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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... "
The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 377
by John Britton - 1808
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Instances of the Mutability of Fortune

Alexander Bicknell - Biography - 1791 - 546 pages
...parliament 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...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 22

1806 - 448 pages
...value ourselves much upon our good cloaths). I came one morning into the houfe well clad, and perpeived a gentleman speaking (whom I knew not) very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain suit, which seemed to have been ma.de by ftn ill country taylor; his linen was plain, and not very...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 7

John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 896 pages
...ever I took notice of him (Cromwell) was in the beginning of the Parliament held in November, l640 — I came one morning into the House well clad, (for...clothes.) and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom 1 knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suite, which seemed to have been...
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Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles the First

Sir Philip Warwick - Great Britain - 1813 - 506 pages
...courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes. I came one morning into the 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...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 3

William Harris - 1814 - 546 pages
...courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good deaths.) 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 taylor ; his linen was plain, and not very...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes. I came one morning into the 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 taylor. His linen was plain, and not very clean...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes. I came one morning into the 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 taylor. His linen was plain, and not very clean...
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The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death ...

Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes.) I came one morning into the 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 heen made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain and not very clean...
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A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I ..., Volume 3

George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 652 pages
...courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes. I came one morning into the 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,...
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Oliver Cromwell and His Times

Thomas Cromwell - Great Britain - 1822 - 616 pages
...courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes). 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 : hi* linen was plain, and not very clean...
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