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Camusot, a young woman with hair somewhat inclined to red, it was impossible to make a musician of her And now, at this very moment, as he walked with that precious object in his hand, Pons was bound for the President's house, where he always felt as if he were at the Tuileries itself, so heavily did the solemn green curtains, the carmelite-brown hangings, thick piled carpets, heavy furniture, and general atmosphere of magisterial severity oppress his soul.— Poor Relations
At the same time, beautiful as she had remained, with her delicate skin, superb figure and noble and charming countenance, her six and forty years were asserting themselves in her blotchy complexion and the little creases which were appearing about her lips, eyelids and temples Camille, for her part, though her position as daughter of the house made it certain that she would attract much custom as a saleswoman, had obstinately persisted in wearing one of her usual dresses, a dark "carmelite" gown, an old woman's frock, as she herself called it with a cutting laugh.— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris
Description: st anselm, franciscan monastery, carmelite monastery soccer17Liz— WalkJogRun New Running Routes
Mrs. Caldwell thought grey a ladylike colour, and therefore bought Beth a carmelite dress of— The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
You also told me that when you were a boy in that charming carmelite school you ate pieces of dried cowdung.— A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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