The Quarterly Review, Volumes 250-251William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1928 |
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... influence and abiding position in politics , art or science , a century makes a sufficient and convenient period of time . But in the world of fashion and manners a century is not so helpful ; for the ways of dress and of general ...
... influence and abiding position in politics , art or science , a century makes a sufficient and convenient period of time . But in the world of fashion and manners a century is not so helpful ; for the ways of dress and of general ...
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... influence gone . The pursuit of fashion in costume through its manifold changes is fascinating ; but the truth must not be lost sight of that it is the excess , the extreme , the extravagance , which catches the eye and keeps the ...
... influence gone . The pursuit of fashion in costume through its manifold changes is fascinating ; but the truth must not be lost sight of that it is the excess , the extreme , the extravagance , which catches the eye and keeps the ...
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... influence and power , there has been a marked improvement in the average appearance of the people . Possibly the wide uniformity of style resulting is not good , for it has meant the final disappearance of many interesting local and ...
... influence and power , there has been a marked improvement in the average appearance of the people . Possibly the wide uniformity of style resulting is not good , for it has meant the final disappearance of many interesting local and ...
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... influence . These two huge States offer wondrous possibilities to the prospector for minerals and oil . Ecuador and Bolivia remain obscure . Paraguay has not yet recovered from the ruin brought upon her by the Dictator Lopez , who ...
... influence . These two huge States offer wondrous possibilities to the prospector for minerals and oil . Ecuador and Bolivia remain obscure . Paraguay has not yet recovered from the ruin brought upon her by the Dictator Lopez , who ...
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... influence of the United States , which is held to be inimical to the Iberian soul . Even the very word American ' is objected to as connoting solely a citizen of the United States . Let me point out in passing that all official ...
... influence of the United States , which is held to be inimical to the Iberian soul . Even the very word American ' is objected to as connoting solely a citizen of the United States . Let me point out in passing that all official ...
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