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On the arrival of the King, who was also in hunting-dress, the grand huntsman, who had received two wands of office, gave one to the King, and retained the other.
The Story of Versailles Francis Loring Payne
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It represents him in his hunting-dress, with his large hunting-knife in his belt.
Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer Cecil B. Hartley
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The day you entered Parliament in hunting-dress I saw you get into your coach; and that evening the
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His Majesty had made known his intentions on the subject, all the huntsmen with their horns and in hunting-dress came to the place where the quarry was to be made.
The Story of Versailles Francis Loring Payne
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Ladies also joined in the chase from the earliest times; and a lady's hunting-dress in the fifteenth century scarcely differed from the riding-habit of the present day.
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Rich hunting-dress was laden/and now stood ready bound
The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914
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` ` Mr. Barnum, I suppose you are going to give me this new hunting-dress. ''
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The gentlemen appeared in regular hunting-dress: red evening coats, white buckskin trousers, top-boots, white cravats, and white vests; the ladies were _décolletées en grande toilette_.
In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886
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Chaplain as I had planned, and the man came back frightened out of his wits, having reached the hall-door in a panic and there found himself confronted by what he took to be a fine lad in hunting-dress making his dog practise jumping tricks.
His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Longueville -- in a hunting-dress of white silk, descending to the ankles, embroidered from top to toe in crescents of seed pearls and silver, and held at the waist by a silver girdle.
The Marriage of William Ashe Humphry Ward 1885
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