Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 656
and scions of noble Jacobite houses, ruined l)ythe catastrophe of 1745, either added to their incomes orsupported themselves wholly by the making of the finerpoints. This custom seems to have been general, and, inalluding to it, Mrs. Calderwood speaks of the helplessness of the English women in… … Hamilton. ■establishments, inserted by ladies of gentle Ijlood—for theScotchwomen of the last century no more disdained toemploy themselves in the training of youth than does nowa French dame de qualit( to place herself at the head of theSacre-Coeur, or some other convent devoted to…
Lace and lace making -- History
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