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...on his breeches. The shirt was adorned with a cameo in white and blue. The coat, cinnamon-colored, was a treasure to carica- turists by reason of its ... ...he leg above a pair of tight trousers, and creaked as he walked. Above his coat he wore a spencer, an aristocratic garment adopted by the Clichiens an... ...orresponding with the nation’s enemies, and delivered them to the national guards who took them to prison, the crowd shouted, “Now for the Cinq-Cygnes... ...block. Come,” he said to Marthe, “come, wife, put on your shoes, take your coat, and 32 An Historical Mystery let us be off! No questions—I go with y... ...both the man and his period. He always wore one of those nut-colored great-coats with small collars which the Duc d’Orleans made the fashion after his... ...f medium height, and very well made, he still wore the old-fashioned black coat, silver shoe- buckles, breeches, black silk stockings, and a black wai... ...ed nose as by his words. The Provencal noticed, not without fear, that the guards were no longer present; he and Corentin were alone with the family ....

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... 10 On the Eve that people look at them admiringly. He wore a loose white coat, made like a blouse, a blue kerchief wrapped his slender throat, and a... ... the very pose of his hands, of his body, tightly clothed in a short black coat, and of his long legs with their knees raised, like the hind-legs of a... ...emyevitch entered the School of Cadets at sixteen, and left to go into the Guards. He was a handsome, well-made fellow, and reckoned almost the most d... ...between his thin, hard, over-defined lips. He was in a rather old but tidy coat, buttoned up to the throat. ‘Why did you leave your old lodging?’ Bers... ... not common in Russia; and, when he was left alone, carefully took off his coat, and set to work upon sorting his papers. 39 Turgenev VIII ON THE EVE... ...money and through what office. Uvar Ivanovitch wore a loose snuff-coloured coat and a white neckcloth, used to eat often and much, and in mo- ments of... ...made his appearance. XXII NO ONE IN THE HOUSE of the retired lieutenant of guards, Stahov, had ever seen him so sour, and at the same time so self-con...

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...engine, and advancing very softly to my face, one of them, an officer in the guards, put the sharp end of his half pike a good way up into my left nos... ... march the remaining part of the day, and, rested at night with five hundred guards on each side of me, half with torches, and half with bows and arro... ...d inhabitants came out of the town upon the same errand; and, in spite of my guards, I believe there could not be fewer than ten thousand at several t... ...es into my reach. I took them all in my right hand, put five of them into my coat pocket; and as to the sixth, I made a countenance as if I would eat ... ...d lastly, that the emperor’s horses, and those of the nobility and troops of guards, should be frequently ex ercised in my sight, to accustom themsel... ...t upon them.” I took up the two officers in my hands, put them first into my coat pockets, and then into every other pocket about me, except my two fo... ...ted into English, and is, word for word, as follows: “Imprimis, In the right coat pocket of the great man mountain” (for so I interpret the words qu... ...ravels – Swift 23 sneezing for several times together. In his right waist coat pocket we found a prodigious bundle of white thin substances, folded... ...or was very curious to see, and commanded two of his tallest yeo men of the guards to bear it on a pole upon their shoul ders, as draymen in England...

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...a Don Quixote of eighteen; a Don Quixote without his corselet, without his coat of mail, without his cuisses; a Don Quixote clothed in a wooden double... ...taches, clanking their swords, and taking great plea- sure in annoying the Guards of the cardinal whenever they could fall in with them; then drawing ... ...t, his niece; while others formed parties and plans to annoy the pages and guards of the cardinal duke—all things which appeared to D’Artagnan monstro... ... told me that he should henceforth recruit his Muske- teers from among the Guards of Monsieur the Cardinal.” “The Guards of the cardinal! And why so?”... ...ye, had made a riot in the Rue Ferou in a cabaret, and that a party of his Guards (I thought he was going to laugh in my face) had been forced to arre... ...rossways; and above all, I will not have occasion given for the cardinal’s Guards, who are brave, quiet, skillful men who never put themselves in a po... ...plied D’Artagnan; “but it seems to me that you are tolerably familiar with coats of arms—a certain embroidered handkerchief, for instance, to which I ... ...ve not a penny about me.” “You forget that beautiful handkerchief with the coat of arms.” “Which?” “That which I found at your feet, and replaced in y... ...a surtout of gray-pearl velvet, fastened with diamond clasps, and a petti- coat of blue satin, embroidered with silver. On her left shoul- der sparkle...

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...next day. I send with him my heaviest fur, which I suppose with such over- coats as you may have with you will keep you from freezing on the road.” Su... ...d, in a trav- elling costume of long boots, big sheep-skin cap and a short coat girt with a leather belt, the Mr. V.S. (of noble extraction), a man of... ...ool when he muffled me up next morning in an enormous bear-skin travelling-coat and took his seat protectively by my side. The sledge was a very small... ...was a young fellow with clear blue eyes; the high collar of his livery fur coat framed his cheery countenance and stood all round level with the top o... ...ho died of cholera. It was certainly a young man in a dark blue, tail-less coat and huge Cossack trousers, that being the livery of the men about the ... ...uple of years later, in memory of her eldest brother who had served in the Guards and dying early left hosts of friends and a loved memory in the grea...

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...with light, and every- where, flitting and flashing, were to be seen black coats— even as on a hot summer’s day flies revolve around a sugar loaf whil... ...t. For comeliness of exterior they care not a rap, and there- fore a dress coat sits less easily on their figures than is the case with figures of lea... ...ake no reply, but, approaching, brush in hand, the spot where his master’s coat would be pen- dent, or starting to arrange one and another article in ... ...“This is the Temple of Solitary Thought.” Lower down the slope lay a green-coated pond—green- coated ponds constitute a frequent spectacle in the gar-... ...ourtyard of the mansion he caught sight of his host (clad in a green frock coat) standing on the verandah and pressing one hand to his eyes to shield ... ...you find such a workman. What a strong fellow he was! He had served in the Guards, and the Lord only knows what they had given for him, seeing that he... ...robka Stepan, carpen- ter, very sober. ’ That must be the hero of whom the Guards would have been so glad to get hold. How well I can imagine him tram...

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...ame up, Presley reached down into the pouches of the sun-bleached shooting coat he wore and drew out and handed him the packet of letters and papers. ... ...a small man, somewhat stout, with a smooth and shiny face. He wore a frock coat that was rather dirty, slippers, and an old yacht- ing cap of blue clo... ...is po- 36 The Octopus sition and, drawing from the pocket of his shooting coat his little tree-calf edition of the Odyssey, read far into the twenty-... ...m of bays up to the steps of the porch, and Harran, putting on a different coat and a black hat, took himself off to Guadalajara. The morning was fine... ...ront of his ears. He wore a top-hat of grey, with a wide brim, and a frock coat, and carried a cane with a yellowed ivory head. As a young man it had ... ...it in pa- tience, to attempt no more violence. He informed them that armed guards of the League were, at that moment, patrolling Los Muertos, Broderso...

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... striding over the dark bough. He went to the back kitchen to take off his coat. 5 D. H. Lawrence “Set it now, Father. Set it now,” clamoured the gir... ... of the brilliant light of the middle room. Aaron Sisson had taken off his coat and waistcoat and his cap. He stood bare-headed in his shirt and brace... ...eld it erect by the topmost twig. He felt the cold as he stood in the yard coatless, and he twitched his shoulders. “Isn’t it a beauty!” repeated Mill... ...little doc- tor seemed to evaporate. The landlady helped Aaron on with his coat. She saw the curious whiteness round his nostrils and his eyes, the fi... ... cap. He was in uni- form. He was one of the few surviving officers of the Guards, a man of about forty-five, good-looking, getting rather stout. He s... ..., why not remain it? Why, I’ll tell you what Battenberg did. He was in the Guards, too—” The talk flowed on: about royalty and the Guards, Buckingham ... ...nd he took my hand. We weren’t much for showing feeling or anything in the guards. But he took my hand. And we climbed out to charge—Poor fellow, he w... ...—and I got the pins, you know, ready to pin him up properly, for the Scots Guards to bury him. And I thought he’d be stiff, you see. But when I took h... ...ummon his bodyguard. But bodyguards are no longer forth- coming, and train-guards are far from satisfactory. The fat man sat on, with a sneer-grin, ve...

