Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

ISBN-13: 9781530559572 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 84 str.

Alice Morse Earle

Opis

There is no doubt that our far-away grandfathers, whether of English, French, Dutch, Scotch or Irish blood, were much more afraid of ridicule than they were even of sinning, and far more than we are of extreme derision or mockery to-day. This fear and sensitiveness they showed in many ways.