单词 | bootmaker |
例句 | After this memorable event, I went to the hatter’s, and the bootmaker’s, and the hosier’s, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard’s dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Bean hired 100 new bootmakers to help handle what it expected to be a busy holiday shopping season. L.L. Bean's Ugly Duck Boots: Suddenly Hip, and Sold Out for Winter 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z British bootmaker Dr Martens Plc issued a profit warning on Thursday, citing significant operational issues at its new distribution centre in the United States that sent its shares plunging by more than a fifth. Davos 2023-'Open for business' Labour slams PM Sunak no-show 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Dr Martens Plc on Thursday warned on annual profit and revenue after the British bootmaker faced operational issues at its new distribution centre in the United States. Turnover in Germany's restaurants, hotels rose markedly in 2022 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z After that, she had a public squabble with the bootmaker, refocused and moved forward intent on learning from her Olympics debut. Perspective | When the U.S. figure skating team needed her most, Karen Chen spread her wings 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Espinoza, a bootmaker by profession, said he was approached by 3C last year after he participated in a Google seminar meant to help small businesses better use digital tools. Amazon, Facebook and Google turn to deep network of political allies to battle back antitrust probes 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Now, thanks to growing abuse of the program, the bootmaker is drastically cutting back its generous policy. Business recap: Week of Feb. 5 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The British bootmaker benefited from opening five new Japanese stores and one in Hong Kong in the last financial year, while it also saw a strong performance in South Korea. Dr Martens' boots are big in Japan 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z “Leicester clothes the world” was the slogan when the city was full of hosiers and bootmakers; in 1936 it was named as the second-richest city in Europe. Foxes and tigers 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z As a preproduction exercise, touring boardrooms wasn’t the sort of extravagantly crafty immersion program that prompts other actors to frequent bootmakers’ ateliers and mental hospitals. Damian Lewis’s Transformations 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Horace Batten was the fifth generation of his family firm of bootmakers which had specialised in making riding boots since the early 19th Century. Been and Gone: The location scout for the Lord of the Rings films 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z At Mr. Carroll’s shop, the bootmaker himself wore sneakers. Rick Perry Gives Up His Cowboy Boots 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Guthrie, Okla. Except for its now-paved streets, the cowboy town is exactly as it was in the late 1800s and early 1900s, complete with fiddle shop, music hall and custom bootmaker. Is Mount Rushmore more American than Amish Country? Picking the most American of vacation spots. Born in 1833 to a local bootmaker who helped found St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in New Haven, he sat for the entrance examination and was admitted in 1853. Discovery Leads Yale to Revise a Chapter of Its Black History 2014-03-01T04:11:56Z The highly skilled bootmaker was looking to open his own shop in a state that loves its boots. Texas jailhouse cobbler's short walk on freedom road 2013-12-22T12:30:35Z All the trades in Britain, from bootmakers to distillers, fall over one another to receive the royal purveyor's endorsement, precisely because it imparts an otherworldly quality. Royal Contradiction: U.K. Greets New Commoner King 2013-07-25T13:20:28Z I owe my tailor or my bootmaker something; or I have not paid my subscription to a club; or I have left an unsettled bill ar Baden. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Was she to miss Greenwich because Lord Audley went to a good bootmaker? The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z For my part I should be very glad to hear that my bootmaker was a religious man: his boots would be none the worse for it. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z About 14 years into his jail term, Darby met a bootmaker who taught him the trade. Texas jailhouse cobbler's short walk on freedom road 2013-12-22T12:30:35Z Every man is his own bootmaker, tailor, and what not; there is not a trade or profession practiced anywhere. Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z Better authenticated are the Byron relics of a local society, among which are the boot-trees certified by his bootmaker to be those upon which the poet's boots were fitted. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z The bootmakers will make his fortune, as it seems everybody is in the same state. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z There was a smell of perspiration among the workmen, of leather at the bootmaker's, of chips in the carpenter's shop. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z "I am afraid I have nothing to suit you," said Philip, in the tone of a bootmaker, who has not the right-sized shoes for his customer. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z The bootmakers' insignia are particularly artistic and only surpassed in splendour by the rich festoons of gold which mark the pawnbrokers' shops. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Each bootmaker took a boot back to be stretched. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Later, he conducted his followers to the establishment of an extremely select and most expensive bootmaker in St. James's. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z One carpenter, with his workmen, and a bootmaker, with his journeymen, had been living here for ten years. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Morgan in town on Saturday, who has some money of mine in his hands, and then I shall renew my application to the bootmaker. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z I gave him another piece of chocolate and the address of a good bootmaker and left him. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z We had among us cobblers, bootmakers, tailors, masons, locksmiths, and gilders. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z We are almost equally well acquainted with their bootmaker and green-grocer, while their maids and their grooms are as much living entities to us as if they had served us in our own houses. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z The bootmaker's shop was very dirty and quite choked up, but all his men were working very cheerily. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Long after the Reformation had done sway with the shrine of Saint Thomas, pious bootmakers made pilgrimages to the place; and St. Crispin’s Day was for centuries the principal holiday in Faversham. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z In the matter of boots, I refer to the authority of the bootmaker; concerning houses, canals, or railroads, I consult that of the architect or engineer. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z He was cobbler, bootmaker, painter, carver, gilder, and locksmith. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Then there must be the ghost of a "bootmaker," with the ghost of a "lapstone," and a "last," and the spirit of "cobbler's wax!" Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers" 2011-06-26T02:00:08.797Z I sincerely pitied this clever, intelligent lad, who had been living with a bootmaker, and who was left without any place of refuge when his master was put into prison. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z The Bodwinkle tendency will result at last in its being the great ambition of a man's life to get his daughters asked to "a little music and a few friends" at his bootmaker's. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z But I allow neither the bootmaker nor the architect nor the savant to impose his authority upon me. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z "The best thing, uncle, would be to send him to Pont-sur-Loire to be measured; there's sure to be a decent bootmaker there." Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z I do believe," she said, "I do believe it's the little girl I saw at the bootmaker's, and—yes, of course it is—there are the shoes themselves! Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story 2011-05-03T02:00:18.093Z We found most of them at work,—the washerwomen at their tubs, the joiners by their benches, the bootmakers at their lasts. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z But the free importation of hides would affect the farmer, who would have as much right to protection as either tanner or bootmaker. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Mr. Dunlop was in a perpetual trot all day, between his tailor and his bootmaker, sundry alterations being required at a moment's notice. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z And so the haughty princess sent for milliners and jewelers and for bootmakers and dressmakers too. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z The first was a gunsmith’s, and the second was a man’s window of a distinguished bootmaker’s. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z During this week I saw him twice, and, passing him, spoke some words to him, and, when out walking, called on a bootmaker whom I knew and proposed the boy as an apprentice. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z He had a curious hobby—he was his own bootmaker, and Elsie’s, having taught himself to be a craftsman in an art which might well claim higher rank than it holds. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z In these days of pecuniary embarrassment Napoleon employed a bootmaker, a very awkward workman, but a man who manifested very kindly feelings toward him, and accommodated him in his payments. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The bootmakers’ shops also came in for her close attention. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The Debreczin bootmaker and the tanner from Balmaz-Újváros were old friends, while the vendor of cloaks was universally addressed as "Daddy." The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z There cannot be a bootmaker without a house for his work built on land, without water, air, and tools to work with. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Then he called at a bootmaker's, a shirtmaker's, and a hatter's, giving them directions in each shop to make the greatest possible haste. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z But if the same sum is paid by a thousand cotton operatives, their power to employ butchers, bakers, tailors, and bootmakers is equally reduced. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z He ran up tailor bills galore; hatters and bootmakers learned to know him, credit was failing everywhere. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z "And what about the cowherd then, has he been caught?" inquired the bootmaker excitedly. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Your bootmaker doesn't boast that the pair of boots he sells you is his 'first' pair, and you wouldn't eat your cook's 'first' dinner if you could help it. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Then he wrote to his tailor, to his hatter, and to his bootmaker; and he despatched these three notes by three different messengers. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "That stupid bootmaker has failed to send my boots," shouted Lawrence. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life Tom didn't know where he had gone, and his landlady didn't know; and stranger still, his bootmaker and tailor, to whom he was considerably in arrears, didn't know either. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The tailor, the hosier, the bootmaker, the hair-dresser, were in turn visited by this poor pagan of externals. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. He has evidently not yet learnt to draw a foot, so he has not fitted himself for a bootmaker. Fragments of an Autobiography While Frederick was trying them on, the bootmaker slyly drew attention to the shoes of the young man from the country. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Even sheep, however, they say, get courage when they flock together, and so this contemptible herd of tailors, tithe-proctors, butchers, barristers, and bootmakers, took heart of grace, and laid siege to us in all form. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The village bootmaker made, besides skin sandals to be tied with thongs upon the feet, leather trousers and belts. English Costume "Where shall I get another pair?" for he knew that no ordinary bootmaker had the skill to make boots for a cat. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse I have too much sense of fitness to sport ‘Louis quinze’ in country roads; but why do English bootmakers set their faces so sternly against insteps? A Question of Marriage That there is not a "Trilby" shoe on the market reflects little credit upon the enterprise of our bootmakers. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel Shoemakers and bootmakers suffer equally from a constrained position and the pressure of the last against the stomach. The Night Side of London Could I do less than order a coat at the tailor's, a pair of boots at the bootmaker's?' An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Then cross the bridge and you will soon come to a bootmaker. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse There you have the bootmaker, the hatter, the traveling quack, publishing their portraits at the head of their advertisements. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things I know of no fellow, for the high flights of fancy, to equal one's tailor or bootmaker. A Rent In A Cloud Let your barber puff his dye for the whiskers, or your bootmaker the incomparable effulgence of his blacking,—the thing is in keeping, no one objects to it. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II There was a certain gracefulness about him which owed absolutely nothing either to his tailor, his barber, or his bootmaker. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Leaping into a cab, he thus escaped a perfumer and a bootmaker, and shortly found himself at the Lady Adeliza’s feet. Devil Stories An Anthology But he repelled the good intentions of his Honor the Squire, though he needed some kind of help badly enough, for the "bootmaker of God" was very meagerly provided with worldly goods. Heathen Master Filcsik A taste of Mr. Philpot's equalitarian sentiments was given to us one day at luncheon, the occasion being his wife's commendation of a celebrated Sussex bootmaker who had just called for orders. Memoirs of Life and Literature To be a blacksmith or a bootmaker, to work on a farm or drive a team, is beneath their dignity, as compared with being a merchant, or practising medicine or law. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Reception of Mr. H. M. Stanley by the eminent Explorer's tailor, bootmaker, and hosier. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890. Fishermen should be up to curing all fish that are curable—except—they are not bootmakers—the cure of soles! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 But he was not in vain the "bootmaker of God," otherwise He, his only customer, would not have come to his rescue at a time of his greatest need. Heathen Master Filcsik Mister bootmaker, at a signal from me the dogs will tear you to pieces! Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck He lost faith in his bootmaker, squeezed his extremities into patent leather shoes of the most approved and uncomfortable make, and hobbled through the Lobbies doing penance at the shrine of caricature. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 From the intellectual point of view an abyss may exist between a great mathematician and his bootmaker, but from the point of view of character the difference is most often slight or nonexistent. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The additional leather, which can be applied by any bootmaker, is in the form of a wedge, with its base to the medial side, one on the sole and one on the heel. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. "Well, sir, that is not impossible, such a plain common old bootmaker like myself is capable of doing anything." Heathen Master Filcsik Boarding-house keepers, dressmakers, bootmakers, and the like must take the risk along with the players themselves in the matter of getting paid for their services. Seven Miles to Arden Mr. Lester, my partner, being a practical bootmaker, his step to a merchant in that line was easy and lucrative. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century In time, stress of circumstances drove us to a curly black-headed Jew bootmaker, whose most expensive pair of thick black boots cost nine shillings. In the Tail of the Peacock My next business was to call upon tailors, hosiers, hatters and bootmakers in Bond Street, and to arrange for them to have their representatives at the hotel that evening to receive their orders. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon After all, the mighty judge who ruled over all the county, was compelled to return without the bootmaker. Heathen Master Filcsik To correspond with my patent leathers, you get evening shoes at a first-class bootmaker's. Skinner's Dress Suit Next door lived another man who had been a bootmaker, and he, bringing all the appurtenances of his trade to sea with him, carried on a roaring business as a "snob." Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories "It's all church, and no congregation," asserted Wise, the bootmaker, whose custom it was to address a few disciples in the Public Gardens every Sunday. Grey Town An Australian Story Among them we had men of all classes—judges’ sons, doctors’ sons, squatters’ sons, bootmakers’ sons, butchers’ sons, all happy together, and all more than ready for their job. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Russet boots and shoes are treated daily with the special cream sold for them, which can be obtained at any bootmaker's or shoe shop. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men "He is a bootmaker by his trade; and I've never said anything about taking him." Ralph the Heir So Dicky thought it was the bootmaker perhaps; so he went out, and Oswald went with him, because he wanted to ask for a bit of cobbler's wax. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune His talisman, the half-sovereign which was to have been treasured to his dying day, had shared the fate of the commonplace coins which were destined for Mrs. Bryant and his bootmaker. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science The next day he had taken her himself to the bootmaker's and had had her fitted with a serviceable stout pair. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient Some men maintain that patent leathers should be varnished as soon as they come home from the bootmaker, but I disagree with them. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men But the spouting and shouting went on just the same, and was certainly popular among the bootmakers and tanners. Ralph the Heir Old customs, no doubt, are vanishing: I have looked in vain for the bootmakers' Fidlovačka and the tailors' revels in Stromovka, the butchers' special form of annual rejoicing seems also to have fallen into desuetude. From a Terrace in Prague He has followed the occupation of a bootmaker, first in his native town, and latterly in Glasgow. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The milliners, the haberdashers, the furriers and the bootmakers of Exeter received her communication and her orders with pleased alacrity. Kept in the Dark But where this rest cannot be had, an elastic band, such as is used by bootmakers to make strong boot gussets, about six inches broad and one foot long, should be procured. Papers on Health But there should be a bootmaker in Parliament soon;—and thus he plucked up his courage. Ralph the Heir The men are clothed by their village tailors and bootmakers chiefly, so that the masculine wardrobe is represented in the accounts of the stores less extensively than the feminine. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Of course I had to shell out, as my boots were worth more than the whole bill—although my bootmaker has taken me in pretty well over the hobnails. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life A week’s earlier start, a little more energy in some clerk, tailor, bootmaker, shipwright—who knows? For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Public entertainments, frippery, and splendour made frightful inroads; and when the domestic table was spread, the invisible shapes of tailors, bootmakers, milliners, mercers, and hairdressers sat down and helped to consume poor pater-familias' dinner. A Hungarian Nabob He believed thoroughly that had not his wife interfered, and asked the bootmaker to join that unfortunate dinner party, his daughter and Ralph Newton would now have been engaged together. Ralph the Heir I happened to mention to a bootmaker at Durrington that my left heel had become jarred with walking. The Shrieking Pit For a mile or more up and down this street were the houses of the bootmakers, each with its little shop, either attached to the house, or built in the yard. Confessions of Boyhood Sir Tancred suggested that Tinker, who knew his Nice, should take him over there, and put him in the hands of the right tailor, hatter, hosier, and bootmaker; and Septimus Rainer accepted the offer gratefully. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World However, if the landlord and the bootmaker are inclined to be hasty, I would ask the friend to get them to listen to reason. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter And then there came across Waddle's mind an idea which he could not express,—that of course no girl would put up with a bootmaker who could have a real gentleman. Ralph the Heir I spoke the other day to a little tailor or bootmaker, with a neck that you could have put through a napkin ring, a tremendous forehead, and big, startled eyes. Letters from France My uncle was a stern abolitionist, as were the other bootmakers; and before I knew it, I was one; nor did I know at that time that there was any other opinion in the world. Confessions of Boyhood They were packed in the trunk, and with them two pairs of shoes, which Madame sent for from a no less expensive bootmaker, and various other garments. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Monsieur Benoit was at once the landlord, the bootmaker and the money lender of his lodgers. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter It was the glory of Ontario Moggs to be a politician;—it was his ambition to be a poet;—it was his nature to be a lover;—it was his disgrace to be a bootmaker. Ralph the Heir It is doubtful, indeed, whether, under the circumstances, Maurice would not have been equally delighted to have met his tailor or his bootmaker. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance I learned all the tricks and sleight-of-hand with which the bootmakers amused themselves and puzzled each other in their shops. Confessions of Boyhood I was rather partial to Patience; she was a pretty, neat-looking creature, and I always thought it a great pity that she was engaged to a journeyman bootmaker, who aspired to be a preacher. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 One moment, one moment, Monsieur Benoit, do not let us mix matters, this is no longer to do with the landlord but the bootmaker. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter When at the Cheshire Cheese he was a man; but now, walking with the girl of his heart, he felt himself to be a bootmaker, and the smell of the leather depressed him. Ralph the Heir To correct this omission Mr. Punch has interviewed a number of West-End tailors, hatters, hosiers and bootmakers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15 I became a graduate of the shops of the bootmakers before acquiring the whole of their trade, but not before absorbing most of that which constituted the overflow of their lives. Confessions of Boyhood Slaves had become blacksmiths, wheelwrights, carriage-makers, carpenters, bricklayers, tailors, bootmakers, founders and moulders, not to mention all the common labor performed by them. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army Mr. Hoby the bootmaker's heart is quite sore, For seeing the Queen makes him think of Jane Shore; And, in fact, * * Pray excuse this ribaldry. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals He had a rival,—and such a rival;—his own bootmaker, whom he could not pay, and whose father had insulted him a day or two since. Ralph the Heir However, the first week of the month saw the arrival of the bootmaker from Deal, with two van-loads of furniture, and his wife and four grown-up daughters—all as ugly as roots, said the Woolpack. Joanna Godden The New England bootmakers, of whom there were some in most villages, were the leaders in these games. Confessions of Boyhood The tailors and bootmakers gaze on the gallant Rover with joy and admiration, for does he not carry the triumphs of their art on his person? Side Lights The tailor, the haberdasher and the bootmaker came, saw and measured, while Jack sat in the background, with a sheaf of plates of men's clothing in his lap, and gave directions. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment But a bootmaker can make a speech sometimes as well as,—as well as a peer of Parliament. Ralph the Heir Sir Harry Trevor had sold North Farthing to a retired bootmaker. Joanna Godden Above all I wanted to escape my task and wondered how I had ever wished to be a bootmaker. Confessions of Boyhood When on, however, they fully developed the substantial proportions of his well-rounded limbs, while his large tasselled Hessians showed that the bootmaker had been instructed to make a pair for a "great calf." Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Tomorrow a tailor will arrive, also a haberdasher and a bootmaker. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment "They must have the half-crowns," Trigger had said to old Pile, the bootmaker. Ralph the Heir She has the same interest in seeing Ireland prosperous that a bootmaker has in learning from his farmer client that the crops are good. The Open Secret of Ireland At the time he lodged in the house of an opulent bootmaker, who resided on Lower Ormand Quay. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century "How's the old 'un?" he asked, jerking a thumb towards the bootmaker's. London River A good bootmaker will not make high heels now, even if paid double price to do so. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 The master bootmakers,—there were four in the borough,—were decided; but the men could not be got at with any certainty. Ralph the Heir But if the bootmaker were to insist on having his finger in the farmer's pie, the pie, destined for the bootmaker's own appetite, would not be improved. The Open Secret of Ireland Think of Francis Thompson, when he was a bootmaker's assistant in Leicester Square. Shandygaff He was bootmaker to the Duke of Wellington from his boyhood, and received innumerable orders in the duke's handwriting, both from the Peninsula and France, which he always religiously preserved. The Bed-Book of Happiness In most cases there have been advance paragraphs about the pictures, miniatures, statues, statuettes, medallions, bas-reliefs, etc., consulted by the actor, and concerning the contrivances of the wigmaker, even the bootmaker and tailor. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" He did not remember to have heard of a bootmaker in Parliament. Ralph the Heir Either she must meekly start to make a new pair of boots without murmuring a word, or leave it open to him to take to his bosom another conjugal bootmaker. The New North An idle man who really knows his business will visit his tailor's, his hosier's, his bootmaker's, his barber's much oftener and much more conscientiously than you do. Mr. Prohack Hoby was bootmaker to George III., the Prince of Wales, the royal dukes, and many officers in the Army and Navy. The Bed-Book of Happiness He turned aimlessly into Wentworth Street, and studied a placard that hung in a bootmaker's window. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People As they went to the first bootmaker's, Mr. Trigger communicated to Sir Thomas a certain incident in the career of Mr. Spiveycomb, the paper-maker. Ralph the Heir Now, his bootmaker was one of the three first bootmakers in the West End, bearing a name famous from Peru to Hong Kong. The Pretty Lady Miss Wheeler is going to her bootmaker's in Conduit Street to-morrow afternoon. The Roll-Call His boots were the finest leather, bench-made by the best of bootmakers, and they fitted the high-arched instep with the elastic smoothness of gloves. Ronicky Doone I hope you mark the proportion of shops for men—dresses, hats, jewels, furs, motor clothes, tea rooms, candy shops, corsetières, florists, bootmakers, all for women. Bambi "A very disagreeable old man," said Sir Thomas, when they had left the house, thinking that as Mr. Trigger had been grossly insulted by the bootmaker he would probably coincide in this opinion. Ralph the Heir I have seen him, in a pepper-and-salt jacket—jacket—and drab trousers, with his arm round the waist of a bootmaker’s housemaid, smiling in open day. The Uncommercial Traveller In the name of the husbands and fathers of England, I call upon the bootmakers to reform. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow But the delight of these martyrs is at the highest in the presence of their tailors; or, higher still, perhaps, in that of their bootmakers. Hunting Sketches And your bootmaker in the factory, and the sweat-shop slave who makes your coat, and the long list of other poor devils who work for about one-tenth of your salary. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers The first bootmaker had very little to say for himself, and hardly gave Sir Thomas much opportunity of preaching his doctrine of purity. Ralph the Heir He then went to his hotel, to his bootmaker, and tailor, paid them, and made arrangements to be fed, clothed, and shod for ten years. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) The bootmakers do not keep sizes small enough. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow But the visits to the bootmaker are better still. Hunting Sketches With the exception of a very small number of professional scoundrels, it was composed in the main of shopkeepers and artisans of every trade: bootmakers, locksmiths, hairdressers, masons, clerks, messengers, &c. The Crowd; study of the popular mind "I hope you'll do something for our trade, Sir Thomas," said the first bootmaker. Ralph the Heir I don't know your meaning, sir," answered the stranger, "in talking about writs and bills; but"— "Why—are you not a tailor, or a bootmaker, or something of the kind? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Put a stop to the influx of German tailors and bootmakers, who prevent native artists from earning the wages that would otherwise be theirs. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 The tailor persists in telling his customer how his breeches should be made, and after what fashion they should be worn; but the bootmaker will take his orders meekly. Hunting Sketches The knocks at the Shepherd's Inn Chambers' door were constant, and tailors, bootmakers, pastrycooks who had furnished dinners, in their own persons, or by the boys their representatives, held levees on Strong's stairs. The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy Sir Thomas explained that he did not at present see his way to the doing of anything special for the bootmakers; and then took his leave. Ralph the Heir A man who painted portraits for hire should be received, Miss Granger thought, as one would receive a superior kind of bootmaker. The Lovels of Arden There is room for a baker's, a café, a bootmaker's, and a tobacconist who sells very few stamps. The Slave of the Lamp In the character of the bootmaker, Sir Reginald Eversleigh tells me to get out of his room, and be—something uncommonly unpleasant, and unfit for the ears of ladies. Run to Earth A Novel You may impose upon any one else—your tailor, your bootmaker, even the horsy gent that jobs your cabriolet, but you'll never cheat the mamma who has the daughter on sale.' Lord Kilgobbin Could Moggs have read her mind, he might have known that success, as from the bootmaker against the gentleman, was by no means so hopeless an affair. Ralph the Heir The lasts from which his shoes were made by Swift, the Southwell bootmaker, are preserved in the Nottingham Museum, and in both the foot is perfect in shape. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 You could wear it in a hatband or a necktie; you could deface it, or tear it in two, in opening an envelope addressed to you by your bootmaker. A Touch of Sun and Other Stories In the character of the bootmaker, I scrapes acquaintance with a young person employed as housemaid, and very willing to answer questions, and be drawed out. Run to Earth A Novel When the bootmaker had gone, carrying the boots under his arm, the soldier, left to himself, made a grimace at the closed door. Barlasch of the Guard It should manufacture for its members all things which it profitably can manufacture for them, employing its own workmen, carpenters, bootmakers, makers and menders of farming equipment, saddlery, harness, etc. Imaginations and Reveries Special appliances were made for the boy, under their superintendence, by a scientific bootmaker named Sheldrake, in the Strand. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 He was now liable to the vulgarest persecution from the vulgar herd; his very tailor and bootmaker would beleaguer him, and coarse unwashed bailiffs take him by the collar. The Three Clerks Tobbins, the bootmaker, his neighbour in Jermyn Street, forty-one pounds more, and that is all—I give you my word, all. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It was only to be supposed that the bootmaker at the end of his day would repair for supper to some special haunt near by. Barlasch of the Guard No bootmaker would allow an unpractised beginner to hack his leather about in a jejune attempt to construct a pair of shoes. Alone The bootmaker to whom I went on good recommendation had hardly anything about his premises to remind one of his calling. Our Hundred Days in Europe Nor need we expressly name the bootmaker to whom is confided the task of making those feet 'small by degrees and beautifully less.' The Three Clerks Confound it, no—Hoby himself, my own bootmaker, wouldn't have allowed poor F. B. to appear in Bluchers, if he had known that I was going to meet the Duke. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family He was half asleep already, and the bootmaker, who was lame, shrugged his shoulders as he led away the tired horse, with a gesture half of pity, half of doubting suspicion. Barlasch of the Guard The knocks at the Shepherd's Inn chambers door were constant, and tailors, bootmakers, pastrycooks who had furnished dinners, in their own persons, or by the boys their representatives, held levees on Strong's stairs. The History of Pendennis PUNCHINELLO:—Breaking in a young span of boots is ecstasy, or would be, if fitting bootmakers could be found; but there's the pinch, though they do give you fits sometimes. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. The bills came pouring in; dressmaker, milliner, glover, bootmaker, tailor, stationer, perfumer; awful bills which made Lady Maulevrier's blood run cold, so degrading was their story of selfish self-indulgence, of senseless extravagance. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Shortly before he left, he called on two bootmakers, and ordered of each a pair, promising payment on delivery. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 "Will you eat before you go to bed?" asked the bootmaker not unkindly. Barlasch of the Guard The bootmaker looks at your boots and takes your intellectual, social and financial measurement from their quality and condition. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough I placed the bootmaker's awl in one strap, and his last-hook in the other, and with "two roses" mantling my cheeks, postured for the contest. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. I spent the whole day with tailors, bootmakers, jewellers, merchants, and bought a heap of precious things, just to get rid of the heaps of gold. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Very faint in the center of the impression made by his sole, were two crossed arrows, the sign of the bootmaker. The Rangeland Avenger He heard the bootmaker descend the stairs again almost noiselessly, and, rising from the bed, he took his station at the window. Barlasch of the Guard Now, as every bootmaker will tell you, while the outer is often affected in this way, the inner side seldom is. My Strangest Case “Do you know how to snob?”—A snob in English slang is a bootmaker, so the squatter wanted his man to do a bit of boot-repairing. The Old Bush Songs I believe he works in a bootmaker's shop. The Sowers Had all colonial gentlemen worn jack-boots, the bootmakers and shoemakers would have been ruined, for a pair would last a lifetime. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) "I have no lodging to let," said the bootmaker. Barlasch of the Guard Leaping into a cab, he thus escaped a perfumer and a bootmaker, and shortly found himself at the Lady Adeliza's feet. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales You know that little bootmaker's shop just down the road, before you come to the church. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs The court ruled against the bootmakers and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. Great Fortunes from Railroads Our thirdly, is a class made by sundry French tailors, bootmakers, dancing-masters, and Mr. Brown. The Potiphar Papers You wed her, and you'll be an eighteen shilling a week bootmaker all the days of your life. Hobson's Choice Why should they be less well treated than bootmakers or tailors, butchers or bakers or candlestick makers? Without Prejudice The gentleman puffed, threw off his fur coat, sat down on the bench, and said, "Which of you is the master bootmaker?" What Men Live By and Other Tales She would go into town to pay her bill at the bootmaker's, and order another pair of boots instead, forgetting why she came. A Prisoner in Fairyland And the bootmaker would growl and shake his head over his last; for, like most who have to do with leather, he was a man of small humour. In Kedar's Tents You know the wages you get and you know the wages a bootmaker like you could get in one of the big shops in Manchester. Hobson's Choice My bootmaker duns me to death—my tailor duns me—my landlord haunts me. Sketches New and Old, Part 5. Then we went to the shoemaker, and Pauline told him all about the widower bootmaker, and of her scruples about having boots made by any one else. The Professional Aunt Each pair was correct in style, and the work of the best bootmakers, but the difference in the design of tip, side cut, sole and fastening was quite sufficient to prevent mistaking one for another. Raspberry Jam Here, so the bootmaker tells, came one morning a ruined man, who after speaking a few words to the Padre, produced a revolver and tried to shoot himself. In Kedar's Tents It was an age of borrowing and a bootmaker was often better than a banker. Kennedy Square The other tradespeople of the place—the smiling confectioner, the simple-minded bootmaker and good-natured stationer, the ever-polite hosier—they all worked on the same principle. South Wind The bootmaker evidently thought that a foot like Pauline's was worthy of a good boot and Pauline said there were occasions on which one had to sink one's own feelings. The Professional Aunt Well, take a whole lot of your men friends, even if they all go to the same bootmaker, and you'll find as much difference. Raspberry Jam Every week he had a certain sum given him for pocket-money; Frau Brohl paid his tailor's and bootmaker's bills, and he was treated in fact as if he had done with this world. The Malady of the Century They were exhibited in the bootmaker's windows -- I used to go a long way round to avoid coming face to face with these monsters in public. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 I tell you if I had been a bootmaker, I should have been the first bootmaker in London. Dear Brutus Betty, I think I shall tell that bootmaker to make me two pairs of boots and two pairs of shoes. The Professional Aunt Then the old fence near the bootmaker's must be pulled down at once and a post stuck up with a whisp of straw so as to look like grading. The Inspector-General Once, when they were walking outside their father's farm, they saw the king coming riding on horseback with two followers, his secretary and his bootmaker. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 They were exhibited in the bootmaker's windows — I used to go a long way round to avoid coming face to face with these monsters in public. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 His tailor lived in St. James's Street, and his bootmaker at the corner of that street and Piccadilly. Barchester Towers High ideals will not even pay the bootmaker. Idle Ideas in 1905 Early in this period a new impetus was given to organized labor by the historic decision of Chief Justice Shaw of Massachusetts in a case * brought against seven bootmakers charged with conspiracy. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners His boots,—why had he not noticed his boots before?—these triumphs of his Parisian bootmaker, were lost in hideous leathern cases that reached half way up his thighs. The Twins of Table Mountain The bootmaker had detected him in swindling, and so his niece refused him. The Fatal Boots However, when she drew near the limit and her friends began to loosen their tongues about her, she silenced them by marrying Mr. Kearney, who was a bootmaker on Ormond Quay. Dubliners Then, as to tailors, milliners, bootmakers, &c., how easy to get a word for them! Burlesques At the corner of the Moroseyka, opposite a large house with closed shutters and bearing a bootmaker's signboard, stood a score of thin, worn-out, gloomy-faced bootmakers, wearing overalls and long tattered coats. War and Peace Your bootmaker, tailor, and hatter—haply with no ulterior motives and unaccompanied by official friends—visit you with enthusiasm. Urban Sketches There was a German bootmaker who had just set up in OUR town in those days, who afterwards made his fortune in London. The Fatal Boots Ah, if only you knew my whole story, and all that I have endured in this life!—I who have been a bootmaker, a soldier, a deserter, a factory hand, and a teacher! Boyhood My amiable bed companion was one of the men employed by the regimental bootmaker. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot On seeing the crowd and the bloodstained man the workman ceased speaking, and with eager curiosity all the bootmakers joined the moving crowd. War and Peace The late King of Saxony, did, I believe, on one occasion make a feeble protest at being asked to receive the daughter of a retail bootmaker. The Angel and the Author, and others It is unlikely that it is the bootmaker, since your boots are nearly new. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax We expect some reserve, some decent pride, in our hatter and our bootmaker. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 "Parbleu!" said the general, "This has come at just the right time; since you are going to the bootmaker, sit down and take the measurements of my boots and order a new pair for me." The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot He said: “If George talks to any bootmaker or any hatter the things that are put down here, it is not support he will want; it is carrying to the hospital that he will need.” Three Men on the Bummel An advance, a small advance—say 30l.—is needed for preliminary expenses: for the charges of the clothier, the bootmaker, the hosier, the barber. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody A bootmaker--or the boy at the bath. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The American laborer is in the condition of the Regent Street bootmaker, excepting in this respect, that he gives his credit under compulsion. North America — Volume 1 Madame Clapart, on the arrival of the tailor and the bootmaker with Oscar's new clothes, remained alone with Godeschal, in order to return him the hundred francs he had just given her son. A Start in Life It was not a happy selection; it was a speech that would have been superfluous made to any bootmaker. Three Men on the Bummel After this memorable event, I went to the hatter's, and the bootmaker's, and the hosier's, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard's dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. Great Expectations Beaudenord's bootmaker had precisely hit off his style of foot; he was well shod; his tailor loved to clothe him. The Firm of Nucingen And he would just as soon be a chemist as a mason or bootmaker, since the engineer wanted chemicals. The Mysterious Island I'll tan your hide, my lad!" cried the bootmaker—"and I mean that! Fire-Tongue Twenty thousand francs were due to the modiste, thirty thousand to the linen draper, twelve thousand to the bootmaker. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Jarvis, the bootmaker, belonged to a rapidly disappearing class of British tradesmen. Fire-Tongue Crossing the room, the Hindu rapped upon an inner door, opened it, and standing aside, "The man from the bootmaker," he said in a low voice. Fire-Tongue "Oh, I beg your pardon sir, your excellency," muttered the bootmaker. Fire-Tongue Any one sufficiently interested to have done so might have found matter for surprise had he followed that conscientious bootmaker as he left the hotel. Fire-Tongue |
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