The book of the feet; a history of boots and shoes |
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... fastened by buttons along the top of the foot ; the shoe is thus rendered peculiarly flexible , as the openings over the instep allow of the freest movement . Such were the forms of the earliest shoes . Close boots reaching nearly to ...
... fastened by buttons along the top of the foot ; the shoe is thus rendered peculiarly flexible , as the openings over the instep allow of the freest movement . Such were the forms of the earliest shoes . Close boots reaching nearly to ...
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... the business of a class of men called Baxearii ; and these with the Solearii , ( or makers of the simplest kind of sandal worn , consisting of a C sole with little more to fasten it to the foot HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 17.
... the business of a class of men called Baxearii ; and these with the Solearii , ( or makers of the simplest kind of sandal worn , consisting of a C sole with little more to fasten it to the foot HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 17.
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Joseph Sparkes Hall. sole with little more to fasten it to the foot than a strap across the instep ) , constituted a corporation or college of Rome . The solea were generally worn by the higher classes only , for lightness and ...
Joseph Sparkes Hall. sole with little more to fasten it to the foot than a strap across the instep ) , constituted a corporation or college of Rome . The solea were generally worn by the higher classes only , for lightness and ...
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... fastened by thongs , yet they , in the progress of riches and luxury , went with the times and merged into foppery , so that Philopoemon , in recommending soldiers to give more attention to their warlike accoutrements than to their ...
... fastened by thongs , yet they , in the progress of riches and luxury , went with the times and merged into foppery , so that Philopoemon , in recommending soldiers to give more attention to their warlike accoutrements than to their ...
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... fastened by lacing in the front , and which may also be properly considered as a species of half boots , were in use in this country as early as the tenth century ; and the only apparent difference between the high shoes of the ancients ...
... fastened by lacing in the front , and which may also be properly considered as a species of half boots , were in use in this country as early as the tenth century ; and the only apparent difference between the high shoes of the ancients ...
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Page 66 - By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.
Page 13 - This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is...
Page 126 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 145 - I counted the perspiratory pores on the palm of the hand, and found 3,528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand, there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73£ feet.
Page 9 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 45 - The ladies' shoes were of many fashions. " They have corked shoes, puisnets, pantoffles, and slippers," says Stubbs; "some of black velvet, some of white, some of green, and some of yellow, some of Spanish leather, and some of English, stitched with silk and embroidered with gold and silver all over the foot, with other gewgaws innumerable.
Page 124 - ... and here ! and here ! Just where those daisies, pinks, and violets grow . The world may find the spring by following her, For other print her airy steps ne'er left. Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk ! But like the soft west wind she shot along, And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sowed them with her odorous foot.
Page 9 - And I have led you forty years in the wilderness : your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Page 76 - A singular custom is observed at conferring the freedom of the burgh. Four or five bristles, such as are used by shoemakers, are attached to the seal of the burgess ticket. These the new-made burgess must dip in his wine, and pass through his mouth, in token of respect for the souters of Selkirk.
Page 68 - There are many of these chapineys of a great height, even half a yard high...