"Somewhat formidable in later life, Ethel became quite deaf and brandished an immense, silver ear-trumpet, adorned with chiffon to match her dresses."Somewhat formidable, indeed!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Why I love biographical dictionaries
One sentence, from the entry about writer Ethel Anderson (1883-1958) in the Australian Dictionary of Biography online, written by Martha Rutledge:
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2 comments:
Sounds like someone I would love to party with!!
That sounds like the text line for an ATC.
Plus which, I think we should all have more chiffon in our lives.
RST
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