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Page 34
... persons of all ranks and conditions , as well of the clergy as of the laity , especially when they rode on horseback . The boots deline- ated in their drawings are very short , rarely reach- 34 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
... persons of all ranks and conditions , as well of the clergy as of the laity , especially when they rode on horseback . The boots deline- ated in their drawings are very short , rarely reach- 34 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
Page 35
... short , rarely reach- ing higher than the middle of the legs ; they were sometimes slightly ornamented , but the boots and shoes of all personages represented in the famous tapestry of Bayeux , are of the same simple form of ...
... short , rarely reach- ing higher than the middle of the legs ; they were sometimes slightly ornamented , but the boots and shoes of all personages represented in the famous tapestry of Bayeux , are of the same simple form of ...
Page 36
... short boots into this country , for they were certainly in use among the Saxons long before his birth : to hazard a conjecture of my own , I should rather say he was the first among the Normans who wore short boots , and derived the ...
... short boots into this country , for they were certainly in use among the Saxons long before his birth : to hazard a conjecture of my own , I should rather say he was the first among the Normans who wore short boots , and derived the ...
Page 66
... short , seem much taller than the tallest women we have in England . Also , I have heard it observed among them , that by how much the nobler a woman is , by so much the higher are her chapineys . All their gentlewomen , and most of ...
... short , seem much taller than the tallest women we have in England . Also , I have heard it observed among them , that by how much the nobler a woman is , by so much the higher are her chapineys . All their gentlewomen , and most of ...
Page 84
... short space of about a quarter of a cen- tury . We see at present the goods of these places in the shop - windows of almost every town in the kingdom , ticketed up at so much the pair ; the prices charged being in many cases much less ...
... short space of about a quarter of a cen- tury . We see at present the goods of these places in the shop - windows of almost every town in the kingdom , ticketed up at so much the pair ; the prices charged being in many cases much less ...
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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