 Order and elegance presided there;— Each gay Right Honourable had her place, To walk a minuet with becoming grace. No racing to the dance, with rival hurrySuch was thy sway, O  Traditions of Edinburgh - Page 112by Robert Chambers - 1825Full view - About this book
 | James Grant - 1884 - 482 pages
...awkwardness. " Then," as Sir Alexander Boswell wrote— " The Assembly Close received the fair—• Order and elegance presided there— Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance, with rival hurry— Such was thy sway, О famed Miss Nicky Murray t Each lady's fan a chosen Damon bore, With... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - Scotland - 1899 - 288 pages
...in two dismal groups divided by the length of the room. " The Assembly Close received the fair — Order and elegance presided there — Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance with rival hurry, Such was thy sway, 0 famed Miss Nicky Murray I " It was half past nine in the evening when Salemina... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - Americans - 1900 - 330 pages
...gentlemen in two dismal groups divided by the length of the room. "The Assembly Close received the fair — Order and elegance presided there — Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance with rival hurry, Such was th} T sway, O famed Miss Nicky Murray !'' [121] It was half past nine in the evening... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - Scotland - 1901 - 324 pages
...gentlemen in two dismal groups divided by the length of the room. "The Assembly Close received the fair— Order and elegance presided there — Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance with rival hum', Such was thy sway, 0 famed Misa Nicky Murray ! " [121] It was half past nine in the evening when... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams - Art - 1907 - 566 pages
...the chapters in Chambers's " Traditions of Edinburgh." Then the Assembly Close received the fair : Order and elegance presided there, Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance with rival hurry— Such was thy sway, O famed Miss Nicky Murray ! Miss Nicky Murray was indeed famed. She was... | |
 | Frederick William Watkeys - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1908 - 472 pages
...over by the famed and autocratic Miss Nicky Murray.— " Then the Assembly Close received the fair, Order and elegance presided there, Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance with rival hurry — Such was thy sway, O famed Miss Nicky Murray!" Miss Nicky Murray, who ruled with aristocratic... | |
 | Patrick Hamilton Baskervill - Reference - 1912 - 336 pages
...presided over by the famed and autocratic Miss Nickie Murray. 'Then the Assembly Close received the fair, Order and elegance presided there, Each gay Right...becoming grace; No racing to the dance with rival hurry, Such was thy sway, О famed Miss Nicky Murray.' Miss Nickie Murray, who ruled with aristocratic... | |
 | Alfred H. Hyatt - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1913 - 492 pages
...bairns a' my days!' HENRY COCKBURN. EDINBURGH BEAUS AND BELLES THE Assembly Close received the fair ; Order and elegance presided there— Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance, with rival hurry— Such was thy sway, O famed Miss Nicky Murray ! Each lady's fan a chosen Damon bore, With care... | |
 | Kate Douglas Wiggin - American fiction - 1917 - 554 pages
...gentlemen in two dismal groups divided by the length of the room. The Assembly Close received the fair — Order and elegance presided there — Each gay Right...becoming grace. No racing to the dance with rival hurry, Such was thy sway, O famed Miss Nicky Murray! It was half-past nine in the evening when Salemina... | |
 | Ralph Lownie - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 2004 - 348 pages
...(1856) Beaus and Belles Then the Assembly Close received the fair Order and elegance presided thereEach gay Right Honourable had her place, To walk a minuet...becoming grace. No racing to the dance, with rival hurry Such was thy sway, O famed Miss Nicky Murray! Each lady's fan a chosen Damon bore, With care... | |
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