Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 376
ter of broad shoes. For a time the old fashionof the long-tongued belt came in, and we seeinstances of such belts being worn with the tonguereaching nearly to the feet, tipped with a metalornament. Not until night did these ladies discard theirwinged head erections; not until the streets weredark,… … RICHARD THE THIRD 221 barbers poles shone but dimly, and the tailors nolonger sat, cross-legged, on the benches in theirshop-fronts—then might my lady uncover her headand talk, in company with my lord, over thestrange new stories of Prester John and of theWandering Jew ; then, at her proper time,…
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