A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Curious Specimens and Biographical Notes |
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... Horses , mares , men , and asses . And innkeepers began to adopt them , hanging out red lions and green dragons as the best way to acquaint the public that they offered food and shelter . Still , as long as civilisation was only at a ...
... Horses , mares , men , and asses . And innkeepers began to adopt them , hanging out red lions and green dragons as the best way to acquaint the public that they offered food and shelter . Still , as long as civilisation was only at a ...
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... horses and wonder of the yokels , were improved off the face of the earth a quarter of a century ago ; and now the only perambulating advertisement we have is the melancholy sandwich - man and the dispenser of handbills , gentlemen who ...
... horses and wonder of the yokels , were improved off the face of the earth a quarter of a century ago ; and now the only perambulating advertisement we have is the melancholy sandwich - man and the dispenser of handbills , gentlemen who ...
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... horses he had lost ; and , he adds , " they showed me an inscription on the pedestal of the statue offering a reward to any person who should find and take care of the animals . " The Greeks used another mode of giving publicity which ...
... horses he had lost ; and , he adds , " they showed me an inscription on the pedestal of the statue offering a reward to any person who should find and take care of the animals . " The Greeks used another mode of giving publicity which ...
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... horse , and the least gentleman upon him that ever I saw in my life , and brave bagpipes playing before ' um ; " which is explained by Comely as occasioned by its being " bearbaiting day , and he has met with the bull , and the bears ...
... horse , and the least gentleman upon him that ever I saw in my life , and brave bagpipes playing before ' um ; " which is explained by Comely as occasioned by its being " bearbaiting day , and he has met with the bull , and the bears ...
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... horses , lost dogs , swords , and scent - bottles , and the departure of coaches on long journeys into the provinces , and sometimes . even as far as Edinburgh . These announcements are not devoid of interest and curiosity for us who ...
... horses , lost dogs , swords , and scent - bottles , and the departure of coaches on long journeys into the provinces , and sometimes . even as far as Edinburgh . These announcements are not devoid of interest and curiosity for us who ...
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