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Art in ornament and dress (1877)

Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 97

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PERSONAL ADORNMENT. massive face, the natural character of which was one of ready affability and universal kindness. Once more then we must not forget what expression there is in the cut of the beard, moustache, whiskers, and hair. … BERRYER. Hair cut square on the forehead was, in the fifteenth century, among the contemporaries of Périnet Leclerq, significative of holding the opinions and fancies of the Malcontents. Falling long on the shoulders it gave mildness and expressiveness to the mien of a Bernardin de Saint-Pierre,…

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