 Right under the pump-room windows is the King's Bath ; a huge cistern, where you see the patients up to their necks in hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen, with chip hats, in which they fix their handkerchiefs to wipe the...  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 354geredigeerd door - 1912Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Forsyth - 1871 - 366 pagina’s
...the king's bath — a large cistern — where you see the patients up to their neck in the hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen...handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their faces ; but .... they look so flushed and so frightful, that I always turn my eyes another way." No complaint was... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1871 - 352 pagina’s
...the king's bath — a large cistern — where you see the patients up to their neck in the hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen...handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their faces ; but .... they look so flushed and so frightful, that I always turn my eyes another way." No complaint was... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1871 - 388 pagina’s
...is the king's bath—a large cistern—where you see the patients up to their neck in the hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen...handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their faces; but.... they look so flushed and so frightful, that I always turn my eyes another way." No complaint was more... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1871 - 372 pagina’s
...is the king's bath—a large cistern—where you see the patients up to their neck in the hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen...handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their faces ; but .... they look so flushed and so frightful, that I always turn my eyes another way." No complaint was... | |
 | Robert Edward Myhill Peach - 1888 - 354 pagina’s
...King's Bath — a huge cistern, where you see the patients sitting up to their necks in hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen,...heat of the water, or the nature of the dress, or all these causes together, they looked so flushed and so frightful that I always turn my eyes another... | |
 | 1891 - 598 pagina’s
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 | 1893 - 634 pagina’s
...windows is the King's Bath ; a huge cistern, where you see the patients up to their necks in hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen,...of the dress, or to all these causes together, they look so flushed, and BO frightful, that I always turn my eyes another way.' [Mrs. Tabitha Bramble,... | |
 | Henry Austin Dobson - 1894 - 328 pagina’s
...up to their necks in hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen [flannel ?], with chip hats, in which they fix their handkerchiefs...of the dress, or to all these causes together, they look so flushed, and so frightful, that I always turn my eyes another way.' 1 [It must be conceded... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1894 - 318 pagina’s
...up to their necks in hot water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen [flannel ?], with chip hats, in which they fix their handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their faces j but, truly, whether it is owing to the steam that surrounds them, or the heat of the water, or the... | |
 | William Fraser Rae - 1896 - 478 pagina’s
...windows is the King's bath ; a huge cistern, where you see the patients up to their necks in the water. The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen,...with chip hats, in which they fix their handkerchiefs and wipe the sweat from their faces ; but, truly, whether it is owing to the steam that surrounds them,... | |
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