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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... "
Memoirs of the court of king Charles the first - Page 413
by Lucy Aikin - 1833
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations, Volume 1

Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1861 - 738 pages
...valued ourselves much upon our good clothes ! I came 'into the House cue morning," Monday morning, " well clad; ' and perceived a gentleman speaking ,...'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...
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Outlines of English history

Evan Daniel - 1863 - 374 pages
...appearance at this time we have an interesting description by a contemporary. Sir Philip Warwick says, "I came one morning into the House well clad, and...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...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 862 pages
...His appearÄüoe at this time was by no means prepossessing. Sir Philip Warwick describes him in ' a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an Ш country taucr ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood...
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 3

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 pages
...Musketeer of the time of James I. says Warwick, " well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking whom I know not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain...suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His hat was without a hatbaud." But no one knew better than Cromwell what was necessary to...
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Monk: Or, The Fall of the Republic and the Restoration of the ..., Volumes 1-2

Guizot (M., François) - Great Britain - 1866 - 542 pages
...— for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes ! 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...
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Kings of society; or, Leaders of social, intellectual, and religious progress

William Anderson (D.D.) - Christian biography - 1866 - 354 pages
...pencilled by Warick when Cromwell first entered parliament : — " 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...
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Great men of Great Britain

Cyclopaedia - 1866 - 432 pages
...rise, has left a curious notice of his personal anpearance. 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 rememЪег a speck or two of blood upon his...
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Leyton Hall: And Other Tales

Mark Lemon - 1867 - 306 pages
...manner of man is he?" "When I entered the House," replied Sir Philip, " I saw a gentleman was speaking, 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 was struck by a spot or two of blood upon his...
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Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 2

Charles Knight - Biography - 1867 - 548 pages
...the house well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking (whom I knew not), very ordinarily appareled; 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...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 3

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 854 pages
...Cambridge. His appearance at this time was by no means prepossessing. Sir Philip Warwick describes him in ' 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 щюп his...
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