"Dressed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... main chapel of the cathedral, which is not very large, the priest, the ministers, and the archbishop or bishop, when they are in the most exalted part of the ministration at the altar, should encounter immediately under their eyes, handsomely dressed women and girls. I do not think that this is in accordance with the sacred canons, or with the lofty contemplations which alone are fitting at the altar, and the devil greatly prizes all that he may gain there. This has come to such a pass that even the alcaldes-mayor desire ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XII, 1601-1604 • Edited by Blair and Robertson
... struggled, but finally fell to temptation, dressed up in the plausible guise of reason. I ...
— The Defence of Duffer's Drift • Ernest Dunlop Swinton
... the true type and pattern of a Government official. A prim, plethoric, middle-aged little man; always dressed very carefully; walking on the tips of his toes; speaking precisely, with a priggish, self-satisfied smirk, and giving his opinion, even on the weather, with the air of a man who was secretly better informed than the rest ...
— The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood • Arthur Griffiths
... dressed for her journey, appeared in Mrs. Illingworth's room, and with a pleasant good-morning was on her way to the hall, when ...
— Polly of Lady Gay Cottage • Emma C. Dowd
... a lover. In thought we trace his noble features, his intelligent look and expressive eye, combined with his dignified bearing and thoughtful manner, and in so tracing we find it congenial to imagine him as being well dressed and enveloped in the ample Spanish cloak thrown gracefully over his breast and left shoulder, concealing the poor mutilated arm, and at the same time making it all the more difficult to believe that the right one had ever wielded a "Toledo blade" or sworn that very strongest vow of ...
— Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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