10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERUKED»
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peruked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Personal ambition and religious zeal stimulated Cortes to the Conquest, and
covetousness and love of power were the salient characteristics of many of the
peruked and bespangled rulers who followed him. These Viceroys (virreyes)
were for ...
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History of German literature: Based on the German work of Vilmar
powdered and be-peruked shams that lorded it over society at large. The
Robinsonades and Aventuriers effected in the masses of the reading world what
Montesquieu and Rousseau did in the learned world, in the the world of rulers
over ...
Frederick Metcalfe, August Friedrich Christian Vilmar,
1858
The door of the coach suddenly opened and a big peruked head appeared, and
on the peruked head was a cocked hat with a large white feather in it, and below
the feathers a small, wizened, painted face with a hooked nose and a pair of ...
Krone, 1731. Obv. Armored and peruked bust. Rv. Crown surrounded by
inscription. Dav.1294. A two-year type. A sharp, frosty specimen with light golden
toning. Uncirculated and Choice $1,750.00 3. FRANCE. 2nd Republic, Louis-
Napoleon.
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Ancient and Foreign Coins in Gold, Silver and Copper: Public ...
Truncated, peruked bust. Cr. 184.4. Scattered marks on somewhat prooflike
surfaces. Else Brilliant Uncirculated. Sole year of issue from Perpignan. (750-
1,000) 2580 Lot No. 25at) 40 Francs, 1818 A. Truncated, peruked bust. Cr.184.1.
He trives us a whole street, where richly dressed and well peruked gentlemen
look down from the terraces, duly set with flower-pots, of houses ornamented with
terra cotta figures and medallions like those of the hospital at Milan. In this street
...
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Little journeys to the homes of American authors
Tradition, so enamoured of Tracy is generous enough to mention a dinnerparty
given by Andrew Craigie every Saturday, and on one occasion points out
peruked and powdered Talleyrand among the guests. This betrays the presence
in the ...
A nude woman is posing on a stand; and the long-coated, peruked pedants are
looking at her through their eyeglasses. These two pictures, with some others,
were sold last spring in Paris for fabulous prices. “The Arcadian Poets ” belongs
to ...
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Readings from the Old English Dramatists: Earlier Stuart ...
For your mirth's sake Let him alone ; he has been all this morning In practice with
a peruked gentleman-usher, To teach him his true amble and his postures, [
SYLLI walking by, and practising his postures.} When he walks before a lady.
SYLLI.
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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Essays and miscellany. 1890
Sons of silk-stockinged sires, powdered and peruked old fellows, in buff vest,
ruffled shirt, top boots, and shorts, of noonday toddy -takers, of blood boasters
pugilistic- ally proud of their lineage and of themselves, the young men from both
north ...
Hubert Howe Bancroft,
1890
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERUKED»
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peruked is used in the context of the following news items.
John Lithgow play, The Magistrate, splits UK critics
... expressed in a magnificent design by Katrina Lindsay, with everybody sporting peruked hair and the pleasing addition of six candy-striped ... «BBC News, Nov 12»
Star Tenors Kaufmann, Calleja Make Thrilling Pact With Devil
Just listen to his delivery of Andrea Chenier's denunciation of France's peruked one-percenters at the cusp of the French Revolution. His voice ... «Bloomberg, Dec 11»
Theater review: 'Amadeus' at the Old Globe
Never mind that Shaffer's dandyish, infantile, self-delighted Mozart -- a sort of peruked Pee-wee Herman -- had questionable basis in historical ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 11»
TV Preview: 'Emma' will delight Masterpiece Classic viewers
... a stately theme for trumpets and percussion that suggested a formal march of peruked dandies in high heels. That has given way, these days, ... «Washington Post, Jan 10»
Review: 'Monsters and Prodigies' at REDCAT
... a pair of Siamese twins (Raúl Román and Gastón Yanes), whose contrapunto bickering suggests a racier, more elaborately peruked version ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 09»