Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele, joint author · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 75
itate that expression, ev-ery avenue opened, everystiff, inflexible restraintremoved, every intrusiverestriction put out of theway. With the perfection ofwomanly development comes finest physical con-ditions, the greatest capacity for the enjoymentof healthful play, and the possibility of… … Fig. 26. BEAUTY OF FORM. 67 rhymester echoes that note in the followingverses:— The maiden frail and airy, She who emulates the fairy,Has by Dame Fashions stern decree become passee of late; Her charms, which once delighted, Now are almost wholly slighted :In fact, the fragile maiden s sadly out of…
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