| 单词 | breeches |
| 例句 | The boy wore a floppy red hat, his shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbow, the blue breeches of a sailor, and a pair of dusty boots. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Goldbuttons dropped his cloak on the floor and ran up the stairs as if his breeches were on fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A man in a leather coat and breeches led a cow along the road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I returning in my old white shirt, with my oznabrig and breeches in my hand, I found the two of them engaged in lively converse. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He had on an enormous pair of breeches tied at each knee with rope. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you might have a thought for somebody else!” snapped Nat, slapping the water out of his dripping breeches. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He walked all over Boston, his hand thrust deep in his breeches pocket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She held it as long as she could, but finally she had to squat by a bush and skin down her breeches in front of all of them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, not there — we’re going to the City Square,” she explained, shaking out the clothes to reveal a pair of blue velvet breeches and a matching jacket. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see we don’t like girl’s clothes, do we? Used to wearing breeches out in the fields?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He wiped his black hands on his leather breeches and stepped out into the sunlight of the tiny back yard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After that we were led into the main building and given undershirts, gray felt shirts, breeches, leggings, and felt boots. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Seated in the chair was a man in a tight-laced leather jerkin and breeches of roughspun brown wool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He wore white breeches and boots and a white shirt with white lace at the throat, and the fabric of his clothes gleamed as if there were light trapped within its threads. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This, and the way he always kept his right hand thrust into his breeches pocket, gave him a slightly arrogant air. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were long hairy breeches of some unclean beast-fell, and a tunic of dirty leather. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Esgred brushed the front of his breeches once more, and smiled as a finger traced the iron outline of his manhood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But for breeches and a plain shirt, this man’s life should not have been at hazard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He got up, ruefully looked at his white breeches, shrugged, and walked over to where Johnny was diligently pinning up sheets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give me a crossbow and pull down your breeches, and I’ll show you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly in marched the gigantic figure of the Headmistress in her belted smock and green breeches. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They fit almost as if they had been made for her, but for a tiny scar in the knee where the breeches had been mended. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, the three of us collected the shirts and breeches from such as were afflicted with sickness, all lying together in the stern. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But Gwen had been so kind to her — an unexpected friend — that Ash did not want to disappoint her, so she pulled on the shirt and tucked it into the breeches. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, despite the fact that we’ve been at sea for nearly two months, his silk doublet and velvet breeches still look relatively fresh. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z All my early images of him are clear and sharp and Technicolor: his baggy-legged shorts, his striped T-shirt, his raggedy hair bleached by the sun, his winter breeches and leather helmet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Trunchbull, this mighty female giant, stood there in her green breeches, quivering like a blancmange. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Seizing upon several shirts and pair of breeches, I rolled them quickly into a bundle, to which I added three waistcoats, one of them fine silk for Dr. Trefusis. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He explained, “This boy is a rare genius, proclaimed by all the gentlemen of Boston. He recognize his own breeches, too.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The falling snow had begun to bury what remained of them, so pale against the black of ragged cloaks and breeches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Val was clad all in white; white woolen breeches tucked into high boots of bleached white leather, white bearskin cloak pinned at the shoulder with a carved weirwood face, white tunic with bone fastenings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My sleeve is tmm and my breeches are unaccountably damp, but nothing was harmed save my dignity." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The scarlet tunic, with its pale blue facings, the white crossbands on his chest, the white breeches, made him feel like a different person. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was covered in mud but dressed fancy in breeches and an old coat and I figured he must have been a gentleman’s valet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One missed his eye by half an inch, a second found his neck, a third went through his calf, boots and breeches and all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Later, as she lay in bed thinking of pirates, fantasizing about them in their formfitting breeches, her hand wandered beneath the sheets. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Above the waist, he wore the bodice of his lady-like costume; below it, he wore men's breeches and hose. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Later I slept on the floor of the corridor; first putting my pocket-book with my money and papers in it inside my shirt and trousers so that it was inside the leg of my breeches. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Tyrion garbed in heavy quilted breeches and a woolen doublet, and over it all he had thrown the shadowskin cloak he had acquired in the Mountains of the Moon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A formidable figure she was too, in her belted smock and green breeches. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He wore tight breeches tucked into tall boots and a puffy white pirate’s shirt unbuttoned to his navel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Inside was a frilly white shirt, a pair of breeches, and a long wool coat with epaulets. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a little man in bright blue coat and red breeches, solemnly gazing at Salt Lane through a spyglass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed by the window, and she saw him make as though to put his hands in his pockets, only to discover that his breeches didn’t have pockets. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If that’s not confusing enough, some singular nouns that end in s are regarded as pairs—scissors, trousers, tongs, pliers, tweezers, and breeches, for instance. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The massive thighs which emerged from out of the smock were encased in a pair of extraordinary breeches, bottle-green in colour and made of coarse twill. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z A fat red-faced man in check breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I remember him standing there in the shadows of the firelit room barefoot and wearing nothing but the loose fur breeches the chief had given him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The first principle of wrestling is to hang on to your opponent come what may, so I clung to Nick's breeches like a leech, though he kicked madly and pummeled my back with his fists. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Sure and certain, he thought, as he pulled on his fine velvet breeches and silk stockings. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He wore nothing but his breeches; he was hot. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They are big and clumsy, the breeches are tucked into them, and standing up one looks well-built and powerful in these great drainpipes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The men grunted and cursed below as their fancy breeches and overcoats turned brown with the mud and their lovely beaver hats went rolling off down the road. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They dress as if they are going pheasant hunting on a cool English morning, in silk doublets, velvet breeches, stockings, shoes, and felt hats, with their powder flasks hanging at their sides. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Four wore the coats, breeches, powdered wigs, and hats of merchants; one had papers tucked under his arm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She un-laced my breeches, he thought, outraged, and she said ... oh, gods, and I said ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Giggling, she put her hand between his thighs and squeezed him through his breeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He sitting, I tucked my shirt into my breeches and, trembling, moved to assist him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The clothes were poorly fitted for my frame, being cut for one much stouter, and the breeches fairly flapped about my knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Her father had once said of Walder Frey that he was the only lord in the Seven Kingdoms who could field an army out of his breeches. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Kropp stalks up, with his breeches rolled up and his feet bare. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as he could, Bran preferred to dress himself, but there were some tasks—pulling on breeches, lacing his boots—that vexed him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For a time, a free young man striding in breeches and traveling alone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I never met him,” said Sir Bliant “It was proved that Lancelot ran mad in his shirt and breeches, until he got gored by a wild boar and died in a hermitage.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are putting those breeches on backwards, my lord,” he told Bracken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She stood up there on centre stage in her green breeches with legs apart and riding-crop in hand, glaring at the sea of upturned faces before her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Soon Dove was whining and admitting that a little of the tea had happened to ‘splash’ into his breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With his black leather breeches and jerkin, his hunting knife and his bow and quiver, he might have been Robin Hood’s evil, better-looking brother. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Fiona handed him a fresh shirt and a clean pair of breeches. