Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1896 - 415 pages |
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... give wrong dates designedly , so no painter should falsify history by delineating the characters on his canvas in habits not known until many years after their death , or holding implements that were not at the time in- vented ...
... give wrong dates designedly , so no painter should falsify history by delineating the characters on his canvas in habits not known until many years after their death , or holding implements that were not at the time in- vented ...
Page xiv
... give many illustrations of costume . The volumes of the Camden , Chetham , and Surtees Societies ' publications , containing wills and inventories , the Privy Purse Expenses , and Wardrobe accounts of some of the Sovereigns ...
... give many illustrations of costume . The volumes of the Camden , Chetham , and Surtees Societies ' publications , containing wills and inventories , the Privy Purse Expenses , and Wardrobe accounts of some of the Sovereigns ...
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... gives a blue colour , by which they show a more frightful aspect in battle . They have long flowing hair , and shave every part of their bodies except the head and the upper lip . " 66 Herodian , describing the incursion of the Emperor ...
... gives a blue colour , by which they show a more frightful aspect in battle . They have long flowing hair , and shave every part of their bodies except the head and the upper lip . " 66 Herodian , describing the incursion of the Emperor ...
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... gives a short description of the latter people . He says : " Many parts of Britain were become fenny , by the frequent inundations of the sea . The natives swim through these fens , or run through them up to the waist in mud ; for the ...
... gives a short description of the latter people . He says : " Many parts of Britain were become fenny , by the frequent inundations of the sea . The natives swim through these fens , or run through them up to the waist in mud ; for the ...
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... gives us the fashion of hair as worn by the British chief- tains , that it has been conjectured to be a bust of Caractacus , whose noble character was held in high esteem by the Romans . The loose , neglected hair growing over the ...
... gives us the fashion of hair as worn by the British chief- tains , that it has been conjectured to be a bust of Caractacus , whose noble character was held in high esteem by the Romans . The loose , neglected hair growing over the ...
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