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...ad. For, in the Veneering establishment, from the hall-chairs with the new coat of arms, to the grand pianoforte with the new action, and upstairs aga... ...ts included, at one time. His black hat was brown before he could afford a coat, his pantaloons were white at the seams and knees before he could buy ... ...urning, coming comically ambling towards the corner, dressed in a pea over-coat, and carrying a large stick. He wore thick shoes, and thick leather ga... ...ict morality, as he halts in his gait; for, they suggest the delights of a coat of invisibility in which to walk off safely with the precious stones a... ...tate of great confusion, by falling a victim to the fury of the praetorian guards. ‘Morning, morning, morning!’ said Mr Boffin, with a wave of his han... ...tructed his driver to charge at the Pub- lic in the streets, like the Life-Guards at Waterloo, is driven furiously to Duke Street, Saint James’s. Ther... ... dressed that if he had only been of life-size his brother-officers in the Guards might never have found him 325 Charles Dickens out. Bearing these g... ...al, the gallant steed, the Noah’s ark, yellow bird, and the officer in the Guards, were made as welcome as their child-owner. But the doctor said asid... ... Noah’s ark, the noble steed, and the yellow bird; with the officer in the Guards doing duty over the whole, quite as much to the satisfaction of his ...

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... Her Majesty’s mails, who issued from his cabin in his long swallow-tailed coat with anchor buttons; his sabre clattering between his legs; a magnific... ...n, though the fact is, we did not see the mosaic-work:the sacris- tan, who guards it, was yet in bed; and it was veiled from our 12 Notes on a Journe... ...and amidst the aloes and geraniums sprouts the green petticoat and scarlet coat of a Highlander. Fatigue-parties are seen winding up the hill, and bus... ...continued an unabated whistling, and as nobody would dance, pulled off his coat, produced a pair of castanets, and whistling a mazurka, performed it w... ... you don’t suppose that they are all faultless beauties, or that the men’s coats have no rags, and the women’s gowns are made of silk and velvet:the w... ... with her son, a young Aga of six years of age, dressed in a braided frock-coat, with a huge tassel to his fez, exceeding fat, and of a most solemn de... ... reality. Most of the marble is wood, almost all the gilding is faded, the guards are shabby, the foolish perspectives painted on the walls are half c... ...t here and there, their chains clinking quite cheerfully; and they and the guards and officials came up chatting quite friendly together, and gazed la... ...taking out a pis- tol, he shot the woman in the midst of the crowd and the guards who were attending the execution; was seized of course by the latter...

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...g, and Aurelia go- ing down the middle with a young gentleman in a scarlet coat. Poor little Robert Rowe was too bashful to find a part- ner, though h... ...wenty years of age, in a laced scarlet uniform, as I think, of the Dragoon Guards, and with a little powder, but not enough to disguise that his hair ... ...n up at least two hours. Aurelia led forward little Eugene in a tailed red coat, long-breasted buff waistcoat, buff tights and knit- ted stockings, wi... ...n thus! What a hoyden he will think you!” as the hoofs went on and the red coat vanished. “He! Who? Not the farmer?” said Aurelia. “This is not laid u... ...my present trim? Besides, I believe it was only young Dick Jewel in a cast coat of Squire Humphrey’s.” The charm of the cowslip gathering was broken. ... ...y?” he concluded, ruefully surveying the dainty little stockings and shoes coated with black mud. But before the buckled shoon had been scraped, or th... ...nkness and simplicity of the boy had not been lost, captain in the dragoon guards as he was, thanks to interest, though he had scarcely yet joined his...

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...e; now and then casting a sidelong look at a man wrapped in a loose riding coat with huge cuffs orna mented with tarnished silver lace and large meta... ...th his large boots (resembling in shape and fashion those worn by our Life Guardsmen at the present day), showed indisputable traces of the bad condi ... ... man wore at the knees of his rusty black breeches, and on his rusty black coat, and all down his long flapped waistcoat, little queer but tons like ... ...y about to tell his story without further solicitation, gathered his large coat about him, and shrink ing further back was almost lost in the gloom o... ...me out, for he has felt your spurs, poor beast.’ The stranger adjusted his coat collar about his face, and made no answer. ‘Y ou’ll know me again, I s... ...ess you!’ with a fervour that was quite affecting; and John, beckoning his guards to go before, bowed himself out of the room, and left him to his res... ... young lady by deputy,—not if he was minded night and day by all the Horse Guards, and every man of ‘em in the very fullest uniform.’ Mr Tappertit sto... ...g some stray constables. But, it being whispered that a detachment of Life Guards had been sent for, they took to their heels with great expedition, a... ...floated by degrees into the open street, where a large de tachment of the Guards, both horse and foot, came hurry ing up; clearing the ground before...

