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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 241

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timesentrusted to Punch and some-times to Harlequin. HencePunch and Judy may not im-probably have come from Punchand Judith, while Toby naturallysuggests the dog in the bookof Tobit. With regard to Toby, it may besaid that he is represented inFrance by a cat, and that untilthe nineteenth century he… … igS THE HERITAGE OF DRESS of Pandaean pipes held in a muffler, Toby is replaced by awooden dragon with jaws that snap, and this figure is also nowused in England to take the place of the devil, who, like theparson, the ghost, and Jack Ketch, the hangman, is dyingout. Hector the horse has quite…

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