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... Truman • Fraser Tytler 45. Second letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , containing a narrative of his expedi- tion to England for the benefit of his health • Mackenzie No. 46. The power of fashion in regulating the deportment vi CONTENTS .
... Truman • Fraser Tytler 45. Second letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , containing a narrative of his expedi- tion to England for the benefit of his health • Mackenzie No. 46. The power of fashion in regulating the deportment vi CONTENTS .
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No. 46. The power of fashion in regulating the deportment of men towards the other sex ; in a letter from Almeria 47. Law of Amasis , for every Egyptian to give an account of his manner of live- lihood - Dream of such an institution in ...
No. 46. The power of fashion in regulating the deportment of men towards the other sex ; in a letter from Almeria 47. Law of Amasis , for every Egyptian to give an account of his manner of live- lihood - Dream of such an institution in ...
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... fashion . But the creed of custom is not always that of right ; and it is the privilege of such a work , as well as one of its chief uses , to attack the entrench- ments of fashion , whenever she is at war with modesty or virtue . Of ...
... fashion . But the creed of custom is not always that of right ; and it is the privilege of such a work , as well as one of its chief uses , to attack the entrench- ments of fashion , whenever she is at war with modesty or virtue . Of ...
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... fancies that there is an uncommon degree of elegance in his form , and cannot conceal his ambition to be considered as a man of fashion . . But the most amusing instance of this sort I 10 2 . THE LOUNGER . On party dress, by Neuter-Censure.
... fancies that there is an uncommon degree of elegance in his form , and cannot conceal his ambition to be considered as a man of fashion . . But the most amusing instance of this sort I 10 2 . THE LOUNGER . On party dress, by Neuter-Censure.
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... fashion had come to them rather than that they had been made for the fashion ) ; his white silk stockings ornamented with figured clocks , and his shoes with high insteps , buckled with small round gold buckles . His sword , with a ...
... fashion had come to them rather than that they had been made for the fashion ) ; his white silk stockings ornamented with figured clocks , and his shoes with high insteps , buckled with small round gold buckles . His sword , with a ...
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