The English Countrywoman: A Farmhouse Social History, A.D. 1500-1900A. Melrose, 1953 - 221 páginas |
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... wanted to appear cultured , wanted books they could talk about . They could hardly do that with the somewhat licentious works of writers like Boccaccio , free though manners and conversations were , but , of course , the circle who ...
... wanted to appear cultured , wanted books they could talk about . They could hardly do that with the somewhat licentious works of writers like Boccaccio , free though manners and conversations were , but , of course , the circle who ...
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... wanted to be fashionable at the accepted time and place , and that was only possible in London during the winter months . When they had succeeded in persuading their men folk , who may not have required a great deal of persuading , to ...
... wanted to be fashionable at the accepted time and place , and that was only possible in London during the winter months . When they had succeeded in persuading their men folk , who may not have required a great deal of persuading , to ...
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... wanted a pinch of salt , they ran to the other for it , or a loaf of bread , or a little tea , they ran for that . Instead of running back they would sit and talk for half the morning , and it was midday before the visitor thought of ...
... wanted a pinch of salt , they ran to the other for it , or a loaf of bread , or a little tea , they ran for that . Instead of running back they would sit and talk for half the morning , and it was midday before the visitor thought of ...
Índice
List of Illustrations Page | vii |
Chapter 1 The Elizabethan Countrywoman | 17 |
Cavalier and Puritan Countrywomen | 43 |
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