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... became eminent . While this work will prove useful and instructive as presenting , in the biographical sketches , a body of examples showing , how the most unpropitious circumstances have been unable to subdue an ar- dent desire for the ...
... became eminent . While this work will prove useful and instructive as presenting , in the biographical sketches , a body of examples showing , how the most unpropitious circumstances have been unable to subdue an ar- dent desire for the ...
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... became an article of refinement and lux- ury , is evident from the many other notices given ; and the Jewish ladies seem to have been very par- ticular about their sandals : thus we are told , in the Apocryphal book of Judith , although ...
... became an article of refinement and lux- ury , is evident from the many other notices given ; and the Jewish ladies seem to have been very par- ticular about their sandals : thus we are told , in the Apocryphal book of Judith , although ...
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... became ex- pensive . The making of them in all their variety , was the business of a class of men called Baxearii ; and these with the Solearii ( or makers of the sim- plest kind of sandal worn , consisting of a sole HISTORY OF BOOTS ...
... became ex- pensive . The making of them in all their variety , was the business of a class of men called Baxearii ; and these with the Solearii ( or makers of the sim- plest kind of sandal worn , consisting of a sole HISTORY OF BOOTS ...
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... became fashionable when the Normans , firmly settled in England , began to indulge in luxurious clothing . These shoes were most probably embroidered . " We are assured by the early Norman histo- rians , " says Strutt , " that the ...
... became fashionable when the Normans , firmly settled in England , began to indulge in luxurious clothing . These shoes were most probably embroidered . " We are assured by the early Norman histo- rians , " says Strutt , " that the ...
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... became fashionable among the nobility , and were generally worn by royalty all over Europe . Thus , when the tomb of Henry VI . of Sicily , who died in 1197 , was opened in the cathedral of Palermo , on the feet of the dead monarch were ...
... became fashionable among the nobility , and were generally worn by royalty all over Europe . Thus , when the tomb of Henry VI . of Sicily , who died in 1197 , was opened in the cathedral of Palermo , on the feet of the dead monarch were ...
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ancient ancient Egypt ankle appear beautiful became Bloomfield boot or shoe boots and shoes British 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
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Page 207 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, ' To-morrow is Saint Crispian ; ' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say, ' These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 14 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 115 - Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But, O she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter Day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 207 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Page 207 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by From this day to the ending of the world But we in it shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition...
Page 18 - This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is...
Page 131 - I counted the perspiratory pores on the palm of the hand, and found 3,528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand, there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73£ feet.
Page 188 - ... despite of the flippant remark of Lord Orford,) were, for the most part, as completely out of my reach, as a crown and sceptre. There was indeed a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl: for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it, to a great extent...
Page 190 - I still preserve the original paper ; its title was not very magnificent, though it exceeded the most sanguine wishes of my heart; it ran thus, "A subscription for purchasing the remainder of the time of William Gifford, and for enabling him to improve himself in writing and English grammar.
Page 15 - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.