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John Leech's
PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF
"Mr. Punch."
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JOHN LEECH's
PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER
From the Collection of "Mr. PUNCH."
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LONDON:
BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., 8, 9, 10, BOUVERIE STREET, E. C.
1887.
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LONDON:
BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
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John Leech'S Pictures
of
Life and Character.
HISTORY.—THE ANCIENT BRITONS.
Emily (reads). "IN THE SUMMER THEY WERE NAKED, AND INSTEAD OF CLOTHESTHEY PUT PAINT UPON THEIR BODIES. THEY WERE FOND OF A FINE BLUECOLOUR, WHICH THEY MADE OF A PLANT CALLED WOAD, WHICH THEY FOUND INTHEIR WOODS. THEY SQUEEZED OUT THE JUICE OF THE WOAD, AND THEN STAINEDTHEMSELVES ALL OVER WITH IT, SO THAT IN SUMMER THEY LOOKED AS IF THEYWERE DRESSED IN TIGHT BLUE CLOTHES."
Arthur. "AND DID THEY WALK IN THE PARK AND GO TO CHURCH SO?"
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