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Page 9
... know nothing of perspective , the tools of the workmen that lie around , are here represented above them : they bear , in some instances , a resemblance to those used in the present day ; the central instrument , above the man who ...
... know nothing of perspective , the tools of the workmen that lie around , are here represented above them : they bear , in some instances , a resemblance to those used in the present day ; the central instrument , above the man who ...
Page 68
... know that something similar was in use among the ancient Greeks . Xenophon , in Economics , mentions the wife of Ischomachus as wearing high shoes , for increasing her stature . They are still worn by the women in many parts of Turkey ...
... know that something similar was in use among the ancient Greeks . Xenophon , in Economics , mentions the wife of Ischomachus as wearing high shoes , for increasing her stature . They are still worn by the women in many parts of Turkey ...
Page 79
... knows his business , or considers the comfort of his customers , a good piece of felt , to insert between the insole and outsole , to prevent the intolerable nuisance of creaking . Neglect this , and besides the music ( the fillings ...
... knows his business , or considers the comfort of his customers , a good piece of felt , to insert between the insole and outsole , to prevent the intolerable nuisance of creaking . Neglect this , and besides the music ( the fillings ...
Page 81
... know no more how a boot or shoe is made , than the boots and shoes can be said to possess such knowledge . These articles are principally made in the country , or the eastern part of the metropolis , and sent up for sale . Perhaps a ...
... know no more how a boot or shoe is made , than the boots and shoes can be said to possess such knowledge . These articles are principally made in the country , or the eastern part of the metropolis , and sent up for sale . Perhaps a ...
Page 96
... know more of anatomy than that of the foot . The foot has in its structure all the fine appliances you see in a building . In the first place , there is an arch , in whatever way you regard the foot ; looking down upon it , we perceive ...
... know more of anatomy than that of the foot . The foot has in its structure all the fine appliances you see in a building . In the first place , there is an arch , in whatever way you regard the foot ; looking down upon it , we perceive ...
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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