 | William Harris - Great Britain - 1762 - 544 pages
...cloaths.) I came into the houfe one morning * well clad, and perceived a gentleman fpeaking(whom ' I knew not) very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was ' a plain cloth fuit ; which feemed to have been made * by an ill country taylor ; his linen was plain, and ' not very... | |
 | William Harris - Great Britain - 1762 - 564 pages
...good cloaths.) I came into the houfe one morning well clad, and perceived a gentleman fpeakin^(whom I knew not) very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth fuit ; which fcemed to have been made by an ill country taylor ; his linen was plain, and not very... | |
 | Mark Noble - 1784 - 516 pages
...appareled, for it ' was a plain cloth fuite, which feemed to have been * made by an ill country taylor ; his linen was plain, ' and not very clean ; and I remember a fpeck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much * larger than his collar ; his hat was... | |
 | Alexander Bicknell - Biography - 1791 - 546 pages
...held in November 1640. I came one morning into the Houfe, and perceived a gentleman fpeaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled; for it was a plain cloth fuit, which feemed to be made by an ill country taylor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1795 - 704 pages
...parelled ; for it-was a plain cloth fuit, wWch " feemed to have been made by an ill country taylor. " His linen was plain, and not very clean, and I " remember a fpeck or two of blood upon his " little band, which was not much larger, than his fi collar : his hat... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 560 pages
...parelled; for it was a plain cloth fuit, which " feemed to have been made by an ill country taylor. " His linen was plain, and not very clean, and I " remember a fpeck or two of blood upon his " little band, which was not much larger than his ** collar : his hat... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1807 - 784 pages
...good cloaths) I came one morning inu> the house well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking (whom 1 knew not) very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, whirs seemed to have been made by an ill country taylor; his linen was plain, and" not тегу clean;... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...(for we courtiers valued ourselves much on our good clothes,) and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suite, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tavlor: his linen was plain, and not very clean... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...(for we courtiers valued ourselves much on our good clothes,) and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suite, which seemed to have been made by an ill country taylor: his linen was plain, and not very clean... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1813 - 778 pages
...apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which senned to have been made by an ill country-tailor; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little bund, which was not much larger than his collar; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of... | |
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I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman (for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes). Icame into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled; for it was... 
