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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 16 Browse Search
Euripides, Andromache (ed. David Kovacs) 1 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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genians, Greeks, and Romans. A splendid wig has been preserved in one of the Egyptian tombs, and is now in a European museum. Wigs were again brought into use in France about 1629, and the practice spread throughout civilized Europe. Kings, courtiers, and the devotees of law, physic, and divinity were not full dressed without a wig. The absurd idea yet obtains. Horsehair and goat's hair yet protect or parch the legal and judicial brain in the tight little island. See hair, par. 6, page 1047. Cortez found the Mexicans using razors of obsidian. Pepy, in his Diary (May, 1662), recommends trimming one's self with a pumice-stone, which I learnt of Mr. March, and I find it very easy, speedy, and pleasant. Among the Knights of the Razor are to be found enrolled the great inventors Ctesibus, Arkwright, and the great English painter, Turner; the latter was a very humble member of this ancient and honorable fraternity, and was dropped from the rolls of the order at quite an early