The colors of the underwater rock [are] as pale and delicate as those in the wardrobe of an 18th-century marchioness.
William ManchesterThe coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.
William ManchesterAn Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.
William ManchesterJapanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.
William Manchester