Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 432
erm, a slang phrase forthe worst possible wig; thus Charles Lamb wrote : Rev. William Welsteed. He had two wigs both pedantic but of different omen.The one serene, smiling, fresh-powdered, betokening amild day. The other an old discoloured, unkempt, angrycaxon denoting frequent and bloody… … 34^ Two Centuries of Costume have been entertained as to their being a luxuriantcrop of natural hair. No one was ashamed of wearing a wig. On thecontrary, a person with any sense of dignity wasashamed of being so unfashionable as to wear hisown hair. It was a glorious time for those to whomNature…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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