 checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her hoods of silk, and her scarfs of tiffany, extended the length of her sleeve to the wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell.  Annual Report Transmitted - Stran 1291867Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Bancroft - 1834 - 530 strani
...; the fathers of NewEngland prohibited frivolous fashions in their own dress; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her...wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell. The puritans were formal and precise in their manners; singular in the forms of their legislation;... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1854 - 550 strani
...the fathers of New England prohibited frivolous fashions in their own dress ; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her...wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell. The Puritans were formal and precise in their manners : singular in the forms of their legislation:... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1855 - 502 strani
...the fathers of New England prohibited frivolous fashions in their own dress ; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her hoods of silk and her scarfs of tififany, extended the length of her sleeve to the wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 500 strani
...the fathers of New England prohibited frivolous fashions in their own dress ; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her...wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell. The Puritans were formal and precise in their manners ; singular in the forms of their legislation... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1874 - 518 strani
...the fathers of New England prohibited frivolous fashions in their own dress ; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her...wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell. The Puritans were formal and precise in their manners ; singular in the forms of their legislation... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - 660 strani
...frivolous fashions in their THE PLACE OF PURITANISM IN HISTORY. 317 own dress; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her...hoods of silk and her scarfs of tiffany, extended her sleeve to the wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell. The Puritans were formal and... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 568 strani
...: the fathers of New England prohibited frivolous fashions in their own dress; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her...wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell. But these are only the outward forms, which gave to the new sect its marked exterior. If from the outside... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 712 strani
...denied; the fathers of New England prohibited frivolous fashions in their own dress; and their austerity, checking extravagance even in woman, frowned on her...wrist, and limited its greatest width to half an ell. The Puritans were formal and precise in their manners; singular in the forms of their legislation;... | |
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