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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... rank of the wearer . Thus the toga worn by generals when they entered Rome in triumph , was a tissue of purple and em- bossed gold , with an embroidery of palm leaves ; and that used by the knights at their general review , in the ides ...
... rank of the wearer . Thus the toga worn by generals when they entered Rome in triumph , was a tissue of purple and em- bossed gold , with an embroidery of palm leaves ; and that used by the knights at their general review , in the ides ...
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... rank of a plebian , to appear without it ; and in foreign countries it was worn as a distinction . Indeed , so much im- portance did the Romans attach to it , that exiles were deprived of the right to wear it during the term of their ...
... rank of a plebian , to appear without it ; and in foreign countries it was worn as a distinction . Indeed , so much im- portance did the Romans attach to it , that exiles were deprived of the right to wear it during the term of their ...
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... ranks , no longer existed ; but richness of apparel distinguished the great from the little , and a kind of contention for elegance , as well as splendour , continued until the time of the Normans . From the Norman conquest to the ...
... ranks , no longer existed ; but richness of apparel distinguished the great from the little , and a kind of contention for elegance , as well as splendour , continued until the time of the Normans . From the Norman conquest to the ...
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... rank ; and the Spaniards have often made the loss of honour consist in that of their whiskers . The Portugueze were not the least behind them in this respect . In the reign of Catherine , Queen of Portugal , the brave John de Castro had ...
... rank ; and the Spaniards have often made the loss of honour consist in that of their whiskers . The Portugueze were not the least behind them in this respect . In the reign of Catherine , Queen of Portugal , the brave John de Castro had ...
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... rank , as the short doublets had ever been . " The commons , " says the Eulogium , were be- sotted in excess of apparel ; going some in wid surcoats , reaching to their loyns ; some in a garmen reaching to their heels , close before ...
... rank , as the short doublets had ever been . " The commons , " says the Eulogium , were be- sotted in excess of apparel ; going some in wid surcoats , reaching to their loyns ; some in a garmen reaching to their heels , close before ...
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