 | Dr. Doran (John) - Clothing and dress - 1854 - 436 pages
..." The first time that I ever took notice of Oliver Cromwell," says Sir Philip Warwick, " was in the beginning of the Parliament held in November, 1640,...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... | |
 | Elihu Rich - 1854 - 890 pages
...rise, has left a carious notice of his personal appearance. His apparel, he said, was very 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 a speck or two... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Costume - 1855 - 428 pages
..." The first time that I ever took notice of Oliver Cromwell," says Sir Philip Garwick, " was in the beginning of the Parliament held in November, 1640,...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... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1856 - 448 pages
...Mr. Cromwell was in the very beginning of the Parliament held in November, when I, member for Radnor, vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman, (for...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... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 594 pages
...gentleman, for we courtiers valued onrselves much upon our good cloaths. I came into the house one morning well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom...suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and uot very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...gentleman, for Ve courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good cloaths. I came into the house one morning well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom...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... | |
 | Charles C. Savage - Biography - 1856 - 624 pages
...appearance in the house of commons at this period : " I came one morning into the house woll cl;id, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not,...suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a spot or two of blood upon his little... | |
 | Elihu Rich - Biography - 1856 - 1080 pages
...rise, has left a curions notice of his personal appearance. His apparel, he said, was very ordinary, ' 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1857 - 574 pages
...he appeared in the same house eleven years afterwards, as " a gentleman very ordinarily appareled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by aniJl country-tailor,"* — but this plain gentleman, with "his countenance' swollen and reddish, his... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 668 pages
...one morning well clad, nd perceived a gentleman speaking-, whom I knew not, very ordinarily elled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been ade by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean, nd I remember a speck or two... | |
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I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman, for we 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... 
