She could not now see the man with his book, or the walls of the room; the lamp had begun to shine with ineffable radiance; and she was temporarily a sewing-woman in paradise, stitching the ornamental flounces for dreams of glory.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
There she stood a moment, her silk flounces fluttering in the sunlight, and her neatly gloved hands playing with the clasp of her travelling satchel, as the servant took a scarlet shawl and some books from the carriage.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens
He could not get round in Wall street with eight or ten flounces, and a big-handled parasol, and a mountain of back hair.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage