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" I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very... "
Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement to the ... - Page 109
by Oliver Cromwell - 1859
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Monk's Contemporaries: Biographic Studies on the English Revolution

François Guizot - History - 1851 - 272 pages
...apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember...his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp and untuneable, and his eloquence full of fervour; for the subject-matter...
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A History of the Dress of the British Soldier: From the Earliest Period to ...

John Luard - Military uniforms Great Britain - 1852 - 424 pages
...was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was also plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side."...
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History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Reign of Victoria

Mrs. Markham - Great Britain - 1852 - 420 pages
...ordinarily appareled ; for it was a plain suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck of blood upon his hand ; his stature was of a good size ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his...
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The Freewill Baptist Quarterly, Volume 1

Baptists - 1853 - 504 pages
...apparelled, for he wore a plain cloth suit, whichjappeared to have been made by an ill country tailor, his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember...His sword stuck close to his side. His countenance was swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervor. I sincerely...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 48

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1853 - 770 pages
...a speck or two of blood upon IUH little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His liât was without a hat-band. His stature was of a good size; his sword stuck close to his side ; hie countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untuneable, and his eloquence full of fervour....
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Memoirs of Celebrated Characters, Volume 2

Alphonse de Lamartine - Biography - 1854 - 418 pages
...been cut by some village tailor. His linen, too, was coarse and soiled. I recollect also observing a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which...his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp and untunable ; and his eloquence full of fervor, for the subject-matter...
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Memoirs of Celebrated Characters, Volume 2

Alphonse de Lamartine - Biography - 1854 - 464 pages
...have been cut by some village tailor. His linen too was coarse and soiled. I recollect also observing a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which...his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp and untunable ; and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subject-matter...
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Habits and men

John Doran - 1854 - 442 pages
...apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember...His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of good size ; his sword stuck close to his side." Altogether it is clear that Oliver was a trifle slovenly,...
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Cyclopaedia of Biography: Embracing a Series of Original Memoirs of the Most ...

Elihu Rich - 1854 - 890 pages
...ordinary, 'for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made Ъу an ill country tailor. Ни linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember...His hat was without a hat-band. His stature was of good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp...
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A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the 14th Year ...

Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1854 - 602 pages
...ordinarily appareled ; for it was a plain suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck of blood upon his band : his stature was of a good size ; his countenance swollen and reddish : his...
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