Modes and Morals: By Katharine Fullerton Gerould. (Inhalt: The New Simplicity.- Dress and the Woman.- Caviare on Principle.- The Extirpation of Culture.- Fashions in Men.- The Newest Woman.- Tabu and Temperament.- The Boundaries of Truth.- Miss Alcott's New England.- The Sensual Ear.- British Novelists, Ltd.- The Remarkable Rightness of Rudyard Kipling.)Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920 - 278 psl. |
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... deal with architectural and decorative problems increasing stress on the absurdity of having a dining - room . Why absurd ? For only one reason : that here is a room which must be cleaned , which , therefore , means more ser- vice . If ...
... deal with architectural and decorative problems increasing stress on the absurdity of having a dining - room . Why absurd ? For only one reason : that here is a room which must be cleaned , which , therefore , means more ser- vice . If ...
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... country and his compatriots for exorbitant pay , and demonstrated his patriot- ism by earning it , I do not know . We can deal only with the present situation . What , the present outlook being what it is , [ 25 ] THE NEW SIMPLICITY.
... country and his compatriots for exorbitant pay , and demonstrated his patriot- ism by earning it , I do not know . We can deal only with the present situation . What , the present outlook being what it is , [ 25 ] THE NEW SIMPLICITY.
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... deal is said nowadays about prac- tical politics and the rôle of the practical man in building the social structure . Before you can carry out an idea you must have the idea . You cannot get rid of the world of abstract thought . One ...
... deal is said nowadays about prac- tical politics and the rôle of the practical man in building the social structure . Before you can carry out an idea you must have the idea . You cannot get rid of the world of abstract thought . One ...
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... deal . We cannot hope to furnish it fittingly . But if we have a dollar to spend on some wild excess , we shall spend it on a book , not on asparagus out of season . If we have a holiday , we shall not go to Europe or Asia , which would ...
... deal . We cannot hope to furnish it fittingly . But if we have a dollar to spend on some wild excess , we shall spend it on a book , not on asparagus out of season . If we have a holiday , we shall not go to Europe or Asia , which would ...
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... deal in evolutionary periods of millions of years , we ought not naïvely to expect to alter the human form in a season or two , never occurred , I fancy , to any of us . " Business is business , " men are credited with saying , when ...
... deal in evolutionary periods of millions of years , we ought not naïvely to expect to alter the human form in a season or two , never occurred , I fancy , to any of us . " Business is business , " men are credited with saying , when ...
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æsthetic American Ann Veronica Arnold Bennett beauty become believe Bennett Beresford better caviare certainly charm civilized conventional culture D. H. Lawrence D. L. Moody deal decent delightful democracy dress England English fact fancy Fanny Crosby fashion feel fiction Five Nations free love Galsworthy gentleman girl give going Gospel Hymns grape-nuts hero heroine Hilda Hilda Lessways Honor human intellectual J. D. Beresford Jacob Stahl Jane Eyre kind Kipling ladies least less living look marry matter mean mind modern moral never novelists novels one's parlor-maid passion perhaps person physical political Procrustes Rudyard Kipling schools sense sentimental shocked simply sing slums social socialists society soul speaking spirit style sure tabu talk tell thing tion tional told truth uncon waltz music woman women words young
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