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Page 39
... pair of women's boots , one of them to be embroidered with circles ; and the effigy of the succeeding monarch , Henry III . , in Westminster abbey , is chiefly remarkable for the splendor of the boots he wears ; they are crossed all ...
... pair of women's boots , one of them to be embroidered with circles ; and the effigy of the succeeding monarch , Henry III . , in Westminster abbey , is chiefly remarkable for the splendor of the boots he wears ; they are crossed all ...
Page 48
... pair of shirt - sleeves , double at the end like a ruff - band : the top of his boots very large , fringed with lace , and turned down as low as his spurs , which jingled like the bells of a morris - dancer as he walked . " These boots ...
... pair of shirt - sleeves , double at the end like a ruff - band : the top of his boots very large , fringed with lace , and turned down as low as his spurs , which jingled like the bells of a morris - dancer as he walked . " These boots ...
Page 50
... pair which hang up in Shottesbrooke church , Berkshire , above a tomb , in accordance with the old custom , of bury- ing a knight with his martial equipments over his grave , originally consisting of his shield , sword , gloves , and ...
... pair which hang up in Shottesbrooke church , Berkshire , above a tomb , in accordance with the old custom , of bury- ing a knight with his martial equipments over his grave , originally consisting of his shield , sword , gloves , and ...
Page 52
... pair of wedges , which he says " is to raise up a shoe in the instep , when it it is too straight for the top of the foot ; " and thus compassionates ladies ' sufferings : Shoemakers love to put ladies in their stocks , but these wedges ...
... pair of wedges , which he says " is to raise up a shoe in the instep , when it it is too straight for the top of the foot ; " and thus compassionates ladies ' sufferings : Shoemakers love to put ladies in their stocks , but these wedges ...
Page 61
... pair of red leather or other shoes , seldom wear them except on holyday occasions , so that they last a long time , if not so long as among the Maltese , with whom a pair of shoes endures for several generations , being , even on ...
... pair of red leather or other shoes , seldom wear them except on holyday occasions , so that they last a long time , if not so long as among the Maltese , with whom a pair of shoes endures for several generations , being , even on ...
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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