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according amongst ancient appears armour arms authority blue body called century chapter close cloth coat collar collection colours costume covered crown described doublet dress Duke early Edward effigy embroidered England English engraved fashion fastened feathers female figure French frequently front garment garter girdle gold gown green habits hair hand hanging head helmet Henry History hood hose illuminations Irish John King knights lace ladies latter lined mantle marked mentioned military neck Norman origin ornamented painted period persons piece plate points present Prince Queen quoted reign reign of Henry remarkable represented rich Richard rings robe round Royal Saxon says seal seen shape shield shoes short shoulders side silk silver sleeves sometimes steel stockings surcoat sword tion tunic velvet Vide weapons wear wore worn writers
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Page 317 - You see, Sir, my great great great grandmother has on the new-fashioned petticoat, except that the modern is gathered at the waist; my grandmother appears as if she stood in a large drum, whereas the ladies now walk as if they were in a gocart.
Page 284 - His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much 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...
Page 337 - Majesty's forces, shall, on any pretence whatsoever, wear or put on the clothes commonly called Highland Clothes (that is to say) the plaid, philebeg or little kilt, trowse, shoulder belts, or any part whatsoever of what peculiarly belongs to the highland garb; and that no tartan or party-coloured plaid or stuff shall be used for great coats, or for upper coats...
Page 360 - Englishman shall have no beard above his mouth, that is to say, that he have no hairs on his upper lip, so that the said lip be once at least shaven every fortnight, or of equal growth with the nether lip ; and if any man be found amongst the English contrary hereunto, that then it shall be lawful to every man to take them and their goods as Irish enemies, and to ransom them as Irish enemies.
Page 98 - It shall be covered with velvet red, And cloths of fine gold all about your head ; With damask white and azure blue Well diapered with lilies new.
Page 206 - the women that, like snails in a fright, had drawn in their horns, shot them out again as soon as the danger was over.
Page 329 - Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.
Page 364 - Iren. Because the commodity doth not countervail the discommodity ; for the inconveniences which thereby do arise are much more many; for it is a fit house for an outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief.
Page 147 - Fashions from proud Italy," and many imported by Queen Anne from Bohemia, infected even the menial servants. The vanity of the common people in their dress was so great, says Knighton, that it was [impossible to distinguish the rich from the poor, the high from the low, the clergy from the laity, by their appearance.
Page 206 - The women might possibly have carried this Gothic building much higher, had not a famous monk, Thomas Conecte by name, attacked it with great zeal and resolution. This holy man travelled from place to place to preach down this monstrous commode; and succeeded so well in it, that, as the magicians sacrificed their books to the flames upon the preaching of an apostle, many of the women threw down their head-dresses in the middle of the sermon, and made a bonfire of them within sight of the pulpit.
Bibliographic information
| Title | History of British costume [by J.R. Planché]. Libr. of entertaining knowledge |
| Author | James Robinson Planché |
| Published | 1834 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2006 |
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