Is there not, Millinette? ... There is something about our American words decidedly vulgar. ... Young women would go for a Sunday walk accompanied by living accessories such as her black house servants who would follow in order of status. ... Still the rich had a great number of servants, as did other foreign countries, which set the standards. ... There is a certain display which every woman of fashion is forced to make! ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There was also some interest in the remote past, particularly genealogical interest in the glorification of royal ancestors and their achievements. There appears early, too, a strain of religious interest in showing the lessons of history, religious and ethical. ...

• Word Count: 9269
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The soundbox has four panels: Top: Sumerian wrestling two bulls that have human heads. 2nd level: wolf carries a table with animal parts, preparing for a ceremony; lion carries wine, a jug, and a cup. 3rd level: donkey plays a bull-harp; a bear dances; seated fox plays a rattle. 4th level: What is thought to be a jackal waves rattles; a scorpion man Animals take on human characteristics, figures are in profile but shoulders are frontal. ... There is a small temple at the top. ...

• Word Count: 10708
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School