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Art in England; (1869)

Cook, Dutton, 1829-1883 · London, S. Low, son, and Marston · leaf 327

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, whether the sovereign ofEngland was really accustomed to appear in the Londonstreets, wearing a similar wonderful costume to that inwhich Mr. Lucius Junius Booth was then strutting andranting as Richard the Third; the fact of the DruryLane copies of the dresses worn at the coronation ofGeorge iv.… … TURNER AND RUSKIN 317 notion, that a monarch habitually walks about carryingon his head a jewelled crown of enormous value andweight, finds a reflection in higher stages of culture andintelligence. An analogous delusion is traceable amongstpeople occupying very reputable rounds upon the…

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