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How is it, that if these English people cannot make a "berthe" fit to wear, they do not conceive the idea of importing such things from

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 7 George Meredith 1868

How is it, that if these English people cannot make a "berthe" fit to wear, they do not conceive the idea of importing such things from Paris?

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

How is it, that if these English people cannot make a "berthe" fit to wear, they do not conceive the idea of importing such things from

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

One well-known East Fourth- street belle wore a double-skirt of illusion, small puffs about half a yard up each side; berthe to match, trimmed with little forget-me-nots, which could not be distinguished from natural flowers; her hair was trimmed with the same shade of blue flowers, drooping down on her snowy neck, which made her look more like wax-work than a human being.

Never Bored - A Dress A Day 2008

One well-known East Fourth- street belle wore a double-skirt of illusion, small puffs about half a yard up each side; berthe to match, trimmed with little forget-me-nots, which could not be distinguished from natural flowers; her hair was trimmed with the same shade of blue flowers, drooping down on her snowy neck, which made her look more like wax-work than a human being.

January 2008 2008

Her dress was not uncomfortable anywhere; her lace berthe did not droop anywhere; her rosettes were not crushed nor torn off; her pink slippers with high, hollowed-out heels did not pinch, but gladdened her feet; and the thick rolls of fair chignon kept up on her head as if they were her own hair.

Anna Karenina 2003

Her shoulders had been left bare and were draped in silk net berthe embroidered with roses in the palest of pinks and yellows, the center of each flower adorned with a pearl.

Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995

Her shoulders had been left bare and were draped in silk net berthe embroidered with roses in the palest of pinks and yellows, the center of each flower adorned with a pearl.

Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995

Her shoulders had been left bare and were draped in silk net berthe embroidered with roses in the palest of pinks and yellows, the center of each flower adorned with a pearl.

Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995

The body is trimmed with a double berthe of Vandyked lace, which is also carried round the sleeves.

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 Various