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... , BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT SHOEMAKERS , AND CRISPIN ANECDOTES . NEW YORK : WILLIAM H. GRAHAM , TRIBUNE BUILDINGS , J. S. REDFIELD , CLINTON HALL . f14419 +++ 4 XFA 1419.1.4 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE 1847 .
... , BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT SHOEMAKERS , AND CRISPIN ANECDOTES . NEW YORK : WILLIAM H. GRAHAM , TRIBUNE BUILDINGS , J. S. REDFIELD , CLINTON HALL . f14419 +++ 4 XFA 1419.1.4 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE 1847 .
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... shoemakers has often been remarked . Their occupation , being a sedentary and compara- tively noiseless one , may be considered as more favorable than some others to meditation ; but per- haps its literary productiveness has arisen ...
... shoemakers has often been remarked . Their occupation , being a sedentary and compara- tively noiseless one , may be considered as more favorable than some others to meditation ; but per- haps its literary productiveness has arisen ...
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... Shoemakers . - St . Crispin's Day.- Cordwainers ' Hall . - Incorporated Shoemakers . - Prov- erbs . - Anecdotes . 147 204 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . CHAPTER I. ON THE.
... Shoemakers . - St . Crispin's Day.- Cordwainers ' Hall . - Incorporated Shoemakers . - Prov- erbs . - Anecdotes . 147 204 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . CHAPTER I. ON THE.
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... shoemaker at his work , in the early days of Thothmes the third , who ascended the throne of Egypt , according to ... shoemakers are both seated upon low stools ( real specimens of such articles may be seen in the British Museum ) , and ...
... shoemaker at his work , in the early days of Thothmes the third , who ascended the throne of Egypt , according to ... shoemakers are both seated upon low stools ( real specimens of such articles may be seen in the British Museum ) , and ...
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... shoemaker's awl still in use , so very unchanging are articles of utility . In the same manner , the semicircular knife used by the ancient Egyptians three or four thousand years ago , is precisely similar to that of our modern curriers ...
... shoemaker's awl still in use , so very unchanging are articles of utility . In the same manner , the semicircular knife used by the ancient Egyptians three or four thousand years ago , is precisely similar to that of our modern curriers ...
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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