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...ungest. The magnificent individual alluded to wore a maroon-coloured dress-coat, with a velvet collar and cuffs of the same tint—very like that which ... ...ho now appeared for the first time, in a revived 10 Sketches by Boz black coat of his master’s. ‘Oh! Mr. Calton, will you lead Mrs. Maplesone?—Thank ... ...ur later on sabbath. Tibbs enrobed himself in his Sunday cos- tume—a black coat, and exceedingly short, thin trou- sers; with a very large white waist... ...is partickerlerly well done,’ suggested Mrs. Bloss. ‘In their shaggy white coats, they look just like Polar bears—don’t you think they do, Mr. Evenson... ...ish, and the most retiring man in the world. He usually wore a brown frock-coat without a wrinkle, light inexplicables without a spot, a neat neckerch... ...d insensibly into an an- ticipation of those days to come, when mail-coach guards shall no longer be judges of horse-flesh—when a mail- coach guard sh...

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...th thy blessings steel my lance’s point, That it may enter Mowbray’s waxen coat, And furbish new the name of John a Gaunt, Even in the lusty havior of... ...To help him to his grave immediately! The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers for these Irish wars. Come, gentlemen, let’s all... ...my parks and fell’d my forest woods, From my own windows torn my household coat, Razed out my imprese, leaving me no sign, Save men’s opinions and my ... ...orious angel: then, if angels fight, Weak men must fall, for heaven still guards the right. [Enter EARL OF SALISBURY .] Welcome, my lord: how far off...

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...toons of infinite capacity and gen- erous gape. Most of the men wore frock-coats and top-hats— the things that we in India put on at a wedding-break-f... ...nough to travel with a policeman in a tram-car, and, while he arranges his coat-tails as he sits down, to catch sight of a loaded revolver. It is enou... ...kamas, where we might per-chance find what we desired. And California, his coat-tails flying in the wind, ran to a livery-stable and chartered a wagon... ...cle Sam. And that’s just where it is. But you was talking about your Horse Guards now?” 42 American Notes I explained briefly some peculiarities of e...

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...heir most succulent stores; he was served by the gravest waiters, in dress coats, and shoes with swan-skin soles, who proffered the viands in special ... ... wardrobe was amply supplied and in the best taste. Each pair of trousers, coat, and vest bore a number, indicating the time of year and season at whi... ...oses a touching confidence in the honesty of the public. There are neither guards nor gratings to protect its treasures; gold, silver, banknotes are f... ...nd covered with a light muslin robe, betrayed the outline of her form. The guards who followed the young woman presented a violent contrast to her, ar... ...goda of Pillaji loomed distinctly. Much to the guide’s disappointment, the guards of the rajah, lighted by torches, were watching at the doors and mar... ...whispered colloquy. “It is only eight now,” said the brigadier, “and these guards may also go to sleep.” “It is not impossible,” returned the Parsee. ... ...and anon left them to take an observation on the edge of the wood, but the guards watched steadily by the glare of the torches, and a dim light crept ... ...aring guns; the Mikado’s guards, enveloped in silken doubles, hauberks and coats of mail; and numbers of military folk of all ranks—for the mili- tary... ... ere long Passepartout issued from his shop accoutred in an old Japa- nese coat, and a sort of one-sided turban, faded with long use. A few small piec...

