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Showing 341 to 350 of 364 references, ordered by Reference number (ascending)
Reference No. 351: ""This time it was a short small personage, of fair complexion, and dressed in a decent suit of da..."
| Quotation: | "This time it was a short small personage, of fair complexion, and dressed in a decent suit of dark clothes." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Three Strangers |
| Page No.: | 14 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Suit; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 352: ""I will sir- I will- when I've got my staff...But I can't do nothing without my staff-can I Willi..."
| Quotation: | "I will sir- I will- when I've got my staff...But I can't do nothing without my staff-can I William, and John, and Charles Jake? No - for there's the king's royal crown a painted on en yaller and gold, and the lion and the unicorn, so as when I raise en up and hit my prisoner 'tis made a lawful blow thereby." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Three Strangers |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | Police Staff; |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 353: ""Two men, in boat-cloaks, cocked hats, and swords, stood by the hurdles about twenty yards off.""
| Quotation: | "Two men, in boat-cloaks, cocked hats, and swords, stood by the hurdles about twenty yards off." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four |
| Page No.: | 26 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Cloak; Sword; Hat; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 354: ""There was his bullet head, his short neck,his round yaller cheeks and chin, his gloomy face, and..."
| Quotation: | "There was his bullet head, his short neck,his round yaller cheeks and chin, his gloomy face, and his great glowing eyes. He took off his hat to blow himself a bit, and there was the forelock in the middle of his forehead, as in all the draughts of him. In moving, his cloak fell open a little, and I could see for a moment his white fronted jacket and one of his epaulets." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four |
| Page No.: | 28 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Cloak; Hat; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | White |
Reference No. 355: ""The British uniform of the period, with its immense epaulettes, queer cocked hat, breeches, gait..."
| Quotation: | "The British uniform of the period, with its immense epaulettes, queer cocked hat, breeches, gaiters, ponderous cartridge-box, buckled shoes, and what not, would look strange and barbarous now." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion |
| Page No.: | 29 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Uniform; Breeches; Gaiters; Hat; |
| Accessories: | Epaulettes; |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 357: ""At this moment the Hussar lifted his eyes and noticed her on her perch, the white muslin neckerc..."
| Quotation: | "At this moment the Hussar lifted his eyes and noticed her on her perch, the white muslin neckerchief which covered her shoulders and neck where left bare by her low gown, and her white raiment in general, showing conspicuously in the bright sunlight of this summer day." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion |
| Page No.: | 33 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Dress; Neckwear; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | White |
Reference No. 358: ""She put on her bonnet and tippet, and when he arrived at the hour named she was at the door awai..."
| Quotation: | "She put on her bonnet and tippet, and when he arrived at the hour named she was at the door awaiting him." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion |
| Page No.: | 41 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Tippet; Fashion Bonnet; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 359: "" 'More like forty,'broke in an old milkman near, in a long white pinafore or 'wropper,' and with..."
| Quotation: | " 'More like forty,'broke in an old milkman near, in a long white pinafore or 'wropper,' and with the brim of his hat tied down, so that he looked like a woman." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Withered Arm |
| Page No.: | 45 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Wrapper; Hat; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | White |
Reference No. 360: ""Next day the mother put a clean shirt on the boy,""
| Quotation: | "Next day the mother put a clean shirt on the boy," |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Withered Arm |
| Page No.: | 49 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Shirt; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 361: ""She never took off her gloves...A white bonnet and a silver-coloured gownd.""
| Quotation: | "She never took off her gloves...A white bonnet and a silver-coloured gownd." |
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| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Novel or Poem Volume Title: | Wessex Tales The Withered Arm |
| Page No.: | 49 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Dress; Fashion Bonnet; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | White , Silver |
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