An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 2Hunt and Clarke, 1826 - 438 pages |
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... the ladies were excessive in their dress , and wore wonderfully high and broad horns , having on each side ears so large , that it was impossible for them to come VOL . II . 1 7 through a door ; which I believe were the hennins.
... the ladies were excessive in their dress , and wore wonderfully high and broad horns , having on each side ears so large , that it was impossible for them to come VOL . II . 1 7 through a door ; which I believe were the hennins.
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Pierre Bayle. through a door ; which I believe were the hennins of Flanders ; for those superfluities are quickly spread all over the world among women . They were about an ell long , and as sharp as steeples , with long crapes , set off ...
Pierre Bayle. through a door ; which I believe were the hennins of Flanders ; for those superfluities are quickly spread all over the world among women . They were about an ell long , and as sharp as steeples , with long crapes , set off ...
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... believe that , in a few months , there will remain no footsteps of the fashion that has lasted so long . This shews that , if crowned heads knew their strength in that respect , or if they would make use of it , they would do more with ...
... believe that , in a few months , there will remain no footsteps of the fashion that has lasted so long . This shews that , if crowned heads knew their strength in that respect , or if they would make use of it , they would do more with ...
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... believe , and some- what more than free - thinkers fancy . The histories of all times and places relate , both with respect to dreams and magic , so many surprising things , that those who obstinately deny them all , render them- selves ...
... believe , and some- what more than free - thinkers fancy . The histories of all times and places relate , both with respect to dreams and magic , so many surprising things , that those who obstinately deny them all , render them- selves ...
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... believe that we see in a dream , a new book which we have never heard of before , and we read the title , preface , and a hundred other things in it . This reason is of no force do we not all this while we are awake ? Do we not ...
... believe that we see in a dream , a new book which we have never heard of before , and we read the title , preface , and a hundred other things in it . This reason is of no force do we not all this while we are awake ? Do we not ...
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