Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 33
dedperspectives; butit was not alwaysgay and rollickingand cheerful in ev-ery London street Governor William Burnet. ^d at all times, any more than allEnglish country life was that of Sir Roger de Cov-erley. Hogarth has revealed to us also the darkcorners and yawning holes, the want and cruelty,… … The Provincial Governors 393 wax lights, fine dresses, fine jokes, fine plate, fineequipages. There was formality enough and wick-edness enough, and there was rich dress enough inAmerica as in London, yet life here was positivelydull. Occasionally the smooth little placid pond ofprovincial society…
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