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Two curious exceptional cases of bearded women must not be passed over; one, that of a female soldier in the army of Charles XII, who was taken at the battle of Pultowa, where she had fought with a courage worthy of her Beard...
— Feb 15, 2017 08:33PM
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There is scarcely indeed a more naturally disgusting object than a beardless old man... (compared by the Turks to a "plucked pigeon")
— Feb 15, 2017 08:50PM
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....the other, that of Margaret of Parma, the celebrated regent of the Netherlands, who conceived that her Beard imparted such dignity to her appearance, that she would never allow a hair of it to be touched.
— Feb 15, 2017 08:34PM
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Vide Hassell's Microscopic Anatomy. Gallery says "Withof calculated that the hair of the Beard grows at the rate of 1 1/2 line in the week, which is 6 1/2 inches in the year, and by the time a man reaches eighty, 27ft will have fallen under the edge of the razor..."
— Feb 15, 2017 08:07PM