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace’s helpfulness secured her position: on Christmas Day that year—1922—Leon dressed in top hat and riding breeches, walked through the snow to the bungalow with a green envelope from his father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He wiped his bloody fingers on his breeches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the end she settled for one of Lord Ramsay’s quilted doublets and a well-worn pair of breeches that flapped about her legs like a ship’s sails in a storm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Slipping into Summer’s skin had become as easy for him as slipping on a pair of breeches once had been, before his back was broken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dwarf was so stuffed that he had to undo his belt and the topmost laces on his breeches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The leap had shattered one of his legs, and a jagged piece of pale bone jutted out through the rotted cloth of his breeches and the grey meat beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And then, like some giant of doom, the enormous Trunchbull strode into the room in her green breeches and cotton smock. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He disdained full regalia, except on ceremonial occasions, and dressed instead in impeccable coats and breeches, with tall black riding boots and a dueling blade at his side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A well-worn green cloak, stained by salt and spray and faded from the sun, draped his thin shoulders, over brown doublet and breeches that matched brown eyes and hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rinaldi took the note, folded it without rising from the bed and slid it in his breeches pocket. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In place of a gown, she wore men’s breeches aid a calf-length linen tunic, cinched at the waist with a belt of copper suns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I staggered back, clutching the spot, staring in dismay at the blood welling from between my fingers and coursing down the front of my breeches. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The king wore lambswool breeches and a quilted doublet, yet somehow he looked as stiff and uncomfortable as if he had been clad in plate and mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The woman stepped close and pressed a hand to the front of his breeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His breeches were similarly split; the right leg was solid green, the left leg striped in red and white. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a pair of Uncle Lome’s old breeches Aunt Jenifer said he might have, but he confided only in Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny was already in his leather breeches, pulling on his coarse shirt, tucking in the tails. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now his coat was properly buttoned and his breeches tucked into his boots. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot took off his armour sadly, with an occasional crooked glance at the horrible tree, until he was dressed in his shirt and breeches. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I wait a few minutes and get the breeches and shirt out from under my feet and go to dry them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Cardan is dressed in breeches, a waistcoat, and another coat over that, fitted in his shoulders, tapered in sharply at the waist and falling to his midthigh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had stripped off his wet outer clothes and sat in shirt and breeches, barefoot, collar open. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time Yoren pulled her off him, Hot Pie was sprawled out on the ground with his breeches brown and smelly, crying as Arya whapped him over and over and over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The trees, predominantly oak, were more fully in bud, and there were occasional clumps of wildflowers—bloodroot and trillium and Dutchmen’s breeches—rising through the carpet of last year’s leaves. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Wine splashed across his boots and breeches, a dark red tide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One burrowed through his breeches into the desiccated flesh of his thigh, to emerge again from his shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pull them breeches down, give us a look.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Afterward he laced up his black wool breeches and followed the smells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The uniform went on easily over the boy’s breeches and jacket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Clothes as well: cloaks, breeches, boots, tunics, good leather gloves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Colin opened the trunk at the foot of his bed and pulled out dark blue breeches and a white waistcoat, a white shirt with unfolded cravat, and a dark blue overcoat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dain wears breeches that stop at his knees, showing his hooves and deer legs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He flung his circlet, belt, and rings on the grass, and looked round helplessly, as if he expected to find his cloak, jacket, and breeches, and other hobbit-garments lying somewhere to hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I smoothed the cloth of my breeches over my belly, which was still as flat as any boy’s. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Johnny filled the pockets of his jacket and breeches with limes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore black breeches tucked into tall black boots and a full white shirt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The boy gathered his breeches and flung himself out the barn window. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He could taste the wine on her lips, and feel her small firm breasts pressed against him as her fingers moved to the lacings of his breeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She wore lambskin breeches soft with long use, and a sleeveless jerkin armored in bronze scales. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His garb was plain as well: old boots, brown breeches and blue tunic, a woolen mantle of undyed wool, fastened with a wooden clasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The huntress wore a dark green shirt, the sleeves laced together with a brown cord from elbow to wrist, and brown breeches with shining boots, but she did not carry a mask. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not gown herself as a lady, but chose a knight's finery instead, a velvet doublet quartered rose-and-azure, breeches and boots and a fine-tooled swordbelt, her new rainbow cloak flowing down her back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Merlyn had tom his breeches and stopped to mend them up by magic. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z While I looked them over, Sander rummaged through an ironbound chest and tossed me a short kersey tunic and a pair of plain breeches. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The boy was secretly scooping tea into his breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z From the sack of clothing Horatio brought, I pulled on an embroidered shirt that belonged to my father and a pair of worn breeches whose loose fit would hide the roundness of my hips. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Matilda and Lavender saw the giant in green breeches advancing upon a girl of about ten who had a pair of plaited golden pigtails hanging over her shoulders. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It hung over a pair of working man’s breeches that were cut off below his knee. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z These breeches reached to just below the knees and from there on down she sported green stockings with turn-up tops, which displayed her calf muscles to perfection. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Afterward she rubbed sweet-smelling ointment into his calves to ease the aches, and dressed him once again in boy’s clothing, a musty pair of burgundy breeches and a blue velvet doublet lined with cloth-of-gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dancer was draped in bardings of snowy white wool emblazoned with the grey direwolf of House Stark, while Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Serjeant gave me then my uniform, which was but a shirt of coarse cloth, emblazoned upon the breast with the words, Liberty to Slaves, to be worn with my own breeches. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I had wanted to tell her about the afternoon I spent flying down the stair rails at home, never noticing the gradual shredding of my breeches. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He stepped from the bath and dried off, pulled on a pair of laundered linen breeches, and was too tired even to tie the drawstring. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He wore high leather boots, leather breeches, and a pirate-style shirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The gaoler was dead drunk in a puddle of wine, with'his breeches down around his ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Otherwise his dress was plain: studded leather jerkin over quilted doublet, worn boots, breeches of brown roughspun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And feathers: almost all the puppets wore an assortment of feathers as hair or headdresses, or cloaks or breeches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The fastenings were strange and felt backward, and the breeches were a little too large. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She donned thick black breeches, a quilted tunic, and a green leather jerkin covered with overlapping plates of steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We having fetched breeches and a plain shirt, I tore another shirt into strips and bound the man’s hands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A ragged tunic concealed the half-healed scars on his back, but his boots were scattered amidst the rushes, and his breeches tangled about his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “A shirt and breeches. We stole a shirt and breeches. You killed him?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He waddled off the road, undid his breeches, and relieved himself into a tangle of thorns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stood up, took off the breeches and pulled off the knee-brace. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He got up, stood facing them stiffly, his bad hand jammed into his breeches pocket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The horsewoman, who wore rough canvas breeches and rode like a man, said nothing to the witches. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonos had finally gotten his breeches turned the right way round and was lacing them up the front. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could smell Horse’s unwashed breeches, the sweet scent Satin combed into his beard, the rank sharp smell of fear, the giant’s overpowering musk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat it eluded him, and that frightened him so badly that he tripped on the steep dungeon steps and tore his breeches open on the stone, drawing blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had put on his finest clothes to come to court, but his breeches were patched, his cloak travel-stained and dusty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her skirts fly out behind her, her leather riding breeches are dyed red, and her thin crown flashes in her dark, braided hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Merlyn, in his running breeches, looked rather like Lord Baden-Fowdl, except, of course, that the latter did not wear a beard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lockton wore a cardinal red satin waistcoat, black satin coat and breeches, and shoes with silver buckles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a red silk waistcoat under a snuff-colored coat with silver buttons, a starched linen shirt, and black breeches. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Just to make sure, she went out twice as far as usuaL When she was sure there was no one near, she skinned down her breeches and squatted to do her business. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instantly Johnny thrust it back into his breeches pocket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was clad in black from head to heel; high leather riding boots, roughspun breeches and tunic, sleeveless leather jerkin, and heavy wool cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cursing, Theon found his tunic and breeches on the floor where he had dropped them in his haste to get at Kyra. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bran used the bars to move himself to the bed, and Hodor pulled off his boots and breeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The snow clung to their boots and breeches, and the wind rattled the pines and made their cloaks snap and swirl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The next day, arrayed in black satin breeches and my ill-gotten waistcoat, I made my way again to Faneuil Hall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z One- handed, she undid the lacing of his breeches, then grinned and stepped lightly away from him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She wiped her knives on her leather breeches and returned them to their sheaths, then backed up and took a running start at the nearest cargo container. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The other men were dressed more simply—in breeches and stained white shirts. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The flies began to torment them, and the air was full of clouds of tiny midges that crept up their sleeves and breeches and into their hair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Grenadiers they were, in bearskin caps, coat tails buttoned back to show their white breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The black, worn breeches are just as much too short; they reach barely halfway down his calf. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Our breeches were our own, and varied, and did we walk without shoes, we could pass as a miserable coffle being led back to captivity or to some new scene of degradation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Bracken retrieved his breeches from the floor and shook them out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I got out shoes and breeches and my fur lined winter hieb, and dressed, there in the cold, dark country silence, while Siuwensin smoldered half a mile behind me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In one window, two pilgrims in thick wool breeches and doublets pointed at Plymouth rock while their fellow voyagers looked on from ships in the mural. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the desk stands a photograph of a boy in breeches on a beach at dusk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Overhead the little man with the spyglass and the red breeches was swinging in the wind—observing Boston from a variety of angles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet found some loose breeches and a homespun tunic and covered his curls with a leather cap. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It's notorious for a production in 1613 during which the Globe theatre burnt down and one man's breeches had to be doused with beer. All My Sons; Henry VIII; Paradise Found 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z She doesn’t need the advertising; Horse Country is a famous tack store, and for good reason, as I discovered when I started trying on breeches downstairs. My Horse Country 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z He was wearing riding breeches, stout boots and thick knee socks — not strictly necessary but a nice, squire-like touch. On the Pilgrims? Path Through England and the Netherlands 2011-11-17T20:41:15Z So will Mr. Obama be depicted on horseback, wearing breeches and a plumed hat? Kehinde Wiley on Painting the Powerless. And a President. 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The novel follows her to the most glamorous, decadent Hollywood party: Champagne, caviar, satin divans and poufs, servants in breeches and, soon, naked actresses everywhere. ‘Lucky Us’ by Amy Bloom, a Tale of the 1940s 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z It was a place, I gathered, that they associated with school field trips, at an age when anyone dressed in breeches and a tricorn hat was straight-up embarrassing. An Awakening in Columbus, a Reckoning in Williamsburg 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The movie opens with a sweep of the southern port city seen from above, gradually focusing in on a golden carriage drawn by two white horses and a footman in red breeches. Reality TV, celebrity obsession hit Cannes screens 2012-05-18T11:27:19Z These revolutionaries still wear frock coats and breeches, but when they open their mouths, sound and sense intermix with the modern-day flash of a Kanye West or Drake track. Through 'Hamilton,' the Founding Fathers might once again make history 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s a tent party at a polo event in September, and the impresario, Tareq, in polo shirt and breeches, is on a dais, introducing a special guest, Michele S. Jones. | 'The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C.': Capital Purring and Preying on Bravo 2010-08-04T17:09:00Z We stuffed the colonies into our breeches while England’s head was turned. Books of The Times: Sticky Fingers, Used in Service of a Covetous Nature 2011-06-28T21:45:44Z They need more spaces and staggered schedules so everyone has time to pull up their breeches and slip into their gowns solo. At tourist sites, masking up without diluting the experience 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Mezzetin, wearing a rose-colored jacket and breeches slashed with yellow, is painted in a flickering style derived from Anthony van Dyck. The Getty just announced its most important drawings acquisition in 20 years—and adds a 'Surprise' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The noblesse was above petty quotidian regulations, but time waits for no man, even those in pink silk breeches. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z The film has it more or less right: a dark blue coat with silver frogging and braided epaulettes, partnered with skintight white breeches. Beau Brummell: friends without benefits 2012-10-05T13:12:00Z This apologist for art and beauty, quite froufrou with his long hair and velvet knee breeches, addressed largely feminine audiences about “The House Beautiful.” ‘Wilde’s Women’: the surprising force behind Oscar’s fame and success 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z That agility would come in handy while trouncing vampires in breeches and a stovepipe hat. Benjamin Walker, Sexypants Vampire Hunter 2012-06-17T06:13:01Z Sarah Cubbage’s wonderful costumes — breeches and pompadours mixed with stone-washed tights and sneakers — foreshadowed the gleeful anachronisms and salty modern-day vernacular in Mr. Buggeln’s script. | 'Hater': An Updated ?Misanthrope? at the Ohio Theater 2010-07-22T22:11:00Z Elizabeth Watts mayhave seemed incongruous – a tiny soprano in velvet coat and breeches playing an oddly chirpy general – but the audience loved her for her gleaming singing as much as for her levity. Radamisto – review 2013-02-11T17:31:00Z For the men, there is the novelty of dancing in knee-length breeches, worn over the usual tights. ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Awakes to Vibrant Ballet Costumes 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z His mystique was amplified by tour photos taken by his official portraitist Napoleon Sarony: Wilde in knee breeches, for instance, reclining sensuously on a fur rug. Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “My riding breeches. Suits I haven’t seen for years — all tweed, it seems. And, oh, a top hat.” T Magazine: J.P. Donleavy is Still Standing 2014-03-07T20:19:12Z A codpiece covered the opening in front of a man's breeches in 16th-century European men's fashion. 'Twilight' creator Meyer makes Sundance debut 2013-01-20T20:46:03Z “Quickly, quickly, now,” a servant in breeches and waistcoat urged, shooing the audience down a slope of lawn and onto a curving lamplit path to the duel. Review: Chasing ‘The Rivals’ on a Summer Evening 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z With the tweed knee breeches that Oliver Spencer made this season, of course. Trading Up: For Rappelling Those Mean Manhattan Canyons - Trading Up 2011-11-28T22:45:36Z But the feeling of that giddy costume extravaganza came through only in an airy cream and ivory palette and in shapes suggesting trim court breeches and dainty fichu collars. Film and Fashion: Just Friends 2010-03-04T16:34:00Z "And also, I don't have to appear from a lake in a white shirt and breeches," he added, referring to the famous scene in the BBC adaptation where Firth emerged from a lake. Matthew Rhys to play Mr Darcy 2013-05-28T17:00:32Z Foote, it was alleged, crammed his fingers into Sangster's breeches while the man was adjusting the straps on his master's cork prosthesis. Mr Foote's Other Leg by Ian Kelly – review 2012-10-05T21:55:04Z But this isn’t the architectural equivalent of requiring federal workers to wear knee breeches and a tricorn hats. Perspective | Why Trump shouldn’t be allowed to dictate how federal buildings are designed 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z He leads a flock of similarly well-sculpted male dancers who thunder and slice across the stage — you can hear their breath heaving — like a gang in feathered breeches. Review | A ‘Swan Lake’ with echoes of ‘The Crown’ at the Kennedy Center 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z We see him in his shabby clothes, with holes in his breeches and toes poking through broken shoes, carrying his rusting fowling-piece. Perspective | On a last walk through the National Gallery, I’m reassured by images of an uncertain future 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Churchill’s white-tie evening suit is complete with breeches banded with the gold insignia of the Order of the Garter, together with all his military medals and sashes. Jewels from ‘The Crown’: A costume exhibition at Delaware’s Winterthur Museum 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Instead, he’s the embodiment of pizazz, running about in his satin breeches, orchestrating all the fun with his gleaming hair flying. Atlanta Ballet’s high-tech ‘Nutcracker’ at Kennedy Center is one of the most entertaining out there 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Backdrops taken from 17th century drawings and Tatiana Noginova’s costumes of red velvet breeches added to the ballet’s old world spirit. A dance 'Tour de Force,' minus the force, at Segerstrom Center 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Sir Lancelot stripped off his jerkin, His breeches, his shirt and his merkin. Style Invitational Week 1244: Primed for creative Amazon product reviews 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z It's a question theatre director Neil Bartlett and mezzo-soprano Jessica Walker, herself no stranger to breeches roles, are trying to answer in The Girl I Left Behind Me, a touring show for Opera North. Ladies as gents 2010-05-13T21:15:00Z Although the report called these “serious ethical” breeches, Esaian said the gifts were not an attempt to buy favor with the district and said they did not influence the bidding. CPS officials got $86,000 in gifts: Inspector 2012-03-16T18:56:00Z He dressed in a buttoned up silk jacket, breeches and a wide sash. Venerating the past, traditional costume fever grips Thailand 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Frankly, given the digital breeches we’ve seen at Sony so far, I expect underground dealers will be selling it on Pyongyang street corners next week. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z But Daly is sticking to the historical costume dramas for now — festival fans prefer the traditional flowing muslin and breeches, thank you very much. The Jane Austen film festival: Chick flicks for D.C.’s highbrow romantics 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The smartly designed store, housed in a 19th-century leather breeches workshop, showcases work by some of the top makers, pieces rooted to the regions, traditions and craftsmanship of the British Isles. British Souvenirs Made (One at a Time) in Britain 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z She was often seen walking through the city arm in arm with Struensee, both of them wearing tight-fitting leather breeches and scarlet coats. A Royal Affair: one to remember 2012-07-06T08:53:50Z But wearing breeches and uncomfortable buckled shoes is work to Mr. Kramer, not play. ‘Bridgerton’ Is Just the Beginning 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z In return for her thoughtful gifts of hand-sewn breeches and homemade Lingonberry preserves, a vengeful Weeping Lady attacks her and drowns her in the river. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Weep No More, My Lady 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Before he can jump into the lake, Mr. Winsor’s swan appears — radiant, wearing feathered breeches and marked with a black streak on his forehead. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z “It was quite a fall from grace. But that’s Sweden. It’s a place where you’re not allowed to get too big for your breeches.” Greg Poehler Plays a Transplant in ‘Welcome to Sweden’ 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z They were probably sitting in the showroom, rejected as too “boring” to show on the runway compared with fancy breeches. Special Report: The Code: Maturity, Equality, Fraternity 2010-02-28T18:30:00Z A daring choice, as any collection that features crisp accordion high collars, big marble crosses and a few breeches runs the risk of looking costumey. Fashion Review: In Paris, Damir Doma and Limi Feu Go Back in Time 2012-02-29T18:47:33Z If you love music, art, street food, and guys in breeches who say “Arrr,” this is the weekend for you. Weekend preview: Seafair, Block Party, Bellevue arts & more 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z At the center of the action were men in white protective suits, not tailcoats and breeches, and they were aiming high-pressure hoses at pieces of the set. For the Met, Opera History Lives in a Newark Parking Lot 2013-08-16T22:22:05Z When the play begins, a troupe of actors, costumed in skirts and breeches that gesture toward the Elizabethan, are about to put on a new show, “The London Merchant.” ‘The Knight of the Burning Pestle’ Review: Wielding His Trusty Kitchen Tools 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Her offbeat diversions on the child-like shirts of William III and the enormous 54in-waist breeches of George IV were unexpectedly telling. The Hoarder Next Door; How Royal Illness Changed History – TV review 2013-04-16T06:02:02Z During one memorable Australian tour I wore a complete 18th-century Mozart costume including powdered wig, silk frock coat, breeches, tights and buckled shoes. Elton John: 'Bestival seems to be a people's festival' 2013-01-30T21:00:03Z "The Queen has got the ascendant, has turned out favourites and Ministers, and literally wears the breeches, actual buckskin." A Royal Affair: one to remember 2012-07-06T08:53:50Z But once Mr. Miles pulls on breeches and boots, doublet and cloak, hat and a modest codpiece, a transformation takes place. Ben Miles Takes on ‘Wolf Hall’ Onstage 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z So there were tailored jackets with breeches as pants, cut away frock coats, formal Prince of Wales check fabrics and bolder mixes of polka-dot jackets with checked pants. Alexander McQueen Adding a Made-to-Order Line of Men?s Wear 2012-01-16T18:58:07Z For the muttonchops and breeches, the coffins packed with nitroglycerine and the fields littered with corpses. Westworld finale recap – robot army, assemble! 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z A reproduction of a 1734 painting shows the British trustees of colonial Georgia, wearing long coats, breeches and wigs, receiving a bare-chested, feathered delegation of Creek Indians. ‘Nation to Nation,’ at Museum of the American Indian 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Hundreds of fashionable spectators — men in straw boaters, women in riding breeches — milled around the large sand obstacle course, where a jumping competition was under way. Visiting France?s C?te Fleurie 2010-08-06T15:19:00Z The uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings. Who is Black Rod? Centuries-old role at heart of Parliament 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z "Court dress is velvet coat and breeches, with cut steel buttons, a ruffle and a white waistcoat," says Sir Simon. ‘The Queen arrived early’ - memories of Elizabeth II’s Coronation 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The procession is expected to arrive at the abbey at 10:53, with the King likely to wear military uniform instead of the more traditional breeches and silk stockings worn by kings before him. Your full guide to King Charles III's coronation and the key times 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Wearing a traditional Cambodian-Thai jacket and breeches in shiny cream-colored silk, he danced and crooned as a crowd of hundreds milled around. Long Beach's new year festival: Some Cambodian Americans aren't happy with the name Sankranta 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z “I would have fired somebody like Fauci. I think he got way too big for his breeches, and I think he did a lot of damage.” DeSantis, Doubling Down, Presses Questions About Trump’s Character 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z An 1895 photo of Burtis on an outing, wearing a straw boater and suspenders with his breeches, suggests the captain enjoyed eating his catch as much as finding it. A waterman’s house could be anchor to Chesapeake Bay park 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z What appears to be fine Chantilly lace emerges at the throat and cuffs, and he sports black satin breeches and white silk stockings. Commentary: Huntington museum lands a smashing gift, painted by court artist to Marie Antoinette 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z There are tall, flowering Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear’s breeches, as well as silvery green olive trees and fragrant coastal rosemary. How one renter swapped his lawn for a drought-tolerant family retreat 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z There are tall, flowering Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear’s breeches, silvery green olive trees and fragrant coastal rosemary. How one renter swapped his lawn for a drought-tolerant family retreat 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The prime minister has repeated his apology for Downing Street parties, after Sue Gray's report into breeches of Covid lockdown rules was made public. Johnson: I am humbled and I have learned a lesson 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z He was the last president to wear the powdered wig and knee breeches of an eighteenth-century gentleman and nearly the last Revolutionary in high office. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Even the word “oratory,” from our postmillennial point of view, seems outdated, the rhetorical equivalent of knee breeches and frock coats. Review | An anthology of great speeches, from the inspirational to the ominous 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z California has always been too big for its breeches. Opinion | California, the Most Calamitous Place on Earth 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Conspiracies are best left to Netflix period dramas with bouffant breeches and damascened daggers. The Trump era is a golden age of conspiracy theories – on the right and left | Nicolas Guilhot and Samuel Moyn 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “He showed up in his English riding gear, breeches, boots, everything but the whip,” Spencer remembered. Op-Ed: The forgotten book that launched the Reagan Revolution 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Then they attached a breeches buoy, or a canvas sling, to the pulley, which they hoped could carry the men ashore. Boat Stuck at Niagara Falls Moves for First Time Since 1918 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Even while construction crews are working to plug the numerous breeches in river embankments, experts and government officials are debating how to prepare for future storms. Deadly typhoon forces Japan to face its vulnerability to increasingly powerful storms 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Norway maple is an invasive plant that has escaped from cultivation to displace sugar maple and shade to death spring wildflowers such as Dutchman’s breeches, dog-tooth violet and mayapple. Some maples (sugar) are more desirable than others (Norway) 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z They were accompanied by a five-member Color Guard dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms — complete with tan breeches, white gloves and black buckle shoes. Aaron Burr, who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, had a secret family of color - The Washington Post 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z She is as elegant and tidy as her home is dishevelled, with blond hair cut short, 60s-style, and dressed in a pink tweed jacket, riding breeches and boots. ‘I accused Donald Trump of sexual assault. Now I sleep with a loaded gun’ 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z And for some, that means wearing top hats, breeches, doublets, or Bakelite jewellery. ‘I don’t see jeans in my future’: the people who wear complete historical dress – every day 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z But of course, we weren’t really independent because some fellows in breeches sweating it out in Philadelphia said so. A patriot’s almanac 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z He is wearing a black gown and not a wig or knee breeches or silk stockings like those in the other portraits. House Speaker John Bercow on Theresa May, Brexit and why he won’t leave — yet 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Back inside the palace, the king changed into his royal vestments — an embroidered golden robe, medallions and patterned silk breeches — and sat on an octagonal throne made of fig wood. Thailand crowns its king in a gilded spectacle rarely seen in the modern era The King James Bible does not use the word “breeches.” 400-Year-Old Bible Stolen From Pittsburgh Library Is Recovered in the Netherlands 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z A typical outfit would be a shirt, breeches, doublet, shoes and a hat. ‘I don’t see jeans in my future’: the people who wear complete historical dress – every day 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z After studying an old painting of the founding father during the photo shoot, the team stuffed Crawford’s skintight breeches with a sock. John F. Kennedy Jr. chose Drew Barrymore to pose as Marilyn Monroe for George after Madonna turned him down, pals reveal 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Bercow has dispensed with the traditional knee breeches, silk stockings and wig. Order! Order! The sharp-tongued speaker of the House of Commons is changing the rules — and maybe Brexit. 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z And potential breeches along US 378 and state highway 9 were blunted. Text of South Carolina governor’s State of the State address 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z At one AT&T meeting in the mid-1970s, she was photographed front and center in the audience, decked out in a construction worker’s hard hat and a pair of riding breeches. Evelyn Y. Davis, activist shareholder and ‘queen of the corporate jungle,’ dies at 89 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z In 1787, there were no “libs” to own, and smashing the patriarchy seems like an unlikely bet for 55 property-owning white dudes in waistcoats and breeches. A free press, like it or not 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The action is set in a curious temporal nowhere that mixes historical costumes—ruffs, breeches, and the like—with futuristic bone-white spaces and antiseptic chambers. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z "The best of this hard-wearing cotton was made into trousers called nankeen trousers or breeches," she said. Why are dusters often yellow? 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Warner wants to show that techland has gotten too big for its breeches and that the center of power radiates from the Hill—not the Valley. Warner’s Plan to Ruin the Internet 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The ship’s crew would tie off the rope and attach a breeches buoy that worked like a zip line to bring survivors to shore. 1 of greatest Coast Guard rescues to be celebrated 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Writing with a male pseudonym and wearing breeches, Sand’s transgression was not a refutation of her femininity but stemmed from a desire to protect that femininity from the public eye. George Sand’s unfinished legacy 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z After the breeches, a person tweeting as Vigilance taunted authorities by writing, “Where am I? Clock is ticking.” Man allegedly angry over Castile case is charged in hacking 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Williams’s modus operandi, several students said, was to corner them in horse stalls where he would push his tongue into their mouth or force their hands down his riding breeches. The Equestrian Coach Who Minted Olympians, and Left a Trail of Child Molestation 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z As Kent I’m in breeches and a little jacket. Actor Chiara Motley is a quick-change artist in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s ‘Shakespeare in Love’ 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z A man dressed as a town crier, in knee breeches and a tricorn hat, appeared on the hospital steps, ringing a very large handbell. ‘A Royal Baby, a Prince!’: Kate and William Welcome New Baby 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “I don’t have any shame anymore. I even wear my breeches and boots to the mall,” he said. For the Compton Cowboys, Horseback Riding Is a Legacy, and Protection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Hurst also is sticking with linen, cotton and wool for simplicity, but says the most common material used for breeches 200 years ago was leather. North Carolina battleground hosts period clothing workshop 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z “It’s a similar mix of vets and newcomers as we had in our original company on Broadway,” says Miranda, who has no plans to step into Hamilton’s blouse and breeches in this run. Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘Hamilton is an insane idea, but the story works’ 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The “Breeches Bible,” a 1560 Geneva Bible that says in Genesis 3:7, “Adam and Eve put on ‘breeches instead of aprons.’ The Bible Museum’s ‘Wicked Bible’: Thou Shalt Commit Adultery 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z The scene resembled a 19th century oil-painting of the English countryside, with foxhunters in leather boots, tan breeches and black helmets or top hats. Tallyho! A Suburban Fox Hunt Endures 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z I got lucky with a tailcoat and breeches from eBay, and ordered another tailcoat and waistcoat from America. 'I read my boyfriend Pride and Prejudice as a bedtime story': meet the Jane Austen superfans 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z British soldiers had moved him outside and stripped him of his breeches, when his captors received orders to kill him, too. We Could Have Been Canada 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Privacy rules are even more important as corporate data breeches have become more frequent, Democrats said. Senate votes to overturn FCC's tough privacy rules for broadband providers 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z After becoming Speaker in 2009, he updated his own attire by wearing a business suit, rather than the knee breeches and tights worn by his predecessors. Who is John Bercow? Six things about the UK's Speaker - BBC News 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Adams was also, according to the committee, the first president to wear long trousers at his inauguration, breaking with the five presidents before him, who all had worn knee breeches. Donald Trump, the Lincoln Bible and a Page Out of History 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z He emerged minutes later in costume — a waistcoat, breeches, tights and a top hat. New York Today: Backstage at a “Nutcracker” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Had she picked up “Pride and Prejudice” instead, she would have found herself strangely compelled to dance the cotillion with a snooty man in breeches. Tom Ford’s Seductive Enigma 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z She larks about with photographers, jumps into a hot tub in her riding breeches, and sips champagne. The Duo That Dominates Dressage 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The police arrived and found six Americans in tricorn hats, wigs, breeches and shoes with silver buckles made from aluminum foil. In honor of American independence, a good-natured poke at the British 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Workers also replaced the invasive plants they removed with native species — Dutchman’s breeches, shooting stars and trillium, among others. A Secret Section of Central Park Reopens 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z And way back in the days of pantaloons, breeches and Louis IVX, men wore heels — especially aristocratic men. Prince broke all the rules of fashion, and damn did he look good 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Having said that, I do believe there’s a danger that women’s historical work gets pigeon-holed and downgraded unless it comes out with a certain swagger, wearing pantomime breeches. ‘Big books by blokes about battles’: Why is history still written mainly by men? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Liverpool are in their famous red shirts and red shorts, while Arsenal sport their second-choice golden tops with dark breeches. Liverpool v Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z On two occasions, there were breeches in information two months ago. Read the Full Text of the Third Democratic Debate 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z In the centre two expeditionists are pushing aside jungle growth so that a burly, square-headed figure in khaki breeches and boots may gaze with hat in hand upon his river.” This U.S. President Actually Survived in the Wilderness 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z We always wear the traditional uniform – tailcoat and breeches, bicorne hat, white gloves and black riding boots – throughout the day, whether in Vienna or on tour. Dances with horses: hoofing it for the equine ballet 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Nobody wears breeches or carries a fake blunderbuss. The new American hero is the old Jeb Bush. Oh, no! | Jeb Lund 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Liverpool are in their famous red shirts and red shorts, while Arsenal sport their second-choice golden tops with dark breeches. Liverpool v Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Stokes, hitherto looking like a man with ants in his breeches, then plays his first proper shot, thwacking a sweep through square for four. Pakistan v England: first Test, day four – live! 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z "We've still got some breeches in some areas facing difficult times, so we'll assess it as we move forward," he said. Home away from home: Flags, billboards and soundtrack welcome South Carolina to LSU 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z On Thursday at noon, I ditch the San Francisco courthouse where I work as a Spanish interpreter and high-tail it home to swap my conservative suit for breeches and dusty paddock boots. Galloping Away to a Place Beyond Words 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Bower argues the duration of his stay breeches the eighth amendment by effectively being a form of torture. 30 years on death row and many appeals later, 'deck is always stacked against you' 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z "On that day," according to the India Legal journal, "the judges were robed in red gowns, wigs, black breeches, silk stockings". In pictures: Inside an Indian high court - BBC News 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Stokes, hitherto looking like a man with ants in his breeches, then plays his first proper shot, thwacking a sweep through square for four. Pakistan v England: first Test, day four – live! 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z He wore a Fascist Militia uniform — grey breeches with a narrow black stripe, a green-grey tunic and muddy black riding boots. Read an Eye-Witness Account of Mussolini's Final Moments 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Swannell was loved by the home crowd, less so by opponents - although it is unclear how team mates reacted to his habit of never washing his pair of old rugby breeches. Northampton Saints' rugby star who died at Gallipoli - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z You rather expect a young Empire dandy in leather breeches and waistcoast to be rowing his damsel in her ruffled petticoat past you. Hennessy Releases A 250 Year Anniversary Blend And Takes It On The Road 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Just imagine the dishwashing scene in The Hobbit, but everyone’s in knee breeches. 5 Solid Party Tips from Presidential History 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The Gothic fairytale fabric of Charles Barry's 19th Century building and the sometimes archaic dress of those who work there - including knee breeches, legal wigs and wing collars - have led to its current nickname: Hogwarts. Behind the scenes at Westminster 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z They wear baggy breeches, leather webbing, tall black boots. The Kid With the Kalashnikov Isn't Happy: Ukraine's Revolution One Year On Catherine Somerville’s amazing quilt from the 1950s is constructed from men’s denim breeches in the Log Cabin pattern: Half the bars in each “round” or section are light and half are dark. A Review of ‘From Heart to Hand: African-American Quilts’ at the Montclair Art Museum 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z In an era when women were chattel and courage was thought to be the sole dominion of men, she donned breeches and armor, rode at the head of an army and stiffened a nation’s resolve. Book review: ‘Joan of Arc,’ by Kathryn Harrison Like many of the longtime staff at Capital Bikeshare, Miess is a former bike messenger and looks it, clad in tweed riding breeches and a jaunty wool cap. D.C. Bikeshare workers look to unionize — and build a nationwide Bikeshare powerhouse It was built as a workshop for breeches makers in 1893. Meet The Shopkeeper Of The New Craftsmen, The Real British Souvenir Shop 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z She wears a low-cut, fur-trimmed vest, and her breeches are unbuttoned to reveal not only that she goes commando, but that she’s not a slave to Brazilians either. Is this painting too “pornographic” for a gallery? 