About in the World: Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life".Sampson Low, son, & Marston, 1864 - 312 стор. |
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... Italians , Swedes , and indeed of all nations under the sun . We have had a few hundreds of Lascars and Chinese of late years , who , settling here , will produce children , who will inherit our tongue , laws , customs , and energy ...
... Italians , Swedes , and indeed of all nations under the sun . We have had a few hundreds of Lascars and Chinese of late years , who , settling here , will produce children , who will inherit our tongue , laws , customs , and energy ...
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... Italian counts , and believes that with a good big purse he could go " into the market ” —a favourite phrase of his - and buy a cart - load of foreign titles . He never quite understands that man who has money about him , without having ...
... Italian counts , and believes that with a good big purse he could go " into the market ” —a favourite phrase of his - and buy a cart - load of foreign titles . He never quite understands that man who has money about him , without having ...
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... to stand at the entrance of palaces . " 66 He here hits upon the right vein . Dress has a meaning in it . It is not so foolish nor so slight a thing as people think Here is lately an artist from Italy who has published. Outward Adornment.
... to stand at the entrance of palaces . " 66 He here hits upon the right vein . Dress has a meaning in it . It is not so foolish nor so slight a thing as people think Here is lately an artist from Italy who has published. Outward Adornment.
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... Italy who has published a little book upon folds and bows in neckties and cravats , or in the ribbons of a lady's gown , and who maintains that knots are abominations , unnatural , cruel , wrong ; that they distort the proper fall and ...
... Italy who has published a little book upon folds and bows in neckties and cravats , or in the ribbons of a lady's gown , and who maintains that knots are abominations , unnatural , cruel , wrong ; that they distort the proper fall and ...
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... Italian Cornaro is the most conspicuous example . He , who was in early youth a glutton , and of an enormous size , found himself , when forty , attacked by a fatal disease ; fatal to most , but not to him , for by abstinence he cured ...
... Italian Cornaro is the most conspicuous example . He , who was in early youth a glutton , and of an enormous size , found himself , when forty , attacked by a fatal disease ; fatal to most , but not to him , for by abstinence he cured ...
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About in the World: Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life". James Hain Friswell Повний перегляд - 1864 |
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