Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . 5^ SOCIAL LIFE. 319 1846) an emerald nfreen hat trimmed with blond and roses, as well as Earlyribbon and feathers. A lady without a silk dress felt she had j^^^^°^lost her self-respect. In 1824 the prohibition on foreign silks,long rendered almost nugatory by smuggling, was withdrawn,and subsequently Uie ad valorem duty of 30 per cent, on foreignsilks was reduced to 15 per cent., and ultimately abolished
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . 5^ SOCIAL LIFE. 319 1846) an emerald nfreen hat trimmed with blond and roses, as well as Earlyribbon and feathers. A lady without a silk dress felt she had j^^^^°^lost her self-respect. In 1824 the prohibition on foreign silks,long rendered almost nugatory by smuggling, was withdrawn,and subsequently Uie ad valorem duty of 30 per cent, on foreignsilks was reduced to 15 per cent., and ultimately .MU. IERKIXS DISCOVERED IN THE Z0OL0(aCAL IIAKDEXS.(From the drawing hij M. A. TUmarsli, in Vmiiic Tules and Skelclies, by W. M. Tliackertuj.) The dress of children of 1840 will not be forgotten whileThackeray andDickens are read; the little boys who wore nankeentrousers, white waistcoats, green coats, frilled shirt collars turnedopen over the shoulders, whit,e stockings and pumps, and thelittle girls dressed at all hours and in all seasons in low-necked,short-deeved frocks, with their hair in pig-tails, their-legs infrilled trousers and white socks, and their feet in sandals. Scott writes in 1818: No man of experience will ever expect The courtthe breath of a Court to be favourable to correct morals. Halfof the mischief is done by the publicity of the evil whichcorrupts those who are near its inHuence. In twenty years theaccession of a young queen and her marriage to a man of singu- 320 THE NEW SPIRIT AND THE NEW PATHS. [1832 larly pure and earnest disposition, produced a remarkable
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