The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts, Beginning with the Seventeenth Century, Volume 1W.H. Colyer, 1843 - Great Britain |
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... silk doublet was occa- sionally exchanged for a buff coat , reaching half - way down the thigh , with or without sleeves , and sometimes laced with gold or silver ; and the cloak in that case for a scarf , or sash of silk or satin worn ...
... silk doublet was occa- sionally exchanged for a buff coat , reaching half - way down the thigh , with or without sleeves , and sometimes laced with gold or silver ; and the cloak in that case for a scarf , or sash of silk or satin worn ...
Page 102
... silk , in which they have never succeeded ; the trees flourished , and they afford a pleasant fruit , but that is all the advantage they have ever been . During the reign of Henry VII . the enclosing of commons commenced , which has ...
... silk , in which they have never succeeded ; the trees flourished , and they afford a pleasant fruit , but that is all the advantage they have ever been . During the reign of Henry VII . the enclosing of commons commenced , which has ...
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... silk and satin , Boys , Greek and Latin , And you'll be gazetted . This is a fair account of old English country life , which has drawn forth the following verse : " Fairer suns and softer climate May in other lands be found ; But the ...
... silk and satin , Boys , Greek and Latin , And you'll be gazetted . This is a fair account of old English country life , which has drawn forth the following verse : " Fairer suns and softer climate May in other lands be found ; But the ...
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... silk , & c . , - " Copper smelting , brass manufactories , & c . , 15,000,000 3,850,000 800,000 500,000 · 450,000 300,000 500,000 750,000 66 to the colonies and foreign parts , 600,000 Tuns , 22,750,000 " Salt works , " Lime 46 Export ...
... silk , & c . , - " Copper smelting , brass manufactories , & c . , 15,000,000 3,850,000 800,000 500,000 · 450,000 300,000 500,000 750,000 66 to the colonies and foreign parts , 600,000 Tuns , 22,750,000 " Salt works , " Lime 46 Export ...
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... silk or velvet , and richly bound with lace . Before knitting , or poor Lee invented his knitting - frame , stockings used to be cut out of any sort of materials , agreeable to the means of the wearer or the season they were to be used .
... silk or velvet , and richly bound with lace . Before knitting , or poor Lee invented his knitting - frame , stockings used to be cut out of any sort of materials , agreeable to the means of the wearer or the season they were to be used .
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Page 173 - Why, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last: com'st thou to beard me in Denmark/— What, my young lady and mistress! By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven, than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.
Page 208 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 63 - It is a strange thing that, in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation: let diaries, therefore, be brought in use.
Page 110 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Page 306 - I rather think it was in his face. Much was the hurry and confusion — cloths and napkins were at hand to make all clean. His Majesty then got up and would dance with the Queen of Sheba. But he fell down and humbled himself before her, and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state...
Page 297 - Immodest words admit of no defence; For want of decency is want of sense.
Page 257 - Grouped their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that quaked at every breath...
Page 280 - Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch Upon the lute doth ravish human sense; Spenser to me, whose deep conceit is such As, passing all conceit, needs no defence. Thou lov'st to hear the sweet melodious sound That Phoebus...
Page 292 - Nation, the Scripture also affords us a divine pastoral Drama in the Song of Solomon consisting of two persons and a double Chorus, as Origen rightly judges.
Page 287 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.