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" House 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 clean ; and I remember a speck... "
Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two ... - Page 195
by William Seward - 1795
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Letters and Speeches

Oliver Cromwell - 1873 - 314 pages
...parelled ; 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 a speck or two of blood upon ' his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. ' His hat...
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A Short History of the English People

John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1874 - 1076 pages
...apparelled, for it was a plain clothsuit, which seemed 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 band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was...
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Children of the Olden Time

Mrs. Henry S. Mackarness - Children - 1874 - 138 pages
...He wore," he says, " 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 a speck or two of blood upon his linen band, which was not much larger than his collar ; and his hat...
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The Great Triumphs of Great Men

James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 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 a speck or two ot blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was...
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A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of ...

James Robinson Planché - Clothing and dress - 1879 - 528 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 a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar: his hat was...
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Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England

Alfred Rimmer - England - 1877 - 404 pages
...ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit that seemed to have been made by a country tailor ; his linen was plain and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was...
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A Pictorial History of England

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Great Britain - 1878 - 462 pages
...ordinarily apparelled; 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. 9. " His stature was of a good size ; his countenance swollen and reddish;...
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Essays, Historical and Theological, Volume 1

James Bowling Mozley - History - 1878 - 602 pages
...speaks : — " He had 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 a speck or two of blood on his little band. His hat was without a hat-band. His stature was of a good...
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Great achievements of military men, statesmen, and others, selected by the ...

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 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 a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was...
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History of the English People, Volume 3

John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 526 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 a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was...
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