The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 19T. Boys, 1826 - Anecdotes |
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... English costume soon be- came that of loose and large white garments , with broad guards ( or borders ) of various colours , like the Lombards ; and a short time before the conquest , they wore coats to the mid - knee , head shorn ...
... English costume soon be- came that of loose and large white garments , with broad guards ( or borders ) of various colours , like the Lombards ; and a short time before the conquest , they wore coats to the mid - knee , head shorn ...
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... English females . In doing this , they went great lengths indeed ; for they not only elevated their heads by an artificial dress of extraordinary height , but they stepped into shoes , the heels of which raised them , at least , six ...
... English females . In doing this , they went great lengths indeed ; for they not only elevated their heads by an artificial dress of extraordinary height , but they stepped into shoes , the heels of which raised them , at least , six ...
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... English ladies the rheumatism ; besides , they had been informed that English females were not so delicately formed as themselves , and therefore must feel considerable reluctance in adopt- ing such an article of dress . The French ...
... English ladies the rheumatism ; besides , they had been informed that English females were not so delicately formed as themselves , and therefore must feel considerable reluctance in adopt- ing such an article of dress . The French ...
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... ENGLISH AND SCOTS . The monk of Malmesbury , in his Life of Edward the Second , complains that such was the pride of dress , that the squire endeavoured to outshine the knight in the richness of his apparel ; the knight the baron , the ...
... ENGLISH AND SCOTS . The monk of Malmesbury , in his Life of Edward the Second , complains that such was the pride of dress , that the squire endeavoured to outshine the knight in the richness of his apparel ; the knight the baron , the ...
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... English imported most of their luxuries and follies . Aubanus , in his Manners , Laws , and Customs of all Nations , " speaking of the French , says , " Their fashion in their apparel and shoes be much altered in our age ; for ( saith ...
... English imported most of their luxuries and follies . Aubanus , in his Manners , Laws , and Customs of all Nations , " speaking of the French , says , " Their fashion in their apparel and shoes be much altered in our age ; for ( saith ...
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