... of character Victorians prized respectability, earnestness, a sense of duty and public service; most would have regarded an industrious, pious conventionality as the best road not only to material recompense but to heavenly rewards as well. Yet the fabled self-confidence of this overachieving society often rings hollow ... of the novel in this age of print emerged also from the intimate connection between the particular form of the Victorian novel, which can best be called "realism," with the desires, aspirations, and anxieties of its readers. For all their awareness of the contradictions...

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... a he-man than Julius Caesar brought back to repute and fashion the use of rings in the ears of men." "Jewels & Women; The Romance, Magic and Art of Feminine Adornment" Marianne Ostier, Horizon Press, New York, 1958 LIP LABRET PIERCING HISTORY The piercing of the lips for the insertion ... was convicted and executed for witchcraft. The word "Clitoris" first appeared in the English language in 1615, it was used in an early anatomy book to describe a small, sensitive organ located underneath the upper apex of the Labia Minora. PRINCE ALBERT PIERCING HISTORY The Prince Albert piercing is nam...

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