Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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Page 55
... whole evening at his wife's side kissing her hand . Such conduct was , however , considered almost as indecent in those days as it would be in these . Though husbands and wives were invited together to all social functions they ...
... whole evening at his wife's side kissing her hand . Such conduct was , however , considered almost as indecent in those days as it would be in these . Though husbands and wives were invited together to all social functions they ...
Page 162
... whole century had been swept over in the transition of a single scene . " Even Garrick , though he acted seventeen Shakespearean parts , did not always give his audience the Bard undiluted . He gave them plays called " Florizel and ...
... whole century had been swept over in the transition of a single scene . " Even Garrick , though he acted seventeen Shakespearean parts , did not always give his audience the Bard undiluted . He gave them plays called " Florizel and ...
Page 349
... whole , while Gainsborough asked eight guineas . We are speaking , of course , of the painters ' early days . When Sir Joshua Reynolds was President of the Royal Academy and had a hundred and fifty sitters in a year , he got as much as ...
... whole , while Gainsborough asked eight guineas . We are speaking , of course , of the painters ' early days . When Sir Joshua Reynolds was President of the Royal Academy and had a hundred and fifty sitters in a year , he got as much as ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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