Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited
Published: November 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780915179541
Subjects: General; Reference; History: World
First sentence: 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.