a-dressing

‘Well, yes, if you call that a-dressing,’ The Queen said.

Through the Looking Glass 2003

` I've been a-dressing myself for the last two hours. '

Through the Looking Glass 1899

` Well, yes, if you call that a-dressing, 'The Queen said.

Through the Looking Glass 1899

I count that Millie do like to be all to herself whilst she is a-dressing up grand in her white gown, and the silken cloak and bonnet.

Six Plays Florence Henrietta Fisher Darwin 1892

"I've been a-dressing myself for the last two hours."

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There 1862

Representations while I was a-dressing of him in the Morning, had come out of this convent and sick-nurse affair with Infinite credit to himself and to the English nation in general.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861

"I wonder your Majesty," says she, "can have the patience to sit so long a-dressing?"

The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Philip Wharton 1847

"I wonder your Majesty," says she, "can have the patience to sit so long a-dressing?"

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

"I wonder your Majesty," says she, "can have the patience to sit so long a-dressing?"

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 23: July/August 1663 Samuel Pepys 1668

"I wonder your Majesty," says she, "can have the patience to sit so long a-dressing?"

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668