The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 19T. Boys, 1826 |
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... round the forehead , and in the males round the chin , as some- times to resemble the cells of a bee - hive ; and at others , waves and meanders executed in wirework . Greatly diversified were , among the Grecian females , the coverings ...
... round the forehead , and in the males round the chin , as some- times to resemble the cells of a bee - hive ; and at others , waves and meanders executed in wirework . Greatly diversified were , among the Grecian females , the coverings ...
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... round the head , on the crown of which it was fastened in a knot ; and it became fashionable to raise these tresses so high , that they were heaped upon each other , until they were reared into a kind of edifice of many stages , where ...
... round the head , on the crown of which it was fastened in a knot ; and it became fashionable to raise these tresses so high , that they were heaped upon each other , until they were reared into a kind of edifice of many stages , where ...
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... round the neck , exhibited the lady to considerable advantage . The idea that Vandyke had thus suggested , struck the ladies at the Restoration in so forcible a manner , that all the ladies of fashion made that painter's dress their ...
... round the neck , exhibited the lady to considerable advantage . The idea that Vandyke had thus suggested , struck the ladies at the Restoration in so forcible a manner , that all the ladies of fashion made that painter's dress their ...
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... round , in sign of inferiority or obedience . Some writers assure us , that there were different modes for all the different qualities or conditions , from the prince , who wore it full length , to the slave or villain , who was cropt ...
... round , in sign of inferiority or obedience . Some writers assure us , that there were different modes for all the different qualities or conditions , from the prince , who wore it full length , to the slave or villain , who was cropt ...
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... round as low as the bottom ; so that in walking , the silk regularly fluctuating on all sides , makes a graceful appearance . In winter they wear a plush cap , bordered with martlets ' or foxes ' skin ; but in the ornaments , it ...
... round as low as the bottom ; so that in walking , the silk regularly fluctuating on all sides , makes a graceful appearance . In winter they wear a plush cap , bordered with martlets ' or foxes ' skin ; but in the ornaments , it ...
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