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 384 Hijlory of Domejiic Man?2ers fame demurenefs and formal crolfmg of the hands among the young ladies, in prefence of their dame. It may be obferved that, in almoft all ^ % ^ % No. 250. A Con-vcrfdtkn Scene. the contemporary piftures of domeftic fcenes, the men, reprefented as vifitors, keep their hats on their heads. No. 251. A Social Group of the Fifteenth Century. One of the moft curious features in the firfl of thefe fcenes is that of the