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Collections, Topographical, Historical, & Biographical, Relating Principally to New Hampshire Volume 1 (Paperback)
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Collections, Topographical, Historical, & Biographical, Relating Principally to New Hampshire Volume 1 (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 470
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
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(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.
1831 Excerpt: ... the force of fashion among the vain and weaker
part of the community. Publick sentiment in all communities, and
also manners and customs, are swayed by the ideal tyrant, Fashion.
We, as colonies, were nurtured under this imaginary phantom,
emanating from the parent country and continually changing. Since
the non-intercourse with England our customary habits had remained
nearly the same, except a few changes recommended by the government
as to tea, to mourning, and to domestic manufactured cloth. But
after the British troops entered Philadelphia, the ladies attendant
on their army, taught the American ladies there the use of high
head-dresses, crape cushions, and other extravagancies of London
fashions. When the British evacuated the city, the ladies of the
tory families always appeared with their fashionable apparatus,
while the gentlemen had dismissed their small round hats and
substituted the large three cornered cocked hats. These customs
began to gain upon the other citizens. To check their progress, and
ridicule the custom, some of the citizens dressed a negro wench in
the full costume of loyal ladies, sent her to the place of resort
where the fashionables met, and seated her in the most conspicuous
lace; afterward they carried her through the city in all er
costume, to the great chagrin of the devotees of the visionary
divinity. Notwithstanding this, the fashion, prevailed and became
general throughout America for a time. Soon after Congress returned
to Philadelphia, the French ambassador made his entree and was
acknowledged and received as such by the American Congress. He was
polite, affable and quite amicable, paying his visits of friendship
to the delegation of each state successively, and requesting a
diplomatick visit from all the delegates tog...
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Rarebooksclub.com
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2012 |
First published: |
May 2012 |
Authors: |
John Farmer
• Books Group
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
106 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-151-25518-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-151-25518-1 |
Barcode: |
9781151255181 |
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