The corset and the crinoline : a book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time (1868)
Lord, William Barry · London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler · leaf 156
bythe under-governess in such a manner that any attempt to unlace themduring the night would be immediately detected at the morningsinspection. After the first week or two she felt no discomfort or painof any kind, though, as she was still growing, her stays became propor-tionately tighter, but… … 151 THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE. 153 general than is commonly supposed. She says— Several instances ofthis system in private families have lately come to my own knowledge,and I am acquainted with more than one fashionable school in the neigh-bourhood of London where the practice is made a rule of…
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