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...e spot, and with his hand as it had fallen when he dropped it on his black coat. Her heart melted, I suppose (indeed she hath since owned as much), at... ...y; Jack Churchill, Frank Esmond’s lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Foot-guards, getting the company which Esmond vacated, when he left the Court an... ...ood birth and lineage thought a royal blot was an ornament to their family coat. Frank Esmond retired in the sulks, first to Tangier, whence he return... ...s said to have Royal jewels of great value; whereas poor Tom Esmond’s last coat but one was in pawn. My lord had at this time a fine house in Lincoln’... ...his exercise, in which the lad became a very great proficient), a military coat and cloak, and a farmer’s smock, and placed them in the large hole ove... ... sir, if you please. When you address a gentle- man of his Majesty’s Horse Guards, be pleased not to be so familiar.” “I didn’t know, sir,” said the l... ...t, I wish Joseph Addison was here!” Though the troopers of the King’s Life-Guards were all gentlemen, yet the rest of the gentlemen seemed ignorant an... ... old friend Dick the Scholar, who had got promotion, and was Cornet of the Guards, and had wrote a book called the “Chris- tian Hero,” and had all the... ...uards, and had wrote a book called the “Chris- tian Hero,” and had all the Guards to laugh at him for his pains, for the Christian Hero was breaking t...

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...ng daily before our eyes, and are interesting from their novelty. Thus the coat-of-mail of our ancestors, and the triple-furred pelisse of our modern ... ...throbbed un- der the steel corselet of the fifteenth century, the brocaded coat of the eighteenth, or the blue frock and white dimity waistcoat of the... ... the costume with an embroidered waistcoat of purple velvet or silk, and a coat of whatever colour he pleases.] Upon these passions it is no doubt tru... ...ith those of Bradshawe the regicide, they had quartered with the an- cient coat of Waverley. These offences, however, had vanished from Sir Everard’s ... ...here he narrowly missed surpris- ing our young hero as he went through the guards of the broadsword with the ancient weapon of old Sir Hildebrand, whi... ...stance. On the road between Preston and London he made his escape from his guards; but being afterwards found loitering near the place where they had ... ... rigidity of stature, he bore some re- semblance to a Swiss officer of the guards, who had resided some time at Paris, and caught the costume, but not... ... the occasional discharge of can- non-shot from the Castle at the Highland guards as they were withdrawn from its vicinity to join their main body, Ca... ...camp, upon an eminence near the house of T ully-V eolan, and placed proper guards at the passes in the vicinity. This unwelcome news reached Donald Be...

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...s pocket every twenty fifth of December!’ said Scrooge, buttoning his great coat to the chin. ‘But I suppose you must have the whole day. Be here all... ...s of his white comforter dan gling below his waist (for he boasted no great coat), went down a slide on Cornhill, at the end of a lane of boys, twent... ...p in a suspicious attitude against the wall. Lumber room as usual. Old fire guards, old shoes, two fish baskets, washing stand on three legs, and a p... ... and boots; the tassels on the latter bris tling, like his pigtail, and his coat skirts, and the hair upon his head. The chain he drew was clasped a... ...g him, and looking through his waistcoat, could see the two but tons on his coat behind. Scrooge had often heard it said that Marley had no bow els,... ...fraid, woman; who’s the wiser. We’re not going to pick holes in each other’s coats, I suppose.’ ‘No, indeed.’ said Mrs Dilber and the man together. ‘W...

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...of lesser chantries and Saints. Aye, and I crossed the sea to see the holy coat of Treves, and St. Ursula’s eleven thousand skulls—and a gruesome sigh... ...rode a stout mule, and was attended by two sturdy varlets—quite sufficient guards for pilgrims, who were not supposed to carry any valuables. Grisell ... ...of people of all kinds, for no less than six hundred stout yeomen wore red coats and the bear and ragged staff. Grisell would fain have clung to her g... ...most peremptory of voices, ruled over the castle, ordered the men on their guards and at the stables, and the cook, scullions, and other servants, but... ...ink more of velvet and broidery than of lances and swords. Forsooth, their coats-of-arms are good to wear on silk robes instead of helm and shield; an... ...n, and there was a good deal of tailoring of a rough sort at jerkins, buff coats, and sword belts, not by any means the gentle work of embroidering pe... ...toiling with aching fingers at the repairs of her father’s greasy old buff coat. “Such things are, as Robin well says, for noble demoiselles with fair... ... which was more to her than all the rest, for he was among the knights and guards waiting at the Cour des Princes to receive the bride when the final ... ... when Leonard Copeland came one evening to supper. He was lodged among the guards of the Duke in the palace, and had much less time at his disposal th...