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Chats on costume (1906)

Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 46

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tty feet are counselled to elevatetheir robes, as if for air and convenience, that allwho are passing may see and admire. This hasbeen imitated by Ben Jonson, who in his SilentWoman makes Truewit say :— ■ 1 love a good dressing before any beauty o theworld. Oh, a woman is then like a delicate… … (JUEEN MARY. 40 CHATS ON COSTUME good hand, discover it often ; practise any art tomend breath, cleanse teeth, repair eyebrows, paint,and profess it. The author of the Roxburghe Ballads ( AWomans Birth and Education) informs us thatwhen Cupid first beheld a woman— He prankt it up in Fardingals and…

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