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Página 110
In a dance frock this has , of course , some justification . On the modern dance -
floor the woman is clasped so tightly to the bosom of her partner that all the
spectators are likely to see is the back of her dress . The concentration on the
backs of ...
In a dance frock this has , of course , some justification . On the modern dance -
floor the woman is clasped so tightly to the bosom of her partner that all the
spectators are likely to see is the back of her dress . The concentration on the
backs of ...
Página 111
... older woman , on condition , of course , that she had kept her figure , and had
remained , in short , what in former ages would have been known as the ' old
maid ' type , without , of course , the dowdiness which was supposed to go with it .
... older woman , on condition , of course , that she had kept her figure , and had
remained , in short , what in former ages would have been known as the ' old
maid ' type , without , of course , the dowdiness which was supposed to go with it .
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... of a rather different class , shorts and jerseys were adopted as early as 1920 .
There was , of course , something to be said for the long , thick skirt for hockey ,
as it certainly protected the knees and shins from inevitable blows with the sticks
...
... of a rather different class , shorts and jerseys were adopted as early as 1920 .
There was , of course , something to be said for the long , thick skirt for hockey ,
as it certainly protected the knees and shins from inevitable blows with the sticks
...
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CHAPTER PAGE I BACK NATURE AND THE GREEKS | 13 |
PRUDERY AND ROMANTICISM | 26 |
SENTIMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE | 38 |
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