Excerpt from The Fancy Ball: A Letter, Lost From the Portfolio of a Young Lady of Albany You have requested me to give you an idea of how the character of the individual harmonized with the costume chosen. I will endeavor to do so as far as my knowledge will permit. At least you shall have a slight sketch of my own impressions, that is, as far as my memory, (on which I rely entirely, ) serves me. Classic and historical associations were awakened at every turn. Fair forms, clad in the costumes of different nations, ...
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Excerpt from The Fancy Ball: A Letter, Lost From the Portfolio of a Young Lady of Albany You have requested me to give you an idea of how the character of the individual harmonized with the costume chosen. I will endeavor to do so as far as my knowledge will permit. At least you shall have a slight sketch of my own impressions, that is, as far as my memory, (on which I rely entirely, ) serves me. Classic and historical associations were awakened at every turn. Fair forms, clad in the costumes of different nations, wandered about the spacious apartments, or collected together in grotesque groups, looking like so many fabled houris, beneath the clear light of blazing chandeliers. In the dancing saloon the Turk and the Italian, the Hindoo and the Greek, the Milanese and the Parisian, the Russian and the Spaniard, the Persian and the Bohemian, the Scot and the English, joined the dance together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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