...trunk-hose; he was able to convince the judge to the contrary, however, by producing the following: "A pair of sheets, two table-cloths, ten napkins, four shirts, a brush, a glass, a comb, and a nightcap ! " l These trunk-hose were expensive. "They were made of silk, velvet, satin, damask,...

...wearing bags stuffed in their breeches, but one man escaped by showing that all he had to distend his was a pair of sheets, two table-cloths, ten napkins, four shirts, a brush, a comb, and a nightcap."42 So arithmetic grew voluminous till they embraced simple and compound interest,...

...them that the stuffing was not composed of any prohibited article, inasmuch as it consisted merely of a pair of sheets, two tablecloths, ten napkins, four shirts, a brush, a glass, a comb and a nightcap ! The Hat has a brim turned up only on one side ; it is the latest fashion in the crown,...

...who proved that he had used no one of the cloths named in the law, by showing that he used, instead, a pair of sheets, two tablecloths, ten napkins, four shirts, a brush, a glass, a comb, night-caps, &c. &c. Sometimes a fashion originates in the effort to hide some deformity. Thus the long...

...person charged with violating this regulation, asserts in self-defence, that his own contained merely a pair of sheets, two table-cloths, ten napkins, four shirts, a brush, a comb, a glass, and a night-cap. It only remains to be added, that the dimensions of the trunk-bo«:...