 | John Walker - English letters - 1813 - 1014 pages
...had been a man of tolerable wealth, was looked upon as a pretty good scholar, and of no contemptible parts. Upon the Restoration he grew melancholly, betook himself to a recluse life, made all his other cloaths in the same manner as the shoe, lived by begging, but never asked for any... | |
 | James Caulfield - Celebrities - 1819 - 268 pages
...upon as a pretty good scholar, and of no contemptible parts. Upon the restoration he grew melancholy, betook himself to a recluse life, and lived by charity,...but leather, which he would immediately nail to his cloaths. He kept three bottles that hung to his girdle, viz. for strong and small beer, and milk: his... | |
 | Blenheim Park (England) - 1859 - 270 pages
...himself to a recluse life, made all his other clothes in the same manner as the shoe, lived by begging, but never asked for any thing but leather, which he would immediately nail to his clothes, yet kept three bottles that hung at his girdle, viz. one for strong beer, another for small beer, and... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...upon as a pretty good scholar, and of no contemptible parís. Upon tbe Restoration he grew melancholy, betook himself to a recluse life, and lived by charity,...but leather, which he would immediately nail to his shoes. He kept three bottles, that hung to his girdle ; viz., for strong and small beer, and milk :... | |
 | 1837 - 244 pages
...himself to a recluse life, made all his other clothes in the same manner as the shoe, lived by begging, but never asked for any thing but leather, which he would immediately nail to his clothes, yet kept three bottles that hung at his girdle, viz. one for strong beer, another for small beer, and... | |
 | Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...himself to a recluse life, made all his other cloaths in the same manner as the shoe, lived by begging, but never asked for any thing but leather (which he would immediately nail to his cloaths), yet kept three bottles, that hung at his girdle, viz. one for strong beer, another for small... | |
 | Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...himself to a recluse life, made all his other cloaths in the same manner as the shoe, lived by begging, but never asked for any thing but leather (which he would immediately nail to his cloaths), yet kept three bottles, that hung at his girdle, viz. one for strong beer, another for small... | |
 | 1839 - 246 pages
...himself to a recluse life, made all his other clothes in the same manner as the shoe, lived by begging, but never asked for any thing but leather, which he would immediately nail to his clothes, yet kept three bottles that hung at his girdle, viz. one for strong beer, another for small beer, and... | |
 | Thomas Hearne - Antiquarians - 1857 - 454 pages
...himself to a recluse life, made all his other cloaths in the same manner as the shoe, lived by begging, but never asked for any thing but leather, (which he would immediately nail to his cloaths,) yet kept three of Mary, and (although in many respects similar to that sent to lord Burleigb... | |
 | 1860 - 782 pages
...he grew melancholy, and betook himself to a recluse life, in a cave at Dinton, county of Bucks. He lived by charity, but never asked for any thing but...small beer, and milk. His shoes are still preserved, (1712;) they are very large, and made up of about a thousand patches of leather; one of them is in... | |
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Bucks), in a cave, had been a man of tolerable wealth, was looked upon as a pretty good scholar, and of no contemptible parts. Upon the Restoration he grew melancholy, betook himself to a recluse life... 
