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It is a curious fact that even the English chorus girls conformed to this t.jie, and
were almost invariably of an amplitude which would effectively prevent them from
getting any job on the stage to*day. Fashions were almost excessively feminine,
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It is a curious fact that even the English chorus girls conformed to this t.jie, and
were almost invariably of an amplitude which would effectively prevent them from
getting any job on the stage to*day. Fashions were almost excessively feminine,
...
Página 138
The first is that so long as fashion decrees that hips shall be narrow there will be
no tight lacing, in spite of the fact that the waist has now returned to its normal
position; for to lace in the waist tightly is to increase the apparent size of the hips,
...
The first is that so long as fashion decrees that hips shall be narrow there will be
no tight lacing, in spite of the fact that the waist has now returned to its normal
position; for to lace in the waist tightly is to increase the apparent size of the hips,
...
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In point of fact there is and must be a very considerable disputing about taste,
and much aesthetic discussion can by its very nature be nothing else. Of course,
in every age there is a school of opinion which will not admit that aesthetic values
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In point of fact there is and must be a very considerable disputing about taste,
and much aesthetic discussion can by its very nature be nothing else. Of course,
in every age there is a school of opinion which will not admit that aesthetic values
...
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Back to Nature and the Greeks | 13 |
Prudery and Romanticism | 30 |
Sentimentalism and the Rise of the Bourgeoisie | 45 |
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