The Queens of American SocietyPorter & Coates, 1867 - 464 من الصفحات |
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... hand , but they have not been used . It has seemed to me that a comprehensive view of the best society would be a valuable part of the country's history . It is curious and interesting to trace the noted families whose descend- ants ...
... hand , but they have not been used . It has seemed to me that a comprehensive view of the best society would be a valuable part of the country's history . It is curious and interesting to trace the noted families whose descend- ants ...
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... hands for cultivation ; but the only produce the Virginia gentry chose to deal in , was tobacco . They exercised boundless hospitality ; the gentlemen welcomed each other's visits and traveled in something like feudal state . The ...
... hands for cultivation ; but the only produce the Virginia gentry chose to deal in , was tobacco . They exercised boundless hospitality ; the gentlemen welcomed each other's visits and traveled in something like feudal state . The ...
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... hand , with silver knee and shoe buckles , and a long sword , with a finely - wrought and glittering steel hilt . The coat was worn over this and its scabbard of polished white leather . " He never shook hands at these receptions , even ...
... hand , with silver knee and shoe buckles , and a long sword , with a finely - wrought and glittering steel hilt . The coat was worn over this and its scabbard of polished white leather . " He never shook hands at these receptions , even ...
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... hands , extinguished them . This lady married Edward Living- ston , the minister to France . At Mrs. Washington's drawing - rooms , " Mrs. Morris always sat at her right hand ; and at all the dinners , public or private , at which ...
... hands , extinguished them . This lady married Edward Living- ston , the minister to France . At Mrs. Washington's drawing - rooms , " Mrs. Morris always sat at her right hand ; and at all the dinners , public or private , at which ...
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... hand , going severally to her house on the same errand , to learn their fate from her decision , met in the hall , where they heard her playing on the harpsichord and singing a love - song , accompanied by Jefferson's voice and violin ...
... hand , going severally to her house on the same errand , to learn their fate from her decision , met in the hall , where they heard her playing on the harpsichord and singing a love - song , accompanied by Jefferson's voice and violin ...
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