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... less nice about their shoes and sandals , and more careful in observing that their greaves were kept bright and fitted well to their legs . When about to attack a hill - fort or go on rugged marches , they wore a sandal shod with spikes ...
... less nice about their shoes and sandals , and more careful in observing that their greaves were kept bright and fitted well to their legs . When about to attack a hill - fort or go on rugged marches , they wore a sandal shod with spikes ...
Page 42
... less striking in effect , being coloured ( as the previous one is ) solid black , the red hose adding considerably to its effect . No. 6 , is still more peculiar and is cut all over into a geometric pattern , and with a fondness for ...
... less striking in effect , being coloured ( as the previous one is ) solid black , the red hose adding considerably to its effect . No. 6 , is still more peculiar and is cut all over into a geometric pattern , and with a fondness for ...
Page 52
... less rigid than the one last described , the leg taking more of the natural shape , and the tops being smaller , of a more pliant kind , and sometimes slightly ornamented round the edges . We have here two examples of Ladies ' shoes ...
... less rigid than the one last described , the leg taking more of the natural shape , and the tops being smaller , of a more pliant kind , and sometimes slightly ornamented round the edges . We have here two examples of Ladies ' shoes ...
Page 56
Joseph Sparkes Hall. reign of George III . and the heel was made less clumsy . As fashion varied , larger or smaller buckles were used , and the heel was thrust farther beneath the foot until about 1780 , when the shoe took the form here ...
Joseph Sparkes Hall. reign of George III . and the heel was made less clumsy . As fashion varied , larger or smaller buckles were used , and the heel was thrust farther beneath the foot until about 1780 , when the shoe took the form here ...
Page 57
... less costly and ele- gant in their construction . The Prince of Wales was petitioned by the alarmed buckle makers , to discard his new fashioned strings , and take again to buckles , by way of bolstering up their trade ; but the fate of ...
... less costly and ele- gant in their construction . The Prince of Wales was petitioned by the alarmed buckle makers , to discard his new fashioned strings , and take again to buckles , by way of bolstering up their trade ; but the fate of ...
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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...