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  • They appear to consider yellow ochre and peacocks 'feathers the climax of barbarism -- marabouts and kalydor the acme of refinement.

    Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Various

  • She will not look for Byron's immortality in the company of Warren's blacking, Prince's kalydor, and Atkinson's bear's grease.

    Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry

  • 'I took up the newspaper which had covered the little basket of refreshments, and which now lay at the bottom of the coach, blushing with a deep red stain, and emitting a potent spirituous fume, from the contents of the broken bottle of _kalydor_.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various

  • I thought of the glossy ringlets and pearly teeth -- I thought of the kalydor -- I thought of the coachman's bruised ear and bloody nose -- I thought of the tender love-secrets, which she had whispered to the judge and jury, and a thousand tittering auditors -- and gave another groan!

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various

  • She will not look for Byron's immortality in the company of Warren's blacking, Prince's kalydor, and Atkinson's bear's grease.

    Life and Remains of John Clare Cherry, J L 1872

  • And, indeed, before we are old -- when neither young nor old -- we want horses and ottomans, kalydor and conservatories, books, pictures, and silk curtains -- all quite out of the range of your little allowance, don't you see! "

    Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875

  • In the arts, the oil is employed for the same purposes as the olive-oil, and forms the basis of kalydor, macassar oil, Gowland’s lotion, and many other articles of that kind vended by perfumers.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • In the arts, the oil is employed for the same purposes as the olive-oil, and forms the basis of kalydor, macassar oil, Gowland’s lotion, and many other articles of that kind vended by perfumers.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

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