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... dress ; also , numerous biographical sketches of individuals , who , having learned the art of shoemaking , have afterward distinguished themselves by their genius , talents , or worth , and occupied eminent stations . among their ...
... dress ; also , numerous biographical sketches of individuals , who , having learned the art of shoemaking , have afterward distinguished themselves by their genius , talents , or worth , and occupied eminent stations . among their ...
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... dress , from the pyramidal ages of ancient Egypt , long ere Greece or Rome occupied a space in history , to the present time , when the beauty , taste , and convenience , of modern boots and shoes , combine to establish the superiority ...
... dress , from the pyramidal ages of ancient Egypt , long ere Greece or Rome occupied a space in history , to the present time , when the beauty , taste , and convenience , of modern boots and shoes , combine to establish the superiority ...
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... dress and personal ornaments , yet it was " her sandals ravished his eyes : " and the bride in Solomon's Song is met with the exclamation , " How beautiful are thy feet with sandals , O prince's daughter ! " The ancient bas - reliefs at ...
... dress and personal ornaments , yet it was " her sandals ravished his eyes : " and the bride in Solomon's Song is met with the exclamation , " How beautiful are thy feet with sandals , O prince's daughter ! " The ancient bas - reliefs at ...
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... state of this article of dress , being something between a shoe and a sandal : in fact , a shoe may be consid- ered as a covered sandal ; and , in the instance be- fore us , the part we now term " upper HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 19.
... state of this article of dress , being something between a shoe and a sandal : in fact , a shoe may be consid- ered as a covered sandal ; and , in the instance be- fore us , the part we now term " upper HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 19.
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... dress of the Egyp- tian priesthood . Such vegetable sandals were , however , occasionally decorated with ornaments to a considerable extent , and they then became ex- pensive . The making of them in all their variety , was the business ...
... dress of the Egyp- tian priesthood . Such vegetable sandals were , however , occasionally decorated with ornaments to a considerable extent , and they then became ex- pensive . The making of them in all their variety , was the business ...
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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