Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2)
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2)
By Frances Milton Trollope
15 Jan, 2020
Brief Extract: Could I explain to you what it is which produces this effect, I should go far towards removing the impossibility of imitating it: but as this is now, after twenty years of trial, pretty generally allowed to be impossible, you will not
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Brief Extract: Could I explain to you what it is which produces this effect, I should go far towards removing the impossibility of imitating it: but as this is now, after twenty years of trial, pretty generally allowed to be impossible, you will not expect it of me. All I can do, is to tell you of such matters appertaining to dress as are open and intelligible to all, without attempting to dive into that very occult part of the subject, the effect of it. Less