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Dress and the magic of touch

Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.

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In a room hung with black drapes to show mourning, Ramble Gripe, in the company of a pregnant woman holding out a ring, and her mother with a letter, is measured by a tailor; a coffin lid leans against the fireplace. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.
Bowles, Thomas, II, active 1712-1767.Date: 1735Reference: 38338i
Part of: The progress of a rake, exemplified in the adventures of Ramble Gripe Esqr son of Sr Positive Gripe
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An extract of the life of the Honourable Colonel James Gardiner, who was slain at the battle of Prestonpans. September 21st, 1745.
Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751.Date: MDCCLIX. 1759
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A sermon preached in Trinity Church, at the funeral of Thomas Greene, Esq; August 5. 1763. By William Hooper, A.M. Minister of said church.
Hooper, William, 1674-1767.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]
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Community psychiatry and the clergyman / by Granger E. Westberg and Edgar Draper.
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Gospel repentance. A sermon preached in St. Peter's Church, on Sunday, November the 25th, 1759. By the Hon. and Rev. Walter Shirley, A. B. Rector of Loughrea in the County of Galway.
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In a room hung with black drapes to show mourning, Ramble Gripe, in the company of a pregnant woman holding out a ring, and her mother with a letter, is measured by a tailor; a coffin lid leans against the fireplace. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.

An extract of the life of the Honourable Colonel James Gardiner, who was slain at the battle of Prestonpans. September 21st, 1745.

A sermon preached in Trinity Church, at the funeral of Thomas Greene, Esq; August 5. 1763. By William Hooper, A.M. Minister of said church.

Community psychiatry and the clergyman / by Granger E. Westberg and Edgar Draper.

Gospel repentance. A sermon preached in St. Peter's Church, on Sunday, November the 25th, 1759. By the Hon. and Rev. Walter Shirley, A. B. Rector of Loughrea in the County of Galway.