The Art of BeautyDescriptions of dress, make-up, hair fashion, and physical beauty reflect the strict code of behavior regarding appearance in Victorian England. |
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... WOMEN ON SOME GIRLS THE NONENTITY THE ILL - EDUCATED GIRL THE DISCOURAGED GIRL THE SHY GIRL THE STUPID GIRL THE PLAIN GIRL 6 AN AT HOME ' . A GARDEN PARTY . HOME TYRANNY . EN FIN . PAGE • 255 259 CHAPTER II . 266 268 269 270 271 273 ...
... WOMEN ON SOME GIRLS THE NONENTITY THE ILL - EDUCATED GIRL THE DISCOURAGED GIRL THE SHY GIRL THE STUPID GIRL THE PLAIN GIRL 6 AN AT HOME ' . A GARDEN PARTY . HOME TYRANNY . EN FIN . PAGE • 255 259 CHAPTER II . 266 268 269 270 271 273 ...
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... WOMEN . From small Clay Figures , Greek Room , 7. British Museum 47 8 . 9. NATURAL FORM OF THE RIBS AND SPINE 49 10. FASHIONABLE FORM OF THE RIBS AND SPINE II . NATURAL POSITION OF THE ORGANS 12. DEFORMED POSITION OF THE ORGANS 13 ...
... WOMEN . From small Clay Figures , Greek Room , 7. British Museum 47 8 . 9. NATURAL FORM OF THE RIBS AND SPINE 49 10. FASHIONABLE FORM OF THE RIBS AND SPINE II . NATURAL POSITION OF THE ORGANS 12. DEFORMED POSITION OF THE ORGANS 13 ...
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... woman . " It is not wicked ' to take pains with oneself . In the present day our altered system of education , and an improved conception of woman's capacities , may have a little blinded us . We have begun to think of the mind almost ...
... woman . " It is not wicked ' to take pains with oneself . In the present day our altered system of education , and an improved conception of woman's capacities , may have a little blinded us . We have begun to think of the mind almost ...
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... woman for her place in the world , either individually or as the companion of man , the body is hardly less important ; and , after all , the old- fashioned notion that a woman's first duty is to be beautiful , is one that is justified ...
... woman for her place in the world , either individually or as the companion of man , the body is hardly less important ; and , after all , the old- fashioned notion that a woman's first duty is to be beautiful , is one that is justified ...
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... Woman , whose loveliness so swayed men , was at one time treated with something . like divine honours , mistress as she was of the chief civilising influence of the time . Books being few , and secular education nearly confined to woman ...
... Woman , whose loveliness so swayed men , was at one time treated with something . like divine honours , mistress as she was of the chief civilising influence of the time . Books being few , and secular education nearly confined to woman ...
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æsthetic appearance artistic attire bashlyk beautiful becoming better blue bodice body bonnet British Museum century Cloth colour complexion conceal contradict the natural costume COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK crinoline cultivated dark decoration deformity delicate drawing by Holbein dress dull ears effect ETRUSCAN face false farthingale fashion feeling feet figure flowers folds garment girl gown grace Greek green hair Half Calf head head-dress hint Invisible Joanna JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY kind lace ladies LADY BERKELEY less light look means mediæval melan mind modern morality mother natural lines neck never ornament paint pale patterns perhaps persons picturesque pink plaits pretty pretty woman PRIME PAGE purple Quentin Matsys seen shade Sheep shoe Sir Charles Eastlake skirt sleeve stola taste thing thought tight tint trimming ugly veil Visible vulgar waist walls Watteau wear whilst woman women worn yellow