Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 274
heels. Thus the Old English Gentleman went about, as daintily and delicatelyattired as a modern English lady. Now, umbrellas were not in use in the days of QueenElizabeth, whereas showers were just as common as they are now, and the streets weremuch dustier in dry, and much muddier in wet weather,… … 24G TAXES ON RESrECTABILIlT. was dofentled hy a dripstone; but the Old Englisli Gentleman had no such protection.Conceive the state of his chausmre when, with his yellow boots on, he encountered apuddle, or fancy him splashed up to the ears by a passing waggon. There was no cab forhim to call, or…
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