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The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)

Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 239

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ofa composite character, the constituentelements being derived from severalof the personages of the larger theatre.At first, to the amorous and intriguingways of Pulicinella there was added theroguery of Scaramouch, as well as thedash and braggadocio of the Spanishcaptain who was a member of… … 196 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS love-making and trickery and more knocking about, but Mr. Heppel will not allow that the French writers are rightin ascribing the whole of this toEnglish influence. For the fact thatthe puppets are not alive gives anopportunity for dealing blows with areality that could…

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