 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1797 - 370 стор.
...are made to come under the fole ; that they apply to it a ftrong water, which burns away the flefh ; and then they wrap them up in a number of bandages....; but they unanimoufly allow, that every woman of con^ dition, dition, and even every handfome woman muft have a foot fmall enough to enter with eafe... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 462 стор.
...away the flesh; and, that they wrap it up in a number of bandages, till it has assumed a certain fold. They add, that the women feel the pain of this operation...with great difficulty; and that their gait is to the last degree ungraceful. Other travellers do not say that they break the foot in their infancy, but... | |
 | 1834 - 700 стор.
...the flesh ; and, that they wrap it up in a number of bandages, till it has assumed a certain fold. They add, that the women feel the pain of this operation...with great difficulty ; and that their gait is to the last degree ungraceful. Other travellers do not say that they break the foot in their infancy, but... | |
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... mention, that in China, when a girl has passed her third year, they break the foot in such a manner, that the toes are made to come under the sole; that they apply to it a strong water, which burns away the flesh; and, that they wrap it up in a number... 