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Frith was less glamorous than her media version, yet definitely and illegally went beyond fashionable androgynous styling into wearing proper male, buttoned doublet and wide Dutch slop breeches, clay pipe of tobacco in her hand. The female leads who cut a swathe through the centuries 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Amnesty International and other human rights groups say the provision is too harsh and breeches international law. Barbados to curb death sentence use 2014-03-26T02:17:18Z “They walk in with their boots and breeches on.” Beauty on Field and on Exhibit 2013-07-13T18:26:00Z Some viewers insisted that History devote itself to educational stories about great men in breeches, waistcoats, and tricorn hats; others assumed that anything on History will not be fun. A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc, the Duck Whisperer 2013-06-20T09:50:07Z It is not just that at conservative rallies, chaps in tricorn hats and knee breeches are a staple. Lexington: George Washington, politician 2013-05-30T15:02:24Z A clue to the collective psychology emerged in the movement’s early days, when adherents dressed in tricorn hats, knee breeches, and brass-buckled shoes. American exceptionalism is a dangerous myth 2013-05-26T11:00:00Z The breeches, or trousers, held up by braces would have made it very difficult to slouch, giving Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley the upright stance we associate with men in the Regency period. Party like it’s 1813 2013-05-10T01:24:59Z Dwyer says she bled so badly during the race that his breeches were liberally spattered with blood as he crossed the line. Michael O'Leary donates €200,000 to JT McNamara fund at Fairyhouse 2013-04-01T19:34:21Z Dwyer's nightmare began as he returned, on foot, to weigh in after Ice Age, the favourite, finished third, having bled so heavily from the nose that his breeches were covered in blood. Martin Dwyer's appeal against riding ban will be in India on Monday 2013-03-26T20:09:00Z How might the dissociation of researchers have paved the way to other ethical breeches we learn about in the book? On Ethics and Self-Policing in (Citizen) Science 2013-02-23T02:15:00.447Z During the French Revolution, Parisian women had requested the right to wear trousers and working-class revolutionaries became known as "sans-culottes" for wearing trousers instead of the silk-knee breeches preferred by the bourgeoisie. Paris women permitted trousers 2013-02-04T21:49:25Z At the shop belonging to Austria's Grand Dame of Tracht, Gexi Tostman, there are albums full of personal photos of grooms in brilliant waistcoats and knee breeches and brides in silken dirndls. Bodices and leather trousers make a comeback 2012-10-21T23:16:59Z The athletes, now in helmets and riding breeches, were given only 20 minutes to bond with their horses before taking them through a daring jumping course in front of thousands of people. Modern Pentathlon Brings a Day of Madness to Olympics 2012-08-12T01:20:38Z In addition to their knee breeches, they differed from many of the others sipping Champagne aboard the spectator boat because they were watermen and earned their livelihoods on the river. On the Thames, a Small Rowing Race with a Long History 2012-07-25T01:16:03Z To him, in a cynical and wicked world, the law is one profession that stands incorruptible, its wigs, gowns, breeches and stockings floating serene above the swamp. Parliament, not Leveson, is the best place for this inquiry 2012-07-05T20:00:00Z Footling breeches, which are thought to be the most difficult, in our experience, they often just slid right out.” Ina May Gaskin and the Battle for at-Home Births 2012-05-23T19:07:27Z Another very ribald Italian folk-song of the fourteenth or fifteenth century is specially interesting because it is founded upon Boccaccio’s famous tale of the Abbess and the breeches. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z He had pink velvet breeches, with a waistcoat of similar material; red stockings, and shoes with silver buckles. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z At May’s house in Dorset Street, New Kent Road, they found a pair of breeches, stained with blood at the back. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z He had his hands in the pockets of his riding breeches; and he looked gloomy, worried, anything but glad to see the visitor. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z His breeches are white, and as voluminous as a woman's skirts; they fall to a few inches above his knee; the rest of his brown leg is bare, and rigid with muscle. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z “Enough blue sky to make a Dutchman’s breeches indicates clearing,” is one that is true if the wind has changed to the west. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Then he felt in his breeches pocket, to make sure, by the touch of notes and gold, that he was not dreaming. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Help me to touch the lyric string On—brave O'Brien's breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z "Them 's elegant black satin breeches," said Darby, whose eyes of covetousness were actually rooted on the object of his desire. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The boys are dressed in the costume selected for p. 75them in Edward VI.’s reign; the outer garments consisting of a long dark-blue coat, breeches, and yellow worsted stockings. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z "We supply tunic, jacket, and two pairs of breeches, and cap, for nine pounds." The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z Then Walker, a gallant figure in straw hat, gray coat, red waistcoat with gilded buttons, breeches and gaiters and brown boots, strutted into sight. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z The theme, if not the thrummer, shines; That theme's—O'Brien's breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z He wore a brown jersey, a pair of riding breeches, and slippers. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Unlimited shillings were at their command; and as for pennies—well, all the pennies in the world lived in their breeches' pockets. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Among the articles in the inventory of his estate when it was confiscated was seven pairs of silk hose, at fourteen shillings; plated shoe buckles, six shillings; and pair of velvet breeches. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z I had on a pair of linen breeches, the weather being very warm.... The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. I (of VI), "Venetian Years" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings 2012-03-31T02:00:25.633Z They quodded him, his plans to baulk, And—tried to bag his breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z A stubby figure in a velveteen coat and drab breeches, his hand on an ash-plant, he held his ground among them, tickled by the attention he excited and fired by his own importance. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z His dress was in the extreme of the fashion, his falling collar vandyked, and his breeches open below the knee, where they were met by wide-mouthed boots. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z I? cried Susannah, shutting the door in a huff.——If she can, I’ll be shot, said my father, bouncing out of bed in the dark, and groping for his breeches. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z Fill your honour full of most noble itches, And make Jack dance in your Lordships breeches. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject 2012-03-26T02:00:33.817Z He up and swore in accents stern, "I won't—wear convict breeches!" Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z They contented themselves with Poverty and labor enjoined one tunic, patched within and without, with the cord and breeches, and we desired to have nothing more.... A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z So no doubt many of the rustics were already wondering if they would not look better in shakos and crimson breeches than they did in the blue cotton and goatskins of their shepherds' dress. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z O Trim! would to heaven thou had’st a better historian!—would thy historian had a better pair of breeches!——O ye critics! will nothing melt you? The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z The night was cold and foggy, and Jim wore the collar of his coat turned up, and carried his gun under his arm, with his hands thrust deep into his breeches pockets. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z But he, the eloquent of tongue, Stuck to—O'Brien's breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z We were very naturally prepared for an embarrassing ceremony—an expectation which was not lessened, in my case, by the necessity of a laced coat, breeches, and sword. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Sunday is the market at Pollensa, and there the traveller may see a profusion of the old men of the zouave-like breeches. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z As for the thin scarlet breeches, they had been unripp’d by the taylor between the legs, and left at sixes and sevens—— ——Yes, Madam,——but let us govern our fancies. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z Apparently her entrance had roused him from sleep, for his hair was rough, and he was in his shirt and breeches. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The prisoner to bed must get; They watched—and boned his breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z Velvet cycling breeches like you wear cycling, and a sword! Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z It was surely without humorous intent that the devotee who fashioned his garments garbed him in the quaint old Majorcan dress of abnormally wide blue breeches. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Had on when he absconded, a shabby claret coloured coat, adorned with patches, and a pair of dirty smoak'd coloured breeches; without knee-buckles; and an old flopped hatt, defaced with grease. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Mr. Bishop smiled, and patted his buckskin breeches with confidence. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z No, rather he remains In bed—without his breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z You were better in her petticoats and she in your breeches! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z The artist shows the hero in what was presumably the sleeping-suit of the period—loose white breeches and a shirt. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z I didn't get any new breeches; on the contrary, lost my new overcoat, and got damaged myself. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z His hands were plunged far into the fobs of his breeches, and he was studying something so deeply that he did not perceive her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z A lesson high this teaches: A plucky people is not ruled By—stealing patriot's breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z What has converted him?—the plush breeches? the crash of the tenth of April? the loss of his first lady love? the reading of the “Lotus-eaters?” the delirious Fugue of Fossils? Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z And round every corner, that market-morning, came the quaint old men in their broad-brimmed felt hats and baggy breeches, unconsciously adding the note of human interest that completed the pictures. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Gabriel went in to win, but, spite of the sanctity of his name and the holiness of his aforesaid breeches, he was not permitted a clear field. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z I neither give or get, but if I had the price of a saddle horse in my breeches it wouldn't go into my stocking. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Brian Boru they sang of yore, But when her goal she reaches, Erin will sing, from shore to shore, O'Brien—and his breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z During the French revolution, a learned Jacobin discovered that the early Peruvians adored a divinity who patronized the Sans-culottes, of their day, and who was named Cawaltze-quos, i. e. without breeches. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He also preached in his famous "leather breeches" at Colonel Stevens' plantation, to a great congregation of several thousand whites and Indians. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z These legs and feet and his arms were bare; the rest of his small, plump person was clad in a little jacket and very short breeches of pink calico. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z In breeches and shirt I leaned from the open window to smell the young year, and saw Silver Heels's head at the next window, her hair in her eyes, and bare arms propping her chin. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Her bards will praise the patriot true, His long and fiery speeches, His bearding Balfour's brutal crew; But, above all,—his breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z The latter was in the navy, and having a blue coat and waistcoat, purchased a pair of red breeches to match. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z When I was first introduced to him he was neatly dressed in a plain blue coat, white Casimer waistcoat, and black breeches and Boots, as he came from his farm. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z There were two long flights of stairs, and a shorter flight to the attic; the pink breeches had the air of climbing an Alp. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z I pulled on the buff breeches, and laced them tight, drew on the boots, set the vest close and buttoned it, then put on coat and hat, and lastly tied my silver gorget. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Oh, ne'er may the potheen pass round But—Erin so beseeches— The Isle may with one theme resound,— O'Brien—and his breeches! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z His waistcoat and stockings and breeches were white, His cap had a new cherry ribbon to tie't: And the maids at doors and the balconies ran And cried "Lac-a-day! he's a proper young man!" The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z At night the loyal settlers lay Betwixt their feather-beds; In hose and breeches walked by day, And smoked, and wagged their heads. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Faith now, says he, In my breeches’ pocket! The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z He was all in yellow, silk coat, and silver-shot waistcoat, with breeches of gold brocade and white silk stockings. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z O'Brien the thin his own breeches would wear, And have nothing to do with the Government pair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-17T03:00:35.863Z It was not until 1820, when she began her seven years’ connexion with the recently founded Gymnase, that she won her triumphs in soubrette and “breeches” parts, which came to be known as “D�jazets.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z "I suppose," he cried, in his vexation, "that each time I require a new pair of breeches I must beg her, on my bare knees, to sign the order." The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z A green plush coat, a scarlet vest, and buckskin breeches. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Most of them wear white breeches and black gaiters. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z His hat was pulled awry over his eyes, and his hands were plunged deep in his breeches pockets. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z His dress consists of a short coat or jerkin, and tight-fitting breeches of some coarse stuff, perhaps leather; heavy sandals, with soles studded with nails, are laced tightly round his ankles. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z The concierge was leaning against the stonework smoking pensively, his hands plunged deep into his breeches pockets. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z They wore black satin knee breeches and white shirts, open at the throat. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z The first thing he did was to send away my carriage, which had already attracted much attention with the tall footman, velvet breeches, cockades, etc. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z In his heart, which was secretly perturbed, was room for the wish that he had been found in other than the high-buttoned gaiters and breeches of his country life. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Their doublet has a long body and four skirts; and their breeches are a pantaloon of white frize, which they call trousers. The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z He wore a steel helmet with streaming plumes, a glittering cuirass, red breeches, and immense boots to his knees. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Some only for not being drowned, And some for sitting above ground Whole days and nights upon their breeches, And, feeling pain, were hanged for witches ... Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z A pair of drawers or breeches and leggins, were the dress of the thighs and legs; a pair of moccasins answered for the feet much better than shoes.—These were made of dressed deer skin. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z There's no hiatus in his honour, whatever may be said of his breeches! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The northern Irish have for their only dress a breeches, and a covering for the back, without bonnets, shoes, or stockings. The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z She gave a little scream; the tray struck me on the chest; there was jingle of broken glass, and a jugful of claret was streaming down my breeches and soaking about my knees. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z He was dressed for riding, with buff coat and buckskin breeches, and shining top boots. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z An old man with a gray beard sat on a ditty box at the lee rail, sewing a pair of breeches. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Brereton clapped his hand to his brow, and, holding it there, paced the room in his shirt and breeches. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Rat′ionals, dress for women convenient for bicycling, &c.—breeches instead of skirts. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Then he looked at my breeches and laughed. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Carstares left off polishing his nails, yawned, and leaned back in his chair, a slim, graceful figure in cambric shirt and apricot satin breeches. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z It is not the breeches I mind, though to be sure I shall cut a ridiculous figure on the highroad; no, nor the money, though I have not a stiver left. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z After letting his eyes travel over the group, "How long is this going on, Mr. Under-Sheriff?" he asked, plunging his hands deep in his breeches pockets. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z With that on my head, and habited in a fine new brocaded coat of green velvet and lemon-coloured silk breeches and stockings, I went timidly to confront my destiny. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The coat was of white velvet, the waistcoat and breeches of white satin, and all richly laced with an embroidery of silver. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z "I perceive your sword in the corner behind you, your Grace!" snapped Jack, and flung over to the door, twisting the key round in the lock and slipping it into his breeches pocket. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z He came here without a penny piece and burnt his breeches last night. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Old Colonel Pyke presided as Chief Magistrate for many years, and was usually to be seen sitting in the little police office in drab knee breeches with gray yarn stockings and snuff colored coat. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z He was in riding-dress, with his boots and breeches much stained with mud, and he carried a switch in his hand. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z I looked down at my white buckskin breeches, with the red patches spreading over them. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The meet on Monday was at Apthorpe Common, a distance of nine miles from Kencote, and the three men appeared at breakfast in boots and breeches. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z He shut the door behind him, and this morning I find it wide open and my breeches gone. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z All this did more to weaken the Church of England than even a century of scandalous inefficiency: Abuse a man, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches pocket. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z He had, indeed, ingeniously classified the various coats, hats, breeches, vests, periwigs, ruffles, cravats and the other appurtenances of a gentleman's wardrobe, with the modes of wearing them, as expressions of feeling and emotion. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z We sing of Tell and rave of Wallace, but we have no interest in a hero without breeches! The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z He had taken off his rough overcoat and broad-brimmed hat, and stood in a worn—very much worn—suit of brown velveteen breeches and gaiters. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z But there was money in the breeches' pockets. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z The prisoner was in an open barouche, dressed in a blue coat and gilt buttons, white waistcoat, drab breeches, and white top boots, and his hair was powdered. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z And he thrust his feet forward, plunged his hands in his breeches pockets, and rolled back against the wall. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z As for the ladies, they generally wore stockings and over them long drawers or breeches, fitting tightly to the lower part of the leg and very full above. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z When Lettie had put on him his torn little shirt, and had gathered the great breeches about him, Emily went to him to coax him and make him at home. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z There is a thief, sir, in your inn, and we travellers must go on our way without breeches. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Astonishment was at its height when on the way to some service at the cathedral, the citizens saw Francis approaching them "naked save for his breeches," while Brother Leo carried his habit. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z For barely twenty feet ahead a door had suddenly opened, and a man dressed in the jacket and short breeches of the Tyroler came out on to the path. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z These, like other Samoan men, were tattooed from the waist to the knee rather as if they wore tight breeches under their kilts. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Perhaps he felt ashamed, for he went silently away to the machine, where he belted his riding breeches tightly round his waist, and slung the scythe strap on his hip. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "As for the breeches, sir," began the landlord. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Knee′-breech′es, breeches extending to just below the knee, as in court-dress.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Even as a support for breeches or trousers, the use of braces has gradually supplanted the girdle during the past century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Just as he was getting into his breeches a message was brought him that two more German princelets had arrived who had to be included in the party. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Lettie was somewhat taken aback by the sight of him standing with legs apart, dressed in dirty leggings and boots, and breeches torn at the knee, naked at the breast and arms. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The dolman of the Korean hussar is of a cinnamon colour, his collar and cuffs emerald-green, and his breeches stripes saffron. 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 Then he reached his hand around to his neck, and they saw that he bore, pinned to his belt, a package wrapped in the red calico of which tao breeches are fashioned. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The uniform, instead of being completed by breeches, ended in a short skirt and tan leather leggings. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z For wet and dusty work there are trouser suits in cotton, woollen, or mackintosh, or tunic suits with knee breeches and leggings, or gaiters. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z Then he returned, rubbing his sticky finger dry against his breeches. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z My buckskin breeches were the result of nine separate measurings. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The ruins of nipa houses showed them in fallen roof-trees and gaping breeches. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z An old lackey, in a blue livery, with knee breeches and white stockings, bowed, somewhat surprised at recognizing, after a moment's hesitation, Prince Lubimoff. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He wears a Prussian cap, linen breeches and canvas shoes. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z George was leaning back in his chair, his hands in his breeches pockets. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "If you have a pair of old breeches, send them to the Rabbi." The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He could hardly believe that the lusciously beautiful siren he had seen with bare shoulders and bosom, and clinging skirts, the night before, was this trimly buttoned-up youth in breeches and boots. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z And thereafter when Salda�a entered the luxurious dwelling in Paris, he often came across strange visitors, at whom the lackeys in breeches stared in amazement. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z After getting her tied down with my "sash," a silk concern that I kept my breeches up with, I went to work opening the little blade of my knife. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z He pulled his watch out of his breeches' pocket; it was half-past three. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "Here be yer breeches!" and he held up a pair of pantaloons made of the stoutest Scotch stuff. How John Norton the Trapper Kept His Christmas 2011-12-13T03:00:24.207Z Persis was wearing the bowler hat and the coat and breeches and boots Forbes had seen her in that morning in Central Park. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Sitting on the side of his bed, the old peasant listened yet for a few seconds, before hastily putting on his breeches and running to the door. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Uncle "Nick" and aunt "Mary," mothers' brother and sister, who lived in Galveston, sent us a trunk full of clothes and among them was a pair of white canvas breeches for me. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z They were both in breeches and gaiters, but George still looked like a yeoman, while Mayhew had all the braggadocio of the stable. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z He was plucked away from there all torn, face, doublet, and breeches, though he avenged himself with both feet and hands. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z A leg of my riding breeches was missing from the knee down. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z It consisted of a tight fitting jerkin of parti-coloured velvet, with puffed breeches to match, pulled over thick black hose. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z One ship was loaded with dry goods and from that time on I wore breeches. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z There was our Georgie, in leggings and breeches as of yore, and a whip. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z And their shoes, stockings, and breeches, their doublets, laces, and metal trappings were all made of gold and white silk. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z I was surprised to find myself face to face with a gentleman in a light-blue coat with metal buttons, a white waistcoat, nankeen breeches, and top-boots.... Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Whenever an opportunity occurred, the agent converted coin into notes, and packed them in the waistband of his leather breeches. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z I had never seen her that I remembered of, but held her in high esteem for her kindness in sending me the white canvas breeches during the war. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z He was dressed as if for the cattle market, in jacket and breeches and gaiters. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Those that remained upon the plateau were blacking each other’s eyes, breaking each other’s teeth, tearing out each other’s hair, rending each other’s doublet and breeches. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z That usually decorous officer tilted his cap to the back of his head, and thrust his hands into his breeches pockets--hardly the regulation attitude in the presence of superiors. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Their black legs are bare, and through places that seem torn in breeches and sleeves, the shining black marble shows. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Shortly after school broke up I wore my first pair of breeches. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z "Look, see the seat of his breeches!" cried a shapely hussy. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z “Why,” said Soetkin, “do you wipe your greasy hands on your breeches?” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z And for each ball that disappeared Mr. Benyon produced another from his breeches pocket. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z In two minutes Seleti, a Bechuana youth, clad in a ragged flannel shirt and a pair of his master’s discarded riding breeches, came shuffling round. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z And some of those consequences will be breeches of privacy. The Fiasco of Facebook Physics: Zuckerberg's 'Mistakes' Are Beyond Comprehension 2011-11-30T04:59:13Z Beau Ripple in damson-coloured velvet coat and breeches, with waistcoat of old rose sattin trimmed with silver and rose silk stockings clocked with the same. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z And among the lot they had but one pair of breeches. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z The sixth, however, which he also produced from the same wondrous store contained in his breeches pocket, he contented himself with what he called "snicking." Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Seated just outside the stockaded inclosure is a European, clad in the broad-brimmed hat, doublet, loose breeches, and buff riding boots of a bygone time. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Some hatless, some shoeless, all stockingless; for even those who wore sabots showed an inch or two of naked flesh between the ends of their breeches and the tops of their wooden shoes. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z There the Bacchantes were corseted and hooped to primness; the Satyrs had high red heels for hoofs, silken breeches for the fur of goats. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z I behaved as if I did not believe it, and laughed, saying, ‘If I make the braces for him, he will next wish that you should fasten them to his breeches.’ Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z At the same station we descry another huntsman in white breeches, scarlet cap, and overcoat. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z So they went to a room which was like a big wardrobe with hundreds and hundreds of hooks upon which were hung hundreds of coats and breeches and embroidered shirts. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z It's my belief I've got about an acre of land fastened to the seat of my breeches. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z As for himself, his black sattin breeches set his teeth on edge as he tried to scratch his knee. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z "I'm afraid the other things are rather spoiled, sir," he said seriously, and drew forth, successively, a very large pair of high-low shoes, two long grey worsted stockings, and a pair of grass-green breeches. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z And here is Sir Charles—not he of the hunting-whip and breeches, but one renowned in science, and making a practical as well as a theoretical approximation to the antiquity of man. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Then, whilst Haimet returned the eggs to the rifled nest, he stole the very breeches from his legs, and forthwith descended to the ground. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Bertie gave one too, a cold shiver went down his back, and the time in which he reversed the garment and got inside his breeches was perhaps the best on record. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z What a fine fellow he was in his full trimmed grey riding-coat and brown buckskin breeches. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Perhaps a half-hour after she entered the bungalow for breakfast she appeared again in the familiar roughrider’s outfit, adjusting the leather-fringed skirt over her breeches as she stood in the doorway. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z "What a question! she's the only girl here; all the other women have worn breeches—have seen fire, I mean." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z I don't like floured heads, silk stockings, or crimson velvet breeches; I like everything about me to be plain to the verge of severity. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Their uniform is a white cloth coat, with buckskin breeches, boots reaching 158up to the hips, and swords that Wallace himself would not have been ashamed to wield. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z "No, but I see plenty of men with buckskin patches on their breeches," answered Harry. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z He wore breeches or drawers, reaching to the knees, and his feet and the lower part of the leg were covered with the cothurnus, a sort of traveller's half-boot. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z I suffered very much that night with cold, as my leather breeches, and every thing else I had on, was wet and frozen. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z I am a mere bundle of mysteries in coat and breeches. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z With this decisive reply, he instinctively thrust his hands into his breeches' pockets, and marched off with a hurried step. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z Look out for the man with buckskin patches on his breeches. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z They wore fairly close breeches reaching to the knee and a tunic fastened by brooches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Clad in the full-skirted, bottle-green coat, the skin-tight breeches of white leather, and the polished Hessian boots which he affected, he presented a most graceful and gallant figure. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z They get a breeches hold on the president of a mill. The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z Close by he saw the husband's huge hands resting on the arm of his chair--he lay back in the chair like a dead river-god in breeches. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z There are but few of them in the United States, in whose breeches' pockets may not be found, at any hour of the day, at least a dozen of those gods. Popery! 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