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Showing 321 to 330 of 364 references, ordered by Reference number (ascending)
Reference No. 328: "“In the crowd stood Coney, Buzzford, and Longways "Some difference between him now and when he ..."
| Quotation: | “In the crowd stood Coney, Buzzford, and Longways "Some difference between him now and when he zung at the Dree Mariners," said the first. "'Tis wonderful how he could get a lady of her quality to go snacks wi' en in such quick time." "True. Yet how folk do worship fine clothes! Now there's a better-looking woman than she that nobody notices at all, because she's akin to that hontish fellow Henchard”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 247 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 329: "The Skimmington-description of the effigy of Henchard.
"The man has got on a blue coat and kerse..."
| Quotation: | The Skimmington-description of the effigy of Henchard. "The man has got on a blue coat and kerseymere leggings; he has black whiskers, and a reddish face. 'Tis a stuffed figure, with a falseface”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 258 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Coat; Leggings; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Blue |
Reference No. 330: "Effigy of Lucetta. "Her neck is uncovered, and her hair in bands, and her back-comb in place; she..."
| Quotation: | Effigy of Lucetta. "Her neck is uncovered, and her hair in bands, and her back-comb in place; she's got on a puce silk, and white stockings, and coloured shoes”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 259 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Dress; Stockings; Shoe; |
| Accessories: | Comb; |
| Colours: | Red, White |
Reference No. 331: "Lucetta sees the effigy of herself, the figure is wearing a replica of the emsemble she wore duri..."
| Quotation: | Lucetta sees the effigy of herself, the figure is wearing a replica of the emsemble she wore during the royal visit. “She’s me--she’s me--even to the parasol--my green parasol!” |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 260 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Parasol; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Green |
Reference No. 332: "Reference to a minor character (Charl) wearing a “fustian jacket” he “smoked a short pipe a..."
| Quotation: | Reference to a minor character (Charl) wearing a “fustian jacket” he “smoked a short pipe and wore straps round his knees.” (Charl is from Mixen lane/Peter’s Finger) |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 261 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Jacket; |
| Accessories: | Pipe; |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 333: "“During the day he had bought a new tool-basket, cleaned up his old hay-knife and wimble, set h..."
| Quotation: | “During the day he had bought a new tool-basket, cleaned up his old hay-knife and wimble, set himself up in fresh leggings, knee-naps, and corduroys, and in other ways gone back to the working-clothes of his young-manhood, discarding forever the shabby-genteel suit of cloth and rusty silk hat that since his decline had characterized him in the Casterbridge streets as a man who had seen better days”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 290 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Suit; Leggings; Hat; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Brown |
Reference No. 334: "“Although everything he brought necessitated carriage at his own back he had secreted among his..."
| Quotation: | “Although everything he brought necessitated carriage at his own back he had secreted among his tools a few of Elizabeth-Jane’s cast-off belongings, in the shape of gloves, shoes, a scrap of her handwriting and the like; and in his pocket he carried a curl of her hair”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 295 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Shoe; Fashion Glove; |
| Accessories: | Curl of hair; |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 335: "“Possessing no clothes but the working suit he stood in--now stained and distorted by their two..."
| Quotation: | “Possessing no clothes but the working suit he stood in--now stained and distorted by their two months of hard usage--he entered a shop to make some purchases...”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 299 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Suit; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 336: "“Henchard dusted his boots, washed his hands at the riverside, and proceeded up the town under ..."
| Quotation: | “Henchard dusted his boots, washed his hands at the riverside, and proceeded up the town under the feeble lamps”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 300 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Boots; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 337: "“It was wide open; the hall was lighted extravagantly, and people were going up and down the st..."
| Quotation: | “It was wide open; the hall was lighted extravagantly, and people were going up and down the stairs. His courage failed him; to enter, footsore, laden, and poorly dressed, into the midst of such resplendency, was to bring needless humiliation upon her he loved, if not to court repulse from her husband”. |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Page No.: | 301 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
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