| 单词 | broadcloth |
| 例句 | He regularly wore black broadcloth when he went out of the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He wore the battered clothes of a field hand and an ancient broadcloth coat highly polished by age and wear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t need it anymore, for Mama had made him a new suit of clothes—a calico shirt, skin leggings, a set of blue broadcloth britches trimmed with red wool. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Out of one of the drawers he lifted a finely woven broadcloth shirt, carefully cut, and very pink. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z At the trader’s, Deydey paid off the winter’s debt and bought a length of blue broadcloth for Mama to sew into a dress. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As he lifted his hand to knock he heard steps, so he withheld his hand until a big man in black broadcloth trousers and a stiff bosomed white shirt without collar opened the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a new hat now, and a new broadcloth coat, so they knew what the portmanteau had contained. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved his hair out of his face and picked up his broadcloth jacket from the floor, draping it strategically over his arm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The grandfather was dressed in a black broadcloth suit and he wore kid congress gaiters and a black tie on a short, hard collar. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Wearing blouses and broadcloth skirts and handwoven belts, they formed a slower-moving, dignified circle around the male dancers, keeping their torsos and heads straight as they bobbed up and down with each step. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In death, she wore her blue broadcloth skirt. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The leather packet was lined with broadcloth and into the cloth two needles were stuck. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He dressed like a great man—black broadcloth coat and trousers, wide black hat, overcoat with a velvet collar, ebony cane which he made to seem a sword. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And she could in her sorrow see that Samuel had a clean white shirt and that his black broadcloth was brushed and free of spots and his shoes blacked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked impressive, in his cinnamon broadcloth coat and the fine linen shirt. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Poplin, the cotton fabric also called broadcloth, is the most common shirt material in the world, and PYE has worked to refine its presentation. Creating the Perfect White Shirt 2013-01-13T18:30:18Z While he sells them in a more expensive broadcloth, he prefers oxford cloth, which is rougher and less dressy-looking than broadcloth. Trading Up: The Circle of White 2011-01-11T23:40:06Z He first played there in 1937, in the depths of the Great Depression, when players wore broadcloth shirts and neckties, and corn whisky flowed at the tournament Bobby Jones called the Augusta National Invitation. The ride of Sam Snead’s life - Golf Digest 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In late April, one of those walnut coffins, covered in black broadcloth, will lie in state in Peekskill’s depot, with Civil War re-enactors standing sentry. ‘Lincoln never dies’ - finding his resonance 150 years later 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z George Washington was so leery of seeming to be like a king that he wore a plain brown broadcloth suit to his first inauguration. Bush, Clinton and the mixed appeal of political dynasties 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Vernon attributes the brand's devoted following to its careful attention to shaping, color and fabrics, most of which are cotton jersey and stretch broadcloth. Fresh Produce marks 30 years of 'vacation' casual 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z His frock coat, made of good West of England broadcloth, had, in consequence of many years’ wear, become a dark blood colour. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Blue roundabout, and trousers to match, of good broadcloth, finer than anything Sam had ever felt of before. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z The drapery is admirable in shade and fold, and we distinguish with ease the loose texture of the bright red tunic, and that of the fine broadcloth which forms the blue mantle. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The meeting of the leading mutineers was held in a large tent, which had been made snug, by lining it with bales of broadcloth driven from the wreck. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z “Moral: Never trust pioneer preachers with your lumber pile, simply because they wear broadcloth coats, for most of them know how to take them off, and then they can work as well as pray.” Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z It is best to employ a good tailor, as a suit of coarse broadcloth which fits you perfectly, and is stylish in cut, will make a more elegant dress than the finest material badly made. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z With Philistine relief we used to return to the sanitary, orderly avenues of the Ensanche, patrolled by placid policemen in crimson broadcloth coats. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The fulling of flannels and broadcloths is effected by the felting principle. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z He will have to take existence a little more seriously—to weave broadcloth instead of lace. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z His unbuttoned coat of a rich broadcloth reached down to his heels; his trousers were tucked into the tops of well-polished boots. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z I answered that I was; and seeing him to be a man well on in years, clad in good broadcloth, and of a sober, substantial aspect, I saluted him abjectly. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z He could not make either a good house or a broadcloth suit. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z This felting property is one of the most valuable qualities possessed by wool, and on this property are the finer kinds of wool especially valued by the manufacturer for the finest broadcloths. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Now he stopped to bite another mouthful from a big twist of tobacco he took from his broadcloth coat pocket. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Your broadcloth can lap me round two or three times; but the mantle of Divine love, the precious fine robe of Jesus's righteousness, can cover your soul a thousand times. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z They feel that the dwellers in palaces, the riders in carriages, the wearers of broadcloth, silk, and velvet have in some way been robbing them. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z I took a number of little square pieces of broadcloth from a tailor's pattern-card, of various colors. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Oh, Cyril, he lives in an eternal Sunday suit, holy broadcloth and righteous three inches of cuffs! The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z His dress was uniformly of superfine drab broadcloth, made in the old style of a plain coat with strait collar, a long waistcoat, and a broad-brimmed hat. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Elizabeth's wondering eyes uprose from its perusal to the vision of a tall, stout lady attired in purple broadcloth who was being assisted from the carriage. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z If it were a devil, yet its clothing was that of a sheep; if a wolf, it wore broadcloth. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Long sitting will broadcloth abrade, The dye wore off—and so displayed A red substratum! A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Right up to the top-most benches the folk were banked—broadcloth in front, corduroys and fustian behind; faces turned everywhere upon him. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 2011-12-31T03:00:19.660Z Why should I go in coarse rags, to clothe my master in broadcloth and fine linen, when he knows, and I know, that we are sons of the same father? The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z In his dress he was completely metamorphosed into a fashionable gentleman, with white waistcoat and gloves, and the remainder of his suit of fine black broadcloth. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Here caravans come from Ladakh, Nepal and upper Tibet, bringing gold, borax, salt, wool, musk and furs, to exchange for tea, tobacco, sugar, cotton goods, 751 broadcloth and hardware. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The employment of wool in the manufacture of broadcloth and flannel was, a few years ago, almost the entire business of the woollen factories. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z He wore broadcloth trousers, almost skin-tight, with long leather gaiters reaching to the knee, a velvet waistcoat with metal buttons, and a rough, long-haired hunting jacket. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z As the 199 boat drew nearer they noticed another figure wrapped in a long blue broadcloth cape. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Her husband appeared in his best broadcloth, wearing on his head a red fez with a white under edge. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z His wearied mien forbade the suggestion of leisure, while his broadcloth spoke of long wear and speedy purchase. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Wheat is not six pounds a quarter, nor broadcloth two pounds fourteen shillings a yard,—which would be the case if we trebled the prices of 1707. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z During his three years in Nashville, in particular, he dressed in black broadcloth frock-coat and waistcoat and black doeskin trousers, and wore a silk hat. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The glow of the lanterns made a soft illumination about the four young girls, each of whom wore a long broadcloth cape, a final gift from Mr. Stuart before leaving Chicago. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Which is more—most durable, serge or broadcloth? Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The men, too, were splendid in every variety of uniform, from the gold-laced broadcloth of Diplomacy to the white and gold of the Imperial Guard. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z She was clad in a golden-brown broadcloth costume, trimmed with narrow bands of sable fur. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z The long bar was crowded with all sorts of people; and behind the card tables sat men, some of them in white silk shirts and black broadcloth suits, urging bets. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z He sat down in rusty broadcloth, he is arrayed in the imperial purple of his singing robes. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z The description of cloth principally manufactured is broadcloth, dressed with teazles to produce a short 134 close nap on the face, and made of all shades of colour, but chiefly black, blue and scarlet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Sit on a knee covered with corduroy when all my life I had been used to broadcloth? Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z He glanced suggestively round the big, brilliantly-lighted building, across the rows of citizens in broadcloth, and daintily-dressed women, and then turned and fixed his eyes upon his companion's face almost too steadily. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z It was for all the world as if she had been a lady dressed in broadcloth and fur. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z He drives swiftly about in his barouche with his staff holder on the coach-box in broadcloth livery. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He was dress in a long black broadcloth coat and wore a big black slouch hat, and he carried himself like a man that amounted to a good deal. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z He was an absurd figure, not more than five feet high, in his black broadcloth suit and string tie, as he faced McCartney's blazing eyes, and the latter laughed at him. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z The usual lot of church-goers: men in broadcloth, women in gay colours, children neat and spotless, Prayer-book in hand—these were not the features of the day. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z What! not so near Broadway, right in plain sight of all who wear silks and broadcloth, and go up and down that street every day? Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z As becomes their maturer years, they are satisfied with a decent broadcloth coat and pantaloon, with a white cloth or Cashmere shawl pugree, more in accordance with simple English taste. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He was dressed entirely in black broadcloth, with a frizzled wig and bands, as clergymen are dressed here, and black cloth gaiters. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z It was then that he began to wear broadcloth on week-days, and insisted on a fresh shirt every other day. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z He should have roused for a moment at the end, with a request for black broadcloth and silver handles. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z This time it was Judge Lampton, and with him was a nervous, wiry man, in black broadcloth and wearing a vest of the same snowy whiteness as his natty mustache. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Imagine his chagrin when Bascomb walked up, looking in homespun as he looked in broadcloth, an Apollo in form and a Brummel in style. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z The ladies and gentlemen of the city are a well dressed class, the former adopting Parisian costumes, and the gentlemen wearing a full dress of dark broadcloth, with tall stove-pipe hats. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z She now lifted her up with her grateful, young strength, exclaiming indignant sympathy over the muddy condition of Miss Hamilton’s long coat of fine black broadcloth. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z There is broadcloth in the tiring-box, and swords and velvet; and there is, also, patched wool, and shiny elbows. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Upon the green broadcloth the bright silver piece came down with a spat, and the Goddess of Liberty faced upward to the sky. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Miss Remson resumed her chair and Miss Archer rose, a gracious, dignified figure in a dark brown broadcloth traveling gown. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z They would be stunning with a white J on the blouse and a wide, rolling collar of white broadcloth. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z The following Sunday he did not go to church; he no longer had a coat to wear; he had sold his only broadcloth suit to a wandering pedlar. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z For years he traded with the Indians along the Potomac—bartering "beads, bells, hatchets, knives, coats, shirts, Scottish stockings and broadcloth" and other "trucke," for beaver fur, tobacco and corn. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The Colonel, all that a distinguished capitalist should be in externals, arose hugely in his frock coat of black broadcloth and looked at his watch. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z It was a one-piece frock of fine wisteria-colored broadcloth which her captain had designed and made. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z He wore a suit of black broadcloth, with a white cravat and gloves, and his natural ringlets were arranged with that habitual regard to order and neatness which was with him a second nature. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Andy, arrayed in a suit of broadcloth which he had appropriated from Norton's wardrobe in his absence, was waiting for Tom with evident impatience. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Beaded moccasins covered the little feet, and broadcloth leggings extended to the knees. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z "Wait," came a voice, "wait till I've got my clothes on," and soon after the chief appeared in a rusty suit of black broadcloth, and a damaged, bowler hat. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The long black broadcloth coat and vest and the snow-white band around his throat had been replaced by a very handsome suit of dark tweed, such as they were themselves wearing. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z The white broadcloth gown and coat with feather-trimmed hat were ready, and the night before Philip had brought a bouquet of dewy-eyed forget-me-nots. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z His black broadcloth suit with a velvet collar and cuffs fitted his slight figure to perfection and yet failed to be impressive. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z By noon the clouds broke, and the barometer's promise was fulfilled, so that, by the time he had clad himself in his best broadcloth, he left his office under a radiant sky. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z And the boy dressed up in broadcloth and linen waists! A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Run upstairs and take off your hat and that width of trailing broadcloth. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z The bridegrooms levied contributions on several friends for the black broadcloth attire in which they were wed. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z So I asked Celeste how much cloth it would take, and I had it sent her from Arnold’s, a beautiful fine dark-green broadcloth. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z "When you pillaged a ship of mine off Nevis Island, broadcloth and muskets, no more than two years past." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z She can be nothing now, thought I, but "wholly worldly," but she should be ticketed, like broadcloth, "superfine;" so I must tread cautiously. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Weekday and Sunday it is the same contrast; one wears fustian, the other broadcloth; one prepares for heaven in the velvet cushioned pew, the other on the wooden benches of the free seats. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Black broadcloth, largely irrespective of fit, represents the Boer ideal of the perfection of male garb. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Shaving the hair from his head and tearing the broadcloth garments into shreds, he donned the scanty apparel of the savage and became a member of the Cherokee nation. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Rolls of wool broadcloth worth almost three thousand pounds sterling. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z A woman’s calico gown does not cost so much as a man’s broadcloth coat, but her dress, the wardrobe through, costs just as much as his. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Once, they say, a portly Quaker walked into Batley, just as the ‘mill-hands’ were going to dinner: he came from the west, and was clad in that excellent broadcloth which is the pride of Gloucestershire. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z A Broadway frock of best broadcloth; a thousand dollars in the pockets; papers worth ten times the amount! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z He was dressed in broadcloth and very fine linen, and laid a costly Panama hat on the table. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Underneath this pinafore the master wore fine broadcloth and high shoes with silver latchets. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The men wear camlet coats, lace ruffles, blue waistcoat and trousers of broadcloth or velvet; and their shoes are adorned with silver buckles. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z A vast medley, truly! and all to be manufactured into broadcloth in Yorkshire. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Casler, who was nothing if not dramatic, was appareled in a full broadcloth dress-suit and silk hat and sat upon the boot of a large family carriage. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z See here," said he of the broadcloth overcoat, "this is no way to do business. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Welsh appeared at the interview dressed up in broadcloth, black and shiny as his well-greased hair, and in fine linen, white and glistening as his prominent teeth. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z After awhile Juba entered the room showing his ivory and exhibiting a piece of broadcloth, which he held in his hand as a trophy. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Genuine broadcloth can only be dressed by a teazel of Nature’s own growing; but shoddy, far less delicate, submits to the metal. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The image of the sleek and stout superintendent of the Sunday-school, arrayed in his rich, almost voluptuous, broadcloth, offended her profoundly. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Suddenly her eye fell on a new suit of broadcloth her guardian had brought home only the day before. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z The English are an eminently good-looking race of people, seen in their proper costume of broadcloth and velvet. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The blouse is at home there, as well as its ambitious cousin, the broadcloth coat. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Rags, not good enough for shoddy, are used as manure for the hops in Kent; so we get shoddy in our beer as well as in our broadcloth. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z I had on one of these frock-tail coats, black broadcloth suit. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z He was scented, gloved, and dressed in a black broadcloth suit, which had evidently never been worn before. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z We don't go much on broadcloth and "biled" shirts, but we prefer stout flannel shirts and brown overalls, with our trousers tucked inside our knee-high boots. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Linsey-woolsey and broadcloth find equal favour in their eyes. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z All types were there in their best clothes, from the spotlessly immaculate faro dealer, dressed in a black broadcloth frock coat, to Dave Kelly, with his new red handkerchief and his high-heeled boots. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Mrs. Cupp folded the napkin she had used and brushed the crumbs from her black broadcloth skirt. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z This individual wore a frock-coat of blue broadcloth, very long in the skirt, with gilt buttons over the breast, crimson edging, and a cord trimming of gold lace. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z His air and attitude—his well-knit figure, gracefully outlined underneath the loose folds of the broadcloth—above all, the lineaments of a handsome face—at once proclaimed the “cavallero.” The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z The coat was of broadcloth, dark-coloured, and of good quality, cut frock-fashion. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Mr Timbs wore a complete suit of black broadcloth, alleviated by new brown shoes, white socks, and a very large crimson silk handkerchief. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Mr. Pence was arrayed in a tightly-fitting frock coat and loose trousers, both of worn broadcloth. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The angular visage of him was not to be confounded with that of any casual stranger, even though his habiliments were no longer broadcloth and its concomitants of linen and polished shoes. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The cloak was of best broadcloth—the fabric of Spain; while the hat was encircled by a bullion band, that, before getting tarnished by the touch of time, must have shone splendidly enough. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z The young man was on this occasion dressed in a handsome suit of black broadcloth. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Polis picked up a gun-case of blue broadcloth, and said that he knew the Indian it belonged to and would carry it to him. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z On the west pave, up and down, for three long miles, two streams of glossy, shawled, or broadcloth life unceasingly brushed by each other, as long, resplendent, drooping trains of rival peacocks brush. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z One could see any sort of costume, from sober broadcloth and fine linen to the rainbow garb of a blanket Indian. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Exquisitely dressed in a long, dark green broadcloth coat with a fur collar and small hat, she was a little past medium height and unusually slender. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z Then Jack removed Olive's traveling hat and long broadcloth coat, with every movement of her hands a caress. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z The dress face finish, such as broadcloth and beaver. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z The fabric is excellent—the finest broadcloth of genius. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z General McClellan, in Washington, commanded in state, surrounded by brilliant staffs, men in fine broadcloth, gold braid, plumed hats, and wearing clanking sabres. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Meg was beautifully dressed in a dark blue broadcloth and black fox furs with a velvet hat and small black feather curled close against her light hair. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z He received money from home often, with the finest of broadcloth suits of clothes with silk underwear. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z They had effectually succeeded in annoying the coffee-drinking tyrants who had the impudence to wear broadcloth, and they withdrew to drain bumpers to their tremendous exploit elsewhere. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Here he was, returned from his travels, a tall and proper man, dressed in broadcloth, perhaps with money in purse, prosperous and successful in the sight of all. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Take the bid specs that Georgia recently issued for broadcloth, explicitly asking for “domestic goods,” Ms. Corey noted. 2010-01-15T18:41:00Z At this time there lived in an obscure village in Sussex a decent, well-to-do tradesman, whose shop, well stocked with broadcloth and homespun, was a centre of commerce for miles around. A Cursory History of Swearing By the importation of broadcloths and armour gear, he had contrived to realise a large fortune, and was reported by the good men of Perth as one of the wealthiest merchants in the kingdom. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Colonel Eliot was there, in a black broadcloth coat seventeen years old, but well brushed, and worn with an air of unshaken dignity. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches One hand was stuck in his stiff broadcloth bosom, with elbow pointing outward, and his great topheavy head reared above us impressively. The Haunted Pajamas He revelled in fancy waistcoats and rioted in tweeds and broadcloths. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Backward and forward, warily circling with a delicate and musical clatter of engaging steel between them, went the lad in broadcloth and the boy in homespun. The Tempering This poor country cannot thrive without the protecting power of England, where more broadcloths are disposed of in one year than Scotland uses in ten. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 The shopgirl, organizing her life on the basis of eight dollars a week, wears flimsy for broadcloth and the tail feather of a rooster for an ostrich plume. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Queer-looking old skate, tall as a street lamp and as thin; looks like a long cylinder of black broadcloth. The Haunted Pajamas The handsome face was flushed, the blue eyes feverishly bright, a strong odor of cigars and cognac pervaded Mr. Thorndyke's broadcloth. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Such a course would indeed stamp him as a "yap," and however shaggy and unkempt his appearance might be in this ensemble of silk and broadcloth he was as proud as Lucifer. The Tempering Somehow in her soft, hunter's green broadcloth and close-fitting hat she did suggest Olive—Jack thought, perhaps because she wore Olive's favorite shade of green. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold They stood recounting to each other, wistfully, the stores of clothes, the silk curtains, the uncut pieces of broadcloth, the household linen, the great eight-day clocks in their gilt ormolu cases. The Firebrand And all the while, I'm saying the same thing to myself,—'Sorrow matter for his fine broadcloth, and his white linen, and his very best roast beef that he's atin',—I 'm his master! The Fortunes Of Glencore He wore the heavy black broadcloth of the rural politician, and his coat sagged over his narrow chest as if he had left his waistcoat at home. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play The mother held in her hand a roll of bark, elaborately decorated with feathers and bead-work, encompassed with a scarf of broadcloth, highly embroidered. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 As a professional gambler, he wore long hair, mustache and imperial, broadcloth and black slouch hat, celluloid "linen" and sham diamonds. A Man in the Open Against such points broadcloth's no protection, although padded with woollen "wadding." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 This homogeneous sandstone was like smooth broadcloth, compared to the rough serge of the granite or the tweeds of the thin bedded sandstone. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure He was interrupted by the entrance of a small, stoutish gentleman in black broadcloth, who bowed familiarly to the President and General Dearborn, and formally to Colonel Burr. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The bier or catafalque is clothed in black broadcloth, embroidered in silver. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 He was wearing the same ill-fitting suit of broadcloth and the same gleaming tie of red satin. Carnival I made an endless succession of smart blouses which, as we were hidden below the waist by the railing, I wore with the same "utility" black broadcloth skirt. Confessions of an Opera Singer The manufacture of broadcloth, once of great importance, is almost extinct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Again he surveyed me; then appraised the rich broadcloth of my companion. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Stout, red-faced, very pomatumy about his smooth, plastered-down dark hair, very much dressed in glossy broadcloth and white waistcoats, and very much scented with his favourite perfume, “mill flowers,” as he called it. The New Mistress A Tale Had Wahneenah hunted further she would have found, in addition to the provisions, a considerable quantity of broadcloth, calico, and paint; which articles, also, had been among those recently secured from the garrison. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn And Chet found with an exploratory hand that he'd been shaven and shorn, bathed, bandaged where necessary—even, he saw, clad in a pair of fancy red broadcloth pajamas. Uniform of a Man Why, I gave them a beautiful pair of Mr. Rice's shoes, broadcloth tops, you know. Sube Cane That's how they dress in the yard," cried one; "and we who have three times the pay, can scarcely afford broadcloth. That Boy Of Norcott's Every Hungarian who wore "broadcloth" was against them. Black Diamonds Standing there in his suit of black broadcloth, his sinewy figure seemed hardly in keeping with such attire. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion And the merchant in broadcloth of Victorian days, who slept vigorously in the dining room on Sunday afternoon, has been replaced by a man who says he is sorry if told he snores. The Intelligence of Woman As we turned over the beautiful fabrics, a black broadcloth garment at the bottom of the basket aroused my curiosity, and I pulled it out and held it up for closer inspection. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition By a bourgeois was meant a man who wore broadcloth and a top hat, but especially the latter. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections He is dressed in black, shiny broadcloth raiment. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things In the west of England, which was a great center of broadcloth manufacturing and of woolen goods, their output is less than a quarter of what it was twenty-five years ago. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Why don't they tell me that if I was too poor to buy broadcloth, it would be better for me to go naked than wear corduroy breeches? The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life On the first day, for two hundred yards of broadcloth, he purchased a hundred prime sea-otter skins, worth $50 each in Canton. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast Arminians can weave a piece of 171 broadcloth, and Episcopals can till the rich, juicy fields of England; but God’s hard work–yes, David, and his hard fighting–has to be done by his Calvinists. Prisoners of Conscience He was an aged chap of much red nose, my boy, and lived with his youngest broadcloth son in the same house with his Wayward Sister. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 It was at this point that Charlotte brought forth from the chair behind her a voluminous broadcloth cape, such as men then wore for outer wrap, and spread it on the mahogany centre-table. The House of Fulfilment The man was approaching middle age, and wore a shiny silk hat, a suit of broadcloth, with a satin vest, and a heavy silver watch chain. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys The jackets were of colored broadcloth with buttons of silver or gold, not brass; but the trousers were at once the glory and the vanity of the wearer. Through Our Unknown Southwest Tallow candles were supplanted, By the lamp and spermaceti, Linsey woolsey, jeans and cotton, Long suspended from the weaving, Changed to silk and print and muslin, Changed to cassimere and broadcloth. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. He was lying in a full suit of broadcloth, with a white vest and smart blue neck-tie, fastened with a pin, in which was some braided hair under a crystal. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine He moved into view, a large man of forty, unmilitary, despite his good gray broadcloth and wealth of gold braid, though of commanding and most comfortable mien. John March, Southerner He wore broadcloth and did not have to divide crumbs with the dogs under the table. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children A broadcloth coat or a beaver hat was a valuable asset which might be handed down to the second or even the third generation. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 There are also manufactures of broadcloth, churns, condensed milk, railway-signals, guns and carriages; besides bacon-curing works, flour mills, tanneries and large stone quarries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Little does he wot of the difference between taffeta at eighty-five cents a yard and broadcloth at four dollars. Threads of Grey and Gold Gray jackets and white trousers; tarlatan, flowers, and fans; here and there a touch of powder or rouge; some black broadcloth and much wrinkled doeskin. John March, Southerner Everythin’ that we had in the way of nice clothes we had put on for to do honor to our captain, and most of us was able to sport white shirts and broadcloth. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 A beaver hat or a broadcloth suit was regarded as a valuable asset that might be handed on to the second or even to the third generation. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 It contained living limbs, loose or attached to skeletons in other respects bare, except that they were clothed with broadcloth garments, cut after the English fashion. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. In the name of the club, Mrs. Sanford presented, with a felicitous little speech, a handsome, jetted broadcloth cape. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years He could dress himself up in fine broadcloth, present himself at the jeweler's shop where they wanted a boy, and then see whether he would make a good scarecrow. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Three students pass, in wide broadcloth trousers, gathered in tight at the ankles, and wearing wide-brimmed black hats. The Real Latin Quarter I had broadcloth clothes, a blue jean overcoat and good shoes and boots. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 Broadcloth was broadcloth in those days, and a "Blue Cloak" was not so easily obtained. The Little Book of the Flag Hard by Merchiston I was so fortunate as to 264 observe a bulky gentleman in broadcloth and gaiters, stooping, with his head almost between his knees, before a stone wall. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Wouldn't she be astonished to see him then, in fine broadcloth! Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks We encountered a number of men dressed alike in suits of the finest broadcloth, the coats of which were lined with red silk, and the vests of embroidered white. Gold Cne, a handsome, stocky young fellow, a little below medium height, wore a single-breasted black broadcloth suit, cut business style and fitting close. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Four times a year he went down town on the Eighth Avenue cars, where the conductors soon learned to know him by his shiny black broadcloth coat and his snow-white hair. The Story of a New York House It is not for love or beauty, but for ledger and broadcloth, he is going to break a spear. Shirley What Prometheus was to the physical, the tailor is to the moral man—the one made human beings out of clay, the other cuts characters out of broadcloth. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes He wears neither coat nor vest, but his lower garments are neatly adapted to his deformity, and are of broadcloth. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Suppose, for example, that an invention has been made in machinery, by which broadcloth could be woven at half the former cost. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy His high silk hat shone glossy; his black broadcloth coat was new and carefully brushed; he was in black all over, in contrast with the mass of people who had gone by that morning. Amaryllis at the Fair Tris had on his best uniform––blue broadcloth and gilt buttons. A Singer from the Sea This is the law, and the church folds its plump hands over its broadcloth waistcoat and makes no protest! In Times Like These At present we buy our broadcloths and velvets in England, but the time will come when we shall make them this side of the Atlantic.” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The cost of production of broadcloth does not wholly consist in the wages of weavers; which alone are directly paid by the cloth-manufacturer. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy At a motion from her father she will go upstairs and get his best hat, deciding by touching his broadcloth suit which hat he wants. Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb Naturally a very handsome man, his beauty was made most attractive by a sailor suit of blue broadcloth. A Singer from the Sea Edward III. first induced the Flemings to settle in Kent and some other parts of England, and from his reign until the last century the broadcloth manufacture concentrated at Cranbrook. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel His neighbors said that Mr. Walden was thrifty and could afford to wear a broadcloth blue coat with bright brass buttons on grand occasions, and that Mrs. Walden was warranted in having a satin gown. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Germany, before the commencement of the trade, paid six shillings per yard for broadcloth; she now obtains it at a lower price. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Well, checked cloth is bonnier than black broadcloth to some people. An Orkney Maid In the line of pedestrians are well-dressed gentlemen in black broadcloth suits, wearing silk hats and sporting button-hole bouquets, mingled with whom are a more common class of the people in picturesque national costumes. Aztec Land When she had thirty-two of these slices, she covered them neatly with pieces of old black broadcloth, glued on, over top, edge, and all. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic His broadcloth serape was thrown back; his two hands moved swiftly to his belt and came away gripping a pair of pistols. When the West Was Young The men’s attire was motley––broadcloth 71 and duck; white shirts, starched or limp, and blue ones; shoes with the creeper-spikes filed down, and long boots to the knees. The Greater Power And even here––at the very end of the world––thy friend, the good Bishop, wears black broadcloth and all gentlemen copy him. An Orkney Maid Some of the men were clad in their best black broadcloth, resplendent, if shiny at the seams, and bespotted with drink and tobacco stains. The Twins of Suffering Creek Many a wretched sot, boys, That one daily meets Drinking from the beer-kegs, Living in the streets, Or at best, in quarters Worse than any pen, Once was dressed in broadcloth Drinking now and then. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad There would be few more such scenes, for the owner was no longer young; but of this the throng in brocade 337 and broadcloth and powder, who filled the spacious mansion, were thoughtless. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Dress suits and white waistcoats, broadcloth and doeskin, scarves and gloves, white shirts, collars, and cuffs all appeared to move his derision. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand The doubloons, or the silk, or broadcloth are ready for you at any moment. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life He took off his broadcloth and worked with the rest of them until all the necessary preparations were made, and it was considered possible to descend into the mine. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 And, Mr. Betterson, you need a new suit; and you know—we all know—nothing becomes you but broadcloth, and the finest broadcloth. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies The one was a stout young cavalier, arrayed in fustian brown; the other was a pretty youth, attired in broadcloth blue, and brilliant was his flashing eye, and coal-black was his hair. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. He wore black broadcloth clothes, a long coat, and a white shirt, but never a collar. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor The luxury of broadcloth and furs in which the doctor was presently involved might have rendered him reasonably independent, one would think, of February or any other of Jack Frost's band. Say and Seal, Volume II The men in their ill-fitting broadcloth and white ties and enormous wedding favours, the women in their tight and decent finery, gyrated with solemn circumspection. The Belovéd Vagabond "I am sure broadcloth is becoming to him," Vinnie replied quietly. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Bestir thyself, knave," quoth the cove in fustian brown, as he entered the inn followed by the pretty youth in broadcloth blue—"beshrew me, I am devilish hungry, and athirst likewise. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. It appears that she has twisted more than one red button out of a broadcloth coat.” The Dark Star And thus it was, that Dr. Harrison had been looked for, found, and drawn out into the February night with only the slight protection of furs and broadcloth. Say and Seal, Volume II I know you look upon those broadcloth pants as a kind of sacred trust, and I just love you to death for giving in about them.” The Comings of Cousin Ann A patriarchal white beard flowed down over his breast, and his suit was of black broadcloth. The Love Story of Abner Stone In a few moments I was outside of the jail gate, and saw my fellow-clergyman, Mr. Stagers, in full broadcloth and white tie, coming down the street towards me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 He was a very tall, erect, slim personage, dressed in blue broadcloth, his neck neatly enveloped in a white cravat, garnished with a shirt collar of uncommon magnitude. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life He, himself, always dresses in black—linen during the warmer days, broadcloth in the winter. Dorothy's Triumph By the time the broadcloth trousers traveled the circuitous route of the old man’s legs everything came out even. The Comings of Cousin Ann Summoned one day to a colored boarding house, I was presented to a person dressed in immaculate black broadcloth and silk beaver hat, whom I supposed to be a young white man. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Furious about his fine carriage and horses carried off, he little dreamt that along with them were his duelling pistols and blue broadcloth cloak. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley "Oh, she is an unsurpassable creature!" exclaim the whole tribe of contemptible, sycophantic, brainless calves in broadcloth, who are ever ready to fall down and worship the golden emblem of themselves. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life Brooker, a stout and flabby man, with pouches under biliously tinged eyes, bowed and broke into a violent perspiration, not wholly due to the shiny black frock-coat suit of broadcloth donned for the occasion. The Dop Doctor His dress had somewhat of a professional cut, and consisted of dark broadcloth, with vest of black satin; and around his neck, instead of cravat, he wore a broad black ribbon. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Let us proceed; we know what we want to know concerning the talents of this manufacturer of excremental broadcloth. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles He was an extremely little man, dressed in the Sunday garb of a civilian—fustian breeches, moleskin waistcoat, and a frock of blue broadcloth, very shiny at the seams. Merry-Garden and Other Stories He still wore his fine broadcloth suit in which he had fulfilled his mission, but it was bitterly the worse for wear, daubed with clay and torn with sharp briers of the wood. Treasure Island I exchanged my grey pauper suit for a broadcloth of a young nabob, which I accidentally found in one of the chambers of a fashionable hotel, in Court street. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston Senator —— pulled me back, and to the astonished little fellow now struggling from under my broadcloth, I was presented. A Portrait of Old George Town Her tailored gown, of dark green broadcloth, the severe linen shirtwaist, and her simple hat, were subjects of conversation that night in more than one humble home, fading into insignificance only before her radiant hair. Master of the Vineyard In addition, the Bridger store had on its shelves, colored calico, a small amount of flannel, some broadcloth, and a small parcel of silk valued at one pound. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century On the opposite side of the street, Miss Carrington—in a tailored gown of blue broadcloth, close fitting and short in the skirt, with a velvet toque to match—was swinging briskly back from town. In Her Own Right His clothes are of broadcloth, and were once fashionable and good, but now they are torn to rags, and soiled with filth. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston An ancient cutaway of broadcloth, spotted and greenish, with an incomplete mustering of buttons, drooped about his heavy, bowed shoulders; while a weather-beaten derby, seemingly unbrushed for countless, grimy years, completed his forlorn adornment. Mountain Blood A Novel The broadcloth Prince Albert lies in an ignominious heap in the corner of the sofa. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York He was dressed in white shirt and broadcloth, and a diamond of price gleamed in the front of the former. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter I could not help noticing carefully to-night his new suit of black broadcloth, with its standing collar, buttoned up under his genial chin. A Village of Vagabonds “You have made my broadcloth look like two-fifty a yard and it really cost four,” was a criticism offered by a young lady who posed in a riding habit. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures Me, I don’t ride back to the studio on any broadcloth cushions! Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Applerod, holding his broadcloth tight about him to keep it from yellow contamination as a car rumbled by, looked and wiped his glasses and looked again, then, highly excited, he called Bobby to him. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man Store and hotel keeper, citizens in white shirts and broadcloth, jostled blue-shirted cattle men, while here and there a petty politician consulted with the representative of a Western paper. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter He defers to the social condition around him to such an extent that he sleeps on a bed instead of a bench, and wears broadcloth instead of untanned sheepskin. Humanity in the City Sor Tommaso very reluctantly closed his case, placed it under his arm, gathered up his broadcloth cloak with his hat, and made a low obeisance before the sick lady. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 She’s got up all in black, not exactly a mournin’ costume, but one of these real broadcloth regalias, plain but classy. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Dressed in a suit of black broadcloth of faultless fit, from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet he was physically without blemish. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan If he had worn broadcloth and a smile, how different the popular verdict might have been. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time “I tell you, once for all, a cargo of silks and broadcloths aint a-going to do us any good without the ready cash.” Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. A man's low cry of pain was stifled in folds of broadcloth. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 She felt that it would be a dangerous thing to splash that broadcloth, and she dared not laugh beneath the frowning, speculative gaze. The Opened Shutters The material, as I have already suggested in another chapter, must be of rough worsted, vicuña, or material of that kind, and never of broadcloth. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Miss Sallie was resplendent in a pearl gray broadcloth and a hat of violet orchids. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail I'm apt to have too much broadcloth and not enough gray tweed in my life. The Rapids He took off his broadcloth and worked with the rest of them until all the necessary preparations were made and it was considered possible to descend into the mine. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 We have to deal with a broadcloth burglar, who marks his linen, and, perhaps, perfumes it. The Diamond Coterie I should make me a large bag out of the broadcloth, which I could easily do, by cutting a piece of the proper length, and sewing up the two sides with a string. The Boy Tar Soon the owner of the voice appeared, tall, slim, aged, with silver gray hair, dressed in a full suit of broadcloth. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 Her shoes were of the finest red broadcloth, and Mrs. Lyman had made them herself out of pieces of her own cloak and some soft leather left in the house by Mr. Piper, the shoemaker. Little Grandmother The chaplain had got in the habit of wearing a nice, blue broadcloth blouse which I had brought from home, which had two rows of brass buttons on it. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 It's the burglar in broadcloth that makes us the trouble. The Diamond Coterie In another minute I was pulling and tugging away at the stiff rolls of broadcloth—all my strength being exerted, and all my energies employed in detaching them from their places. The Boy Tar He was attired in a suit of shabby broadcloth; a greasy frock-coat hung below his knees, and his linen had evidently been a stranger to the laundry for some considerable time. The Day of Judgment There are four of them, two wearing broadcloth cloaks, the other two having their shoulders shrouded under serapes. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea There is nothing less impressive from a height of two hundred feet than a pot-bellied man in black broadcloth walking on the ground. Space Platform This was a licence in March, 1584, to export for a twelvemonth woollen broadcloths. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography If, indeed, another case of broadcloth, or another bale of linen, should be found there, it would then be time to yield myself up to despair. The Boy Tar As the infant world ascended from cambric and dimity to broadcloth and crinoline, its propensity for investigation grew stronger. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 "I wouldn't give much for his chance of heaven!" was the remark of a man, whose coarse, well-worn garments contrasted strongly with the dark, rich broadcloth of the person to whom he referred. Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories He would wear the finest of broadcloth, eat the most sumptuous of dinners, and saunter up and down the Champs Elysées like a gentleman. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World His linen was strictly without blemish, and he wore a creaseless black frock coat and a waistcoat of brown broadcloth. The House of Toys But to get across the one in which the broadcloth was packed, it would be necessary to pull out several more pieces, to give me room to work on to the next. The Boy Tar Fine tobacco leaves can be manufactured as well as fine broadcloth or costly silks. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce His black broadcloth was of no recent cut. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play Scoundrels in broadcloth are not uncommon; gentlemen in fustian are sometimes met with. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg He was walking in the yard, dressed in a black broadcloth frock-coat, with a black satin necktie and a collar with pointed ends,—an old-fashioned Gladstonian garb. Days Off And Other Digressions This I was able to accomplish by means of the empty brandy-cask, which I had now filled with broadcloth. The Boy Tar Two elderly ladies in broadcloth coats with fur collars, later identified as crusaders for antivivisection, cheered feebly and were promptly ejected. Greener Than You Think It was sometimes varied by using broadcloth or velvet as a foundation, the canvas threads being drawn out after the picture was complete. The Development of Embroidery in America The pall, or bier-cloth, or mort-cloth, as it was called, was usually bought and owned by the town, and was of heavy purple, or black broadcloth, or velvet. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The origin of broadcloth dates back to early times, the first historical mention of it being made in 1641. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The discovery of what it was, caused me greater chagrin than if it had proved to be broadcloth. The Boy Tar Voyagers uniformly find that colored beads and trinkets are much more prized by wild tribes than are calicoes or broadcloths. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV The embroidered chair and sofa covers had quite the effect of tapestries, and were far better than a not uncommon variation of the same needlework, where the broadcloth or velvet background held the embroidery. The Development of Embroidery in America After all, the much-talked-of suit was only a best Sunday suit of black broadcloth. A Little Girl in Old Boston Of the broadcloth range, made with shiny napped face, soft finish, as the pelt of a doe. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades If two boxes contained broadcloth, it did not follow that all the cargo was of this sort of merchandise, and I resolved to persevere. The Boy Tar She studied the green walls with their delicate frescoing, then cautiously leaned back against the President's broadcloth vest. The Lilac Lady Lydia was impressed by the pontifical sound of this, though she ventured faintly: “Well, but does progress always mean broadcloth and cut glass?” The Squirrel-Cage He put on his black velvet smallclothes, his silk stockings and low shoes with silver buckles, his flowered waistcoat, his high stock and fine French broadcloth coat. A Little Girl in Old Boston The broadcloth used for women’s clothing is of a lighter weight and is generally piece dyed. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades At all events, it was not another case of broadcloth; but what it was, I could not guess until I had laid bare the full breadth of the board. The Boy Tar Over against this, he unveiled the clergy in broadcloth and silken gowns, riding in carriages, seated on cushions and living a life of luxury. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators The Judge stood up, brushed the crumbs of his stolen feast from his well-fitting broadcloth, and smiled down indulgently at the unquiet little doctor. The Squirrel-Cage "In the circumstances, Jane, I kept my eyes discreetly downcast, but I had a fleeting impression of clerical broadcloth." Men of Affairs Venetian cloth has not so much felting as broadcloth; it shows the weave more, but has the same lustrous finish. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Boxes of broadcloth and bales of linen were all around me. The Boy Tar The latter looks like a king-crow with an unusually long tail, a king-crow of which the black plumage has worn grey like an old broadcloth coat. Birds of the Indian Hills He threw aside the lap-robe of supple broadcloth, and offered his hand to Lydia. The Squirrel-Cage Walking-coats were of broadcloth, blue, brown, or green, to suit the taste, with gilt buttons. History of the United States, Volume 3 If you did not know this to be broadcloth you would speak of it as woolen goods. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades I was about to put this design into execution, when a better idea came into my head—that was to make a drinking-cup out of a piece of broadcloth. The Boy Tar But Cavalier a Cockney was; He talked French and Latin; Every day he wore broadcloth, While his wife wore satin. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive He had a perfectly new and shining broadcloth suit on, a diamond pin was in his necktie, and a very massive gold chain could be seen dangling from his vest pocket. How It All Came Round It had always shone so bravely against the soft blue broadcloth. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman Woolen yarn is suitable for cloths in which the colorings are blended and the fibers napped, as exemplified in tweed, cheviot, doeskin, broadcloth, beaver, frieze, chinchilla, blanket, and flannel. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades On further examination, it proved to be broadcloth, closely-packed in large webs as it had come from the manufactory. The Boy Tar They love her in velvet, they love her in silk; she is marvellous in broadcloth, shoddy, or corduroy. Nights in London He wore his old broadcloth suit; it was well brushed, but more shiny than ever. The Music Master Novelized from the Play In the sleeper was a smooth-faced young man who had taken off a cowboy suit of clothes, put on a bran new suit of black broadcloth, gold eye-glasses, clean-shaved face. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi This weave is used in the production of sheeting, muslin, lawn, gingham, broadcloth, taffeta, etc. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades This operation consisted simply in stretching myself in a new position, and drawing a fold or two of the broadcloth over me, to keep me from getting chilled while asleep. The Boy Tar I then had five hundred dollars in money and two suits of broadcloth clothing. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Not far off, she had learned, was a colored church, "Mount Salem," over which the Reverend Amos Johnson presided with much show of broadcloth and silk hat. Mam' Lyddy's Recognition 1908 The broadcloths of the West claimed the palm among the woollen stuffs of England. History of the English People, Volume IV Materials: Samples of broadcloth, mohair, silk, cotton cloth, linen. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades I had proof that this was the usual arrangement, since around me, and in juxta-position, were articles of very different kinds—biscuits, broadcloth, brandy, and the butt of water. The Boy Tar There is nothing you can ask for but what he has,—from crowbars down to cambric-needles; from velveteen trousers up to broadcloth coats of the jauntiest description. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 This educated young lady, daughter of a French father and Chippewa mother, was dignified as a nun in her dress of blue broadcloth embroidered with porcupine quills. The Black Feather From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 Amidst the baggage, and over the canoes, swarmed the Georgia's passengers, in their flannel shirts or broadcloth or muddy white, shouting and pleading and threatening, trying to hire the boatmen. Gold Seekers of '49 To illustrate: broadcloth should have a smooth face and a nap evenly laid. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades It is never so in the backwoods of the Far West; where, under rough home-wove coats, throb hearts gentle and sympathetic, as ever beat under the finest broadcloth. The Death Shot A Story Retold He was dressed in a mitre-shaped cap of yellow broadcloth with long bars lined with red satin, a yellow cloth jacket without sleeves, and a satin mantle of the same colour thrown over his shoulders. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole With him overalls command as much respect as broadcloth. The Book of Business Etiquette The best dressed were smooth-shaven, quiet men in white shirts, black ties, and well-fitting broadcloth and polished boots—the cool, professional gamblers, as Charley somehow guessed. Gold Seekers of '49 When, however, the carriage drove up to the door, the Major, with Margaret a little in advance, met the visitors at the steps in all the glory of new blue broadcloth and flowered velvet. "George Washington's" Last Duel 1891 James sat before him not many feet away, in his old-fashioned broadcloth coat with a velvet collar. By The Sea 1887 You cannot altogether despise one who has clothed himself with rags and fed himself with bone-scrapings, while broadcloth and ortolans were within his easy reach. Orley Farm He saw a policeman walking slowly up and down on the sidewalk, wearing a glazed hat, and a uniform of blue broadcloth, with his letter and number embroidered on the collar. Rollo in Holland Spaniards in peaked hats and long velvet cloaks, Indians and other bare-footed natives, and many foreigners, speaking English, and clad in white linen, or miners' costume, or even broadcloth. Gold Seekers of '49 Over this was raised a canopy covered with broadcloth, and surmounted by a magnificent eagle. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 He was dressed in a new suit of broadcloth, and wore an eye-glass. Winning His Way In this instance it was an opera-cloak of rose-colored broadcloth, wadded, and lined with white brocaded satin, soft and light and warm. Elsie Marley, Honey I had cast about to select a team; and was soon seated, well rolled in broadcloth and bear-skin, behind four dark bays that might have done credit to a better judgment. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. This speaks for the superiority of the surfaces over those polished on broadcloth. On Laboratory Arts The green broadcloth jacket you see up here frequently, but further south the girls all wore thin white jackets. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah The other was an elderly man dressed in a black suit of broadcloth which, in its time, had been very fine indeed. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Thomas Fuller said, "The wealth of our nation is folded up in broadcloth." Home Life in Colonial Days All agree that our kings should be clothed in purple and our commoners in broadcloth; but how about the intellectual riffraff that makