The dress question, after much difficulty, has been finally and satisfactorily settled. I appeared at the levee on Wednesday last, in just such a dress as I have worn at the President's one hundred times. A black coat, white waistcoat and cravat, and... The Ship of State - 188. lappuse1903 - 264 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1884 - 996 lapas
...dress' to the dinner, and of course I had no difficulty." A few days later (February 24) he writes : ' ' The dress question, after much difficulty, has been...just such a dress as I have worn at the President's a hundred times a black coat, white waistcoat and cravat, and black pantaloons and dress boots,... | |
| Francis Wharton - 1886 - 876 lapas
...Buchanan, 115. The dispatch above quoted is in MSS. Dispatches, Gr. Brit., under date of Feb. 24, 1854. "The dress question, after much difficulty, has been...black coat, white waistcoat and cravat, and black pantaloons, and dress boots, with the addition of a very plain black-handled and black-hilted dress... | |
| Francis Wharton - 1887 - 870 lapas
...Gr. Brit., nnder date of Feb. 24, 1854. "The dress question, after much difficulty, has been ftnally and satisfactorily settled. I appeared at the levee...black coat, white waistcoat and cravat, and black pantaloons, and dress boots, with the addition of a very plain black handled and black-hilted dress... | |
| Lydia L. Gordon - 1889 - 470 lapas
...expected to produce a sensation and to be a subject of court gossip. When it was over he wrote again, " I appeared at the levee on Wednesday last in just such a dress as I have worn at the President's a hundred times, a black coat, white waistcoat and cravat, and black pantaloons and dress buttons,... | |
| 1890 - 724 lapas
...different occasions and upon different matters. From London : " I appeared at the levee [Buckingham Palace] on Wednesday last, in just such a dress as I have...A black coat, white waistcoat and cravat and black pantaloons and dress boots, with the addition of a very plain black-handled and black-hilted sword.... | |
| Denys Peter Myers - 1887 - 920 lapas
...Buchanan, 115. The dispatch above quoted is in MSS. Dispatches, Gr. Brit., under date of Feb. 24,1854. "The dress question, after much difficulty, has been...and satisfactorily settled. I appeared at the levee ou Wednesday last, in just such a dress as I have worn at the President's one hundred times. A black... | |
| Charles Anthony Shriner - 1918 - 712 lapas
...ANTHONY B. NORTH PEAT, "Gossip from Paris." BUCHANAN, James, 1791-1808. President of the United States. The dress question, after much difficulty, has been...just such a dress as I have worn at the president's a hundred times. A black coat, white, waist-coat and cravat and black pantaloons and drees boots, with... | |
| 1918 - 708 lapas
...ANTHONY B. NOBTH PEAT, "Gossip from Paris." BUCHANAN, James, 1791-1868. President of the United States. The dress question, after much difficulty, has been finally and satisfactorily settled. 1 appeared at the levee on Wednesday last in just such a dress as I have worn at the president's a... | |
| Robert Balmain Mowat - 1925 - 384 lapas
...Ceremonies. On February 24, 1854, he was able to write to his niece, Mia» Harriet Lane, as follows : The dress question, after much difficulty, has been...settled. I appeared at the levee on Wednesday last i just such a dress as I have worn at the President's one hundred times. A black coat, white waistcoat... | |
| Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1905 - 480 lapas
...twentyfourth day of February, 1854, he wrote to his niece, Miss Lane : "The dress question has at last been settled. I appeared at the levee on Wednesday last...just such a dress as I have worn at the President's a hundred times. I knew that I would be received in any dress I might wear, but could not have anticipated... | |
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