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Page 45
... shillings , one noble to be paid to the king , an- other to the cordwainers of London , and the third to the chamber of London . This only had the effect of widening the toes ; and Paradin says that they were then so very broad as to ...
... shillings , one noble to be paid to the king , an- other to the cordwainers of London , and the third to the chamber of London . This only had the effect of widening the toes ; and Paradin says that they were then so very broad as to ...
Page 110
... shillings , are left on his hands perfectly useless . For my own personal comfort I would weigh my own lasts which have been carefully made , in a scale against their weight in silver , and consider them cheap ; numbers of our nobility ...
... shillings , are left on his hands perfectly useless . For my own personal comfort I would weigh my own lasts which have been carefully made , in a scale against their weight in silver , and consider them cheap ; numbers of our nobility ...
Page 111
... shillings gener- ally would remunerate the maker of a pair of lasts , and the better the fit the greater satisfaction to all . We have now seen the fashions from the earliest period ; many of the shoes from their form and ma- terial ...
... shillings gener- ally would remunerate the maker of a pair of lasts , and the better the fit the greater satisfaction to all . We have now seen the fashions from the earliest period ; many of the shoes from their form and ma- terial ...
Page 165
... shillings being the total of his own cash , his thirst for knowledge having induced him to lay out in books such money as he could save from his earnings as a journeyman . joined the methodist society in 1785 , soon after be- coming the ...
... shillings being the total of his own cash , his thirst for knowledge having induced him to lay out in books such money as he could save from his earnings as a journeyman . joined the methodist society in 1785 , soon after be- coming the ...
Page 176
... men , lodgers at a shilling per week each , our beds were coarse , and all things far from being clean and snug . Robert was our man to BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . 177 fetch all things to hand . 176 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
... men , lodgers at a shilling per week each , our beds were coarse , and all things far from being clean and snug . Robert was our man to BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . 177 fetch all things to hand . 176 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
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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