Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies…– Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
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Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
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