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" 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... "
Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes - Page 167
by Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 610 pages
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Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Volumes 7-9

1846 - 396 pages
...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;...larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish,...
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British Costume: A Complete History of the Dress of the Inhabitants of the ...

James Robinson Planché - 1846 - 412 pages
...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...larger than his collar; his hat was without a hatband; his stature was of a good size; his sword stuck close to hi§ side." Helmets or head-pieces of the...
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Pictorial Modern History: From the Discovery of America by Columbus to the ...

John Frost - 1846 - 386 pages
...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...larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hat-band ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and...
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Costume in England: A History of Dress from the Earliest Period Till the ...

Frederick William Fairholt - 1846 - 640 pages
...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...larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side." The appearance of such men,...
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The Torch

412 pages
...very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been ill made, hy a country tailor; his linen was plain and not very clean,...larger than his collar; his hat was without a hat-band, — hia stature was of a good size, — his sword stuck close to his side, — his countenance swollen...
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The New Pictorial & Illustrated Family Magazine, Established for ..., Volume 3

1846 - 544 pages
...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...linen was plain and not very clean ; and I remember a spot or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was...
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Costume in England: A History of Dress from the Earliest Period Till the ...

Frederick William Fairholt - 1846 - 660 pages
...knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have heen made hy an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I rememher a speck or two of hlood upon his little hand, which was not much larger than his collar ;...
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Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 5-6

1846 - 910 pages
...Philip Warwick then describes him as ' a gentleman very ordinarily apparelled,' in ' a plain suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor.' His linen ' plain, and not very clean,' his ' sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reJdish,...
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History of British Costume

James Robinson Planché - 1847 - 524 pages
...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...larger than his 'collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side." Helmets or head-pieces of the...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Revised Edition, Volumes 1-2

1847 - 666 pages
...perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled; for it was a plain cloth snit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor;...which was not much larger than his collar; his hat was withont a hathand. Hisstature was of a good size; his sword stuck close to hia side; his countenance...
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