Littell's Living Age, Volume 41Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1854 |
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Page 37
... dress . They appear quite to forget that their main object ought to be to select only what will best suit their individual style , both as re- gards material and shape . But for this taste is required ; an article less in demand , and ...
... dress . They appear quite to forget that their main object ought to be to select only what will best suit their individual style , both as re- gards material and shape . But for this taste is required ; an article less in demand , and ...
Page 38
... Dress ( he says ) is the great business of all wo- men , and the fixed idea of some . Thus every event in their lives has a change of dress for its re- sult , and often for its cause . In this way gowns divide a woman's existence into ...
... Dress ( he says ) is the great business of all wo- men , and the fixed idea of some . Thus every event in their lives has a change of dress for its re- sult , and often for its cause . In this way gowns divide a woman's existence into ...
Page 39
... dress ever enters into the thoughts of our coun- whom Nature had shown herself more gracious . In trywomen , as connected with the loss of friends . consequence of this , knee breeches and silk stock- It evidently does so in France , as ...
... dress ever enters into the thoughts of our coun- whom Nature had shown herself more gracious . In trywomen , as connected with the loss of friends . consequence of this , knee breeches and silk stock- It evidently does so in France , as ...
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