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... curiosity to look as sharply about them among the female populations of the provinces and rural districts through which they jour- neyed , to ascertain how multitudinous were the interesting , well - shaped female forms among them ...
... curiosity to look as sharply about them among the female populations of the provinces and rural districts through which they jour- neyed , to ascertain how multitudinous were the interesting , well - shaped female forms among them ...
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... curiosity , but received me with all the oblig- ing civility possible . I know no European court where the ladies would have behaved themselves in so polite a manner to such a stranger . I believe , upon the whole , there were two ...
... curiosity , but received me with all the oblig- ing civility possible . I know no European court where the ladies would have behaved themselves in so polite a manner to such a stranger . I believe , upon the whole , there were two ...
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... curious of such ancient details will find sufficient to gratify it in the Epidicus of Plautus , the satiro - comic play - wright , act ii . scene 2 , where from his " Quot istæ quæ vesti quotannis nomina inveniunt nova ? " * Love of ...
... curious of such ancient details will find sufficient to gratify it in the Epidicus of Plautus , the satiro - comic play - wright , act ii . scene 2 , where from his " Quot istæ quæ vesti quotannis nomina inveniunt nova ? " * Love of ...
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... Curious Specimens , Biographical Notes , and Examples of Successful Advertisers . By HENRY SAMPSON . Crown 8vo , with Frontispiece and numerous Illustrations , coloured and plain , cloth extra , 7s . 6d . [ In preparation . Anacreon ...
... Curious Specimens , Biographical Notes , and Examples of Successful Advertisers . By HENRY SAMPSON . Crown 8vo , with Frontispiece and numerous Illustrations , coloured and plain , cloth extra , 7s . 6d . [ In preparation . Anacreon ...
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... Curiously Illustrated . Bret Harte's East and West . Fcap . 8vo , illustrated cover , Is . Bret Harte's Stories of the Sierras , and other Sketches . With a Wild Story of Western Life by JOAQUIN MILLER , Author of " Songs of the Sierras ...
... Curiously Illustrated . Bret Harte's East and West . Fcap . 8vo , illustrated cover , Is . Bret Harte's Stories of the Sierras , and other Sketches . With a Wild Story of Western Life by JOAQUIN MILLER , Author of " Songs of the Sierras ...
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Madre Natura Versus the Moloch of Fashion: A Social Essay Luke Limner (pseud. [i.e. John Leighton.]) Visualização integral - 1870 |
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