Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 385
A LITTLE PAST THE MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. COLO-NIAL. NO TRACE OF PURITAN RESTRAINT, NO INDICATION OF NEWENGLAND THRIFT, AND NO LACK OF FASHIOns POWER, IS SEEN HERE. … THIRD QUARTER OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. IN RICHNESSOF MATERIAL THIS MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN FRENCH INSTEAD OFCOLONIAL, ALTHOUGH IN CUT AND IN FEELING IT IS DISTINCTLYENGLISH. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: ENGLAND AND U. S. In a letter written to the Spectator, in praise ofFrench fashion, we have this: You…
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