 They put on pieces of leather (such as is worn by footmen when they clean knives) to save their lace ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with...  The Monthly Review - Page 77edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pages
...they clean the knives) to save their laced ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to e of Robert Tibia, trencherman of the archbishop. Osbert and Algar, two of the servants, see flower* and ribbons; masks to conceal theirctnotions when they played at quinze. Each gamester had... | |
 | John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 pages
...they clean the knives) to save their laced ruffles ; and to gnard their eyes from the light and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw...brims, and adorned with flowers and ribbons; masks toconceal their emotions when they played atquinze. Each gamester had a small neat stand by him, to... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1859 - 576 pages
...inside outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their lace ruffles; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with flowers... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1859 - 582 pages
...inside outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their lace ruffles; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with flowers... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1859 - 578 pages
...inside outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their lace ruffles; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with flowers... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 338 pages
...inside outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as are worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their lace ruffles ; and to guard...broad brims, and adorned with flowers and ribbons ; and masks to conceal their emotions when they played at quinze. Each gamester had a small, neat stand... | |
 | John Timbs - 1864 - 378 pages
...outward, for luck. They put on pieces of leather, (such as are worn by footmen, when they clean their knives,) to save their lace ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, they wore high-crowned straw hats, with broad brims, adorned with flowers... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - 1865 - 748 pages
...outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as are worn by footmen when they clean their knives) to save their lace ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling (heir hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with flowers... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...they clean the knives) to save their laced ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore highcrowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with flowerssmd ribbons ; masks to conceal their emotions when played at quinz. Each gamester had a small... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - 424 pages
...rouleau; and generally there was £10,000 in specie on the table. Lord Holland had paid above £20,000 for his two sons. Nor were the manners of the. gamesters,...ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with flowers... | |
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