The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 19T. Boys, 1826 |
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... lord , esquire , gentleman , or other person , should use or wear any shoes or boots having pikes passing the length of two inches , upon pain of forfeiting to the king , for every default , three shillings and four pence . " The rage ...
... lord , esquire , gentleman , or other person , should use or wear any shoes or boots having pikes passing the length of two inches , upon pain of forfeiting to the king , for every default , three shillings and four pence . " The rage ...
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... lords of the bed - chamber began clapping his hands . The company took the hint , and relieved themselves by joining in a general plaudit , which the band grate- fully acknowledged , and the good old king seemed highly pleased , without ...
... lords of the bed - chamber began clapping his hands . The company took the hint , and relieved themselves by joining in a general plaudit , which the band grate- fully acknowledged , and the good old king seemed highly pleased , without ...
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... Lord Burleigh , Chancellor of the University , dated from my house in the Strand this seventhe of May , 1588 , " against excess of apparel , and containing some curious orders , which he required to be observed . The first of these ...
... Lord Burleigh , Chancellor of the University , dated from my house in the Strand this seventhe of May , 1588 , " against excess of apparel , and containing some curious orders , which he required to be observed . The first of these ...
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... Lord Chancellor . Coaches were introduced into England from France , by Henry Fitzalan , the last Earl of Arundel of that name . At first , they were only drawn by two horses . It was the favourite of James I. , Buckingham , who , about ...
... Lord Chancellor . Coaches were introduced into England from France , by Henry Fitzalan , the last Earl of Arundel of that name . At first , they were only drawn by two horses . It was the favourite of James I. , Buckingham , who , about ...
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... Lords on the subject of the silk trade , the prevalent taste of English ladies for foreign fashions was rather curiously discovered . A London manu- facturer being asked if many French goods did not find their way into this country ...
... Lords on the subject of the silk trade , the prevalent taste of English ladies for foreign fashions was rather curiously discovered . A London manu- facturer being asked if many French goods did not find their way into this country ...
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