 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1803 - 328 pages
...Mr. Swinburne, than most of his pictures make him. His dress seldom varies from a large hat, a plain grey Segovia frock, a buff waistcoat, a small dagger, black breeches, and worsted stockings. On gala days a fine suit is hung upon his shoulders ; but, as he has an eye to his afternoon's sport,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 420 pages
...Mr. Swinburne, than most of his pictures make him. His dress seldom varies from a large hat, a plain grey Segovia frock, a buff waistcoat, a small dagger, black breeches, and -worsted stockings. On gala days a fine suit is hung upon his shoulders ; but, as he has an eye to his afternoon's "sport,... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 352 pages
...the legs and thighs, and narrow in the shoulders. His dress seldom varies from a large hat, a plain grey Segovia frock, a buff waistcoat, a small dagger,...with knives, gloves, and shooting tackle. On Gala day, a fine suit is hung over his shoulders, but as he has an eye to las afternoon sport, and is a... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...sports of the field, than the splendours of the monarchy. His dress was usually a large hat, a plain grey Segovia frock, a buff waistcoat, a small dagger, black breeches, and worsted stockings. On court days, a fine suit was hung upon his shoulders ; but as he always had an eye to his afternoon's... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1855 - 882 pages
...coat, buff waistcoat, black' breeches, and worsted stockings : he wears a small dagger at his belt, and his pockets are always stuffed with knives, gloves,...suit is hung upon his shoulders, but as he has an eye to his afternoon sport, and is a great economist of time, the black breeches are worn to all coitts.... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - France - 1863 - 406 pages
...of his face was tanned copper colour by exposure to all weathers. In stature, he was rather short. " On gala days a fine suit is hung upon his shoulders, but, as he has an eye to his afternoon's sport, and is a great economist of his time, the black breeches are worn to... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - France - 1863 - 432 pages
...of his face was tanned copper colour by exposure to all weathers. In stature, he was rather short. " On gala days a fine suit is hung upon his shoulders, but, as he has an eye to his afternoon's sport, and is a great economist of his time, the black breeches are worn to... | |
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His dress seldom varies from a long hat, grey Segovian frock, a buff waistcoat, a small dagger, black breeches, and worsted stockings; his pockets are always stuffed with knives, gloves, and shooting tackle. On gala days a fine suit is hung upon his shoulders,... 