Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 35
this time in Ho-garths crowdedperspectives; butit was not alwaysgay and rollickingand cheerful in ev-ery London streetand 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,… … Governor William Burnet. The Provincial Governors 393 wax lights, fine dresses, fine jokes, fine plate, fineequipages. There was fiDrmality 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…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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