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... became eminent . While this work will prove useful and instructive as presenting , in the biographical sketches , a body of examples showing , how the most unpropitious circumstances have been unable to subdue an ar- dent desire for the ...
... became eminent . While this work will prove useful and instructive as presenting , in the biographical sketches , a body of examples showing , how the most unpropitious circumstances have been unable to subdue an ar- dent desire for the ...
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... became an article of refinement and lux- ury , is evident from the many other notices given ; and the Jewish ladies seem to have been very par- ticular about their sandals : thus we are told , in the Apocryphal book of Judith , although ...
... became an article of refinement and lux- ury , is evident from the many other notices given ; and the Jewish ladies seem to have been very par- ticular about their sandals : thus we are told , in the Apocryphal book of Judith , although ...
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... became ex- pensive . The making of them in all their variety , was the business of a class of men called Baxearii ; and these with the Solearii ( or makers of the sim- plest kind of sandal worn , consisting of a sole HISTORY OF BOOTS ...
... became ex- pensive . The making of them in all their variety , was the business of a class of men called Baxearii ; and these with the Solearii ( or makers of the sim- plest kind of sandal worn , consisting of a sole HISTORY OF BOOTS ...
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... became fashionable when the Normans , firmly settled in England , began to indulge in luxurious clothing . These shoes were most probably embroidered . " We are assured by the early Norman histo- rians , " says Strutt , " that the ...
... became fashionable when the Normans , firmly settled in England , began to indulge in luxurious clothing . These shoes were most probably embroidered . " We are assured by the early Norman histo- rians , " says Strutt , " that the ...
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... became fashionable among the nobility , and were generally worn by royalty all over Europe . Thus , when the tomb of Henry VI . of Sicily , who died in 1197 , was opened in the cathedral of Palermo , on the feet of the dead monarch were ...
... became fashionable among the nobility , and were generally worn by royalty all over Europe . Thus , when the tomb of Henry VI . of Sicily , who died in 1197 , was opened in the cathedral of Palermo , on the feet of the dead monarch were ...
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ancient ancient Egypt ankle appear beautiful became Bloomfield boot or shoe boots and shoes British museum brogue buckles buskin calceus century chopine classes clothes color comfort common copied corns cothurnus covered Crispin decorated dress Drew early Egypt elastic boot England English engraved fashion fastened feet foot French front gentle craft Gideon Lee given gold half-boot heel high shoes HISTORY OF BOOTS inches instep kind of boot knee labor laced ladies London matter NOAH WORCESTER Ocrea ornamented pair of lasts pair of shoes period persons plate reign remarkable Roger Sherman Roman round Samuel Drew sandal says secured sewing Sherman shoemaker shoes worn silk skin slipper sole specimens stitches stockings Suwarrow tannic acid tanning THOMAS HOLCROFT thong thread tion toes trade upper leather Walkden walking wear wearer Wellington Wellington boot wore workman