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Showing 81 to 90 of 364 references, ordered by Reference number (ascending)
Reference No. 85: "In his poem 'Old Furniture' "he thinks of the women of his family who had polished it over the ye..."
| Quotation: | In his poem 'Old Furniture' "he thinks of the women of his family who had polished it over the years, leaving in the shining wood the image of 'Hands behind hands, growing paler and paler'. A field gate hung with drops of February rain takes him back half a century to the bonneted girls who did their courting at the same gate while they brought in the harvest." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 322 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Fashion Bonnet; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 86: "Florence describing Lady Ilchester at Melbury who invited them to a party. "She is most unceremon..."
| Quotation: | Florence describing Lady Ilchester at Melbury who invited them to a party. "She is most unceremonious and by no means 'dressy...Her evening dresses were quite simple-black and black and white. But she wore her famous pearl necklace and lovely diamond earrings." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 334 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Dress; Jewellery; |
| Accessories: | Diamond earrings; |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 87: "Hardy "liked to work in old clothes, particularly a pair of trousers that went back to the turn o..."
| Quotation: | Hardy "liked to work in old clothes, particularly a pair of trousers that went back to the turn of the century and that he mended himself with string. He also kept an ancient shawl, crocheted from fawn or beige wool, to put over his shoulders, and sometimes his head too, against the cold: it could have been his mother's work or Emma's." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 339-340 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Trousers; Shawl; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Brown |
Reference No. 88: "Hardy "might take Wessie for a walk, with his overcoat flapping open, walking stick in hand, with..."
| Quotation: | Hardy "might take Wessie for a walk, with his overcoat flapping open, walking stick in hand, with or without Florence." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 340 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Coat; Stick; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 89: "For afternoon tea "Hardy would put on more formal clothes.""
| Quotation: | For afternoon tea "Hardy would put on more formal clothes." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 341 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 90: "Hardy's poem about Emma 'On a Discovered Curl of Hair' "recalls how she gave him the curl before ..."
| Quotation: | Hardy's poem about Emma 'On a Discovered Curl of Hair' "recalls how she gave him the curl before they were married, 'to abate the misery of absentness', and muses sadly on how it has kept its 'bright brown' through the years that turned the hair on her head grey." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 344 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 91: "In 1923 the Prince of Wales visited Hardy; Florence made all the arrangements. "When it was time ..."
| Quotation: | In 1923 the Prince of Wales visited Hardy; Florence made all the arrangements. "When it was time for official photographs, she tried to avoid being included, but he insisted on her being in all of them...And with her big white hat and dark eyes she looks charming." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 349 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Hat; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | White |
Reference No. 92: "Talking about November. "The end of the month was the time to wear a black hat and carry a black ..."
| Quotation: | Talking about November. "The end of the month was the time to wear a black hat and carry a black walking stick that had belonged to Emma when he went out of doors, to mark his mourning at the fifteenth anniversary of her death and the twelfth of Mary's." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 365 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Stick; Hat; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Black, Black |
Reference No. 93: "After Hardy's death "Cockerell helped Eva Dugdale wrap Hardy in his scarlet Cambridge Doctor's go..."
| Quotation: | After Hardy's death "Cockerell helped Eva Dugdale wrap Hardy in his scarlet Cambridge Doctor's gown, observing that his expression was 'noble, majestic and serene, that of The Happy Warrior'." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn man |
| Page No.: | 371 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Academic Robes; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Red |
Reference No. 94: "At his funeral in Westminster Abbey, "the urn had been placed inside a coffin-like container cove..."
| Quotation: | At his funeral in Westminster Abbey, "the urn had been placed inside a coffin-like container covered with a white satin cloth and laid on a bier." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 373 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | Satin cloth; |
| Colours: | White |
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