers should see Lady Lombard with oiu eyes, wo must begtheir attention to the following simple process, by wliich we trustto enable ihem to realize her. Let each reader, then, call to mind the In^t average specimenof fat and fair babyhood which may have come under his notice;. OR, THE RAILROAD OP LIFE. 83 let. him imagine it clothed in the richest sky-blue satin ; let himdeprive it of its coral, and substitute in its place a gold watchand appendages; round its flit little excuse for a neck let himclasp a diamond necklace ; let him dress its hair, or provide ita flaxen wig—if its hair should be as yet a pleasure to come—made after the fashion we have above described • and let him,lastly, by a powerful effort of imagination, inflate this baby until,still presei-ving its infantine proportions, it shall stand five feetnine in its satin shoes,—and he will then have arrived at a very-correct idea of Lady Lombard, as she appeared when, rustlingforward in a tremoui- of delight, she advanced to perform thepart of gracious hostess to the Prince of Persia. Really, Mr. Bracy, she began, as that gentleman, witha countenance of solemn satisfaction, stepped forward to meether, really, this is too kind of you ; how do you
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