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Page 37
... Soon after , a courtier , whose name was Robert , improved upon the first idea , by fil- ling the vacant part of the shoe with tow , and twisting it round in the shape of a ram's horn ; this ridiculous fashion excited much admiration ...
... Soon after , a courtier , whose name was Robert , improved upon the first idea , by fil- ling the vacant part of the shoe with tow , and twisting it round in the shape of a ram's horn ; this ridiculous fashion excited much admiration ...
Page 52
... stocks , but these wedges , like merciful justi- ces , upon complaint , soon do ease and deliver them . If the eye turns to the cut - to the cut of the sole , 66 2 3 12 13 Pl . 3 . with the 52 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
... stocks , but these wedges , like merciful justi- ces , upon complaint , soon do ease and deliver them . If the eye turns to the cut - to the cut of the sole , 66 2 3 12 13 Pl . 3 . with the 52 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
Page 102
... soon nature ex- pels it herself . -- Some balsams and tinctures have been much spoken of by the older writers on the different ex- crescences , but modern practice has very judicious- ly excluded them , from their insufficiency to pro ...
... soon nature ex- pels it herself . -- Some balsams and tinctures have been much spoken of by the older writers on the different ex- crescences , but modern practice has very judicious- ly excluded them , from their insufficiency to pro ...
Page 115
... soon draw in again . " It is the exquisite intimation of the lively char- acter of the inward spirit , shown in the active movements of the feet , which Sir John Suckling has imitated in his ballad of the Wedding : - " Her feet beneath ...
... soon draw in again . " It is the exquisite intimation of the lively char- acter of the inward spirit , shown in the active movements of the feet , which Sir John Suckling has imitated in his ballad of the Wedding : - " Her feet beneath ...
Page 116
... soon wearing out , and many oth- er little annoyances , have all been experienced as bores by thousands who have worn that kind of boot . About ten years since I first thought of an elas- tic boot , that might possibly remedy in a great ...
... soon wearing out , and many oth- er little annoyances , have all been experienced as bores by thousands who have worn that kind of boot . About ten years since I first thought of an elas- tic boot , that might possibly remedy in a great ...
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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