LOUIS XIV.

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In the war of the First Empire, this privilege was refused to ourcountrywomen; and from that time Englishwomen, deprived ofall French aid for a whole generation, began to dress badly. Fitthas much to answer for. With this notice finishes our account ofthe reign of Louis XIV.

tenac tells me that you desire patternsof our fashion in dress. I send you,therefore, some model dolls.” — MissFreer’s Henry IV.

It was nlso the custom of Venice, atthe annual fair held in the Piazza of St.

Mark, on the day of the Ascension (a fairwhich dates from 1180), to expose in tliomost conspicuous place of the fair a ragdoll, which served as a model for thefashions of the year.— Michiel, Originedelie Feste Veneziani.

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