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Beauty of form and grace of vesture (1892)

Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 73

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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. 6^ rhymester echoes that note in the followingverses: — The maiden frail and airy, She who emulates the fairy,Has by Dame Fashions stern decree become passce of late; Her charms, which once delighted, Now are almost wholly slighted :In fact, the fragile maiden s sadly out…

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