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... instances with past and present fashions , but have also enforced and provided the remedy . The illustrations of the ancient fashions are all taken from the highest authorities , and I believe may be relied on as historical . " In ...
... instances with past and present fashions , but have also enforced and provided the remedy . The illustrations of the ancient fashions are all taken from the highest authorities , and I believe may be relied on as historical . " In ...
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... instances , a resemblance to those used in the present day ; the central instrument , above the man who pierces the tie of the sandal , having the precise shape of the shoemaker's awl still in use , so very unchanging are articles of ...
... instances , a resemblance to those used in the present day ; the central instrument , above the man who pierces the tie of the sandal , having the precise shape of the shoemaker's awl still in use , so very unchanging are articles of ...
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... instance of the important part performed by the shoe in the ancient days of Israel , in sealing any important business : " Now this was the man- ner in former time in Israel , concerning redeeming , and concerning changing , for to ...
... instance of the important part performed by the shoe in the ancient days of Israel , in sealing any important business : " Now this was the man- ner in former time in Israel , concerning redeeming , and concerning changing , for to ...
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... instance , and its transfer in the other . The shoe is regarded as con- stituting possession , nor is this idea unknown to ourselves , in being conveyed in the homely prover- bial expression by which one man is said to “ stand in the ...
... instance , and its transfer in the other . The shoe is regarded as con- stituting possession , nor is this idea unknown to ourselves , in being conveyed in the homely prover- bial expression by which one man is said to “ stand in the ...
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... instances may seem at first view , the leading idea may be still detected in all . Thus among the Bedouins , when a man permits his cousin to marry another , or when a husband di- vorces his runaway wife , he usually says , " She was my ...
... instances may seem at first view , the leading idea may be still detected in all . Thus among the Bedouins , when a man permits his cousin to marry another , or when a husband di- vorces his runaway wife , he usually says , " She was my ...
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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