He wore a loose calico dressing-gown, and embroidered slippers. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Jeanne had just taken off her ball-dress to put on a dressing-gown of. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Secretary and found him pacing the floor rapidly in his dressing-gown. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Seizing the skirt of his dressing-gown, I held him tightly, exclaiming. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She was sitting in front of her bedroom fire clad in a blue dressing-gown. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
I felt ashamed to enter my wife's room in a dressing-gown and night attire. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Strong, get my dressing-gown from that closet, and then take off my dress.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Don't wear slippers or dressing-gown or smoking-jacket out of your own house. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
My father was in his boots, his trousers, his white tie, and his dressing-gown. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Well, I apologize for my innocent epigrams on His Holiness in his dressing-gown. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Your idea is charming, but, dear, really I am ashamed; I am in my dressing-gown.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Roger appeared, heavy-eyed, flushed, his dark-blue dressing-gown wrapped around him. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
She put on a dressing-gown, and remained at the window; she watched the falling rain. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She was in her dressing-gown, and her long and abundant hair fell over her shoulder in. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Each put on a dressing-gown and slippers, and then they started upon their enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
Instinctively, she drew her silken dressing-gown closer around her and started to her feet. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
She was clad in a white dressing-gown of some particular shape; I could not at first make out. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And feverishly snatching his dressing-gown from my grasp, he began to walk frantically up and down. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She had nothing at hand but a muslin dressing-gown, little high-heeled slippers, and blue satin shoes. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her aunt, in dressing-gown and slippers, came to her room while she was sipping her early morning cup of tea. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Down stairs came my master in his dressing-gown; down came old John, lantern in hand, and red nightcap on head. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain] Reference
I remained beside her, therefore, while the doctor, who had put on my dressing-gown, vainly strove to button it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Madame -- You must first of all take off that great, ugly dressing-gown, pull on your boots, put on your hat and go. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Chalmers had laid out his dressing-gown only, as a plain indication that he should dine in his own room and go to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Throwing on a dressing-gown, she pushed a large chair to the window, and flinging herself in it, drew back the curtain. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He must have sat for an hour on the side of his bed, huddled in his dressing-gown, shivering and moistening his dry lips. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
"What is the matter?" he asked, as he put on his dressing-gown, "you look as if the affairs of the nation rested upon you.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But presently his wife came in, in her dressing-gown, very pale, and sat by me and held the hand that was not holding Fanny's. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
On an armchair, drawn in front of the fire, was spread out my maroon velvet dressing-gown and close beside it were my slippers. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Curiosity prevailed over alarm; I got up, put on a dressing-gown and socks, and proceeded cautiously without along the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Papa, robed in his dressing-gown, took the chair; Eva was placed in front; Ernest stood on the right hand, and Jessie on the left. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, April 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People] Reference
As he leaned far out of the window, he resembled a large owl in a dressing-gown, with arms instead of legs, fingers instead of claws. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
He became silent; put his manuscript carefully into my dressing-gown pocket; cast one last fiery glance at the door, and retired to bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
I set to work at once, and did the best I could for him, using a bundle of rags for the pillows, and my old dressing-gown for the mattress. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
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