Word: toilets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...evening set apart by Mrs. De Sorosis for her weekly reception; the household in consequence was in a state of excitement. Every one had an air of pleased excitement as though something of importance were momentarily expected to take place. Mrs. Butterfield, who was still at her toilet table arranging a bit of Spanish lace about her neck, was being put to considerable anxiety in her endeavor to hide her rather prominent Adam's apple and at the same time conceal the neck of her dress which was made to wear with a collar and was not meant...
...room, opposite the auditor's office, and formerly used by the association, or in some part of the basement. The convenience of such an arrangement would be greatly appreciated by those men who are obliged to go to lunch directly from recitations, and who have no conveniences for their toilet outside of their own rooms...
Precisely at a quarter to seven the victim of Cupid, having been called according to his desire, rose and promptly dressed himself. He had sufficient self-control to shave himself without the slightest injury. It would seem as if he had devoted a longer time than usual to his toilet...
...rose again. Mechanically I made a hasty toilet and went over to breakfast. My friends told me that I looked pale, and had lost my appetite. It was no news to me. I asked if Stephen had been anywhere seen. No, not since yesterday. Where was he? I could say nothing, except that I did not know; I could not bring in that strange enchanted vision as evidence...
...arrived, and the exulting Shipkins, in company with his chum, set out for the city to meet the fair ones. Now, whether he was too flurried to calculate aright the time of the train's arrival, or was unduly long putting the finishing touches to his toilet, will ever be a matter of doubt; but that he blundered somewhere and, as a consequence, failed to connect, there can be no doubt, for, when he reached the depot, he found that the train had come and was gone, and that his lady friends had gone too. When Shipkins realized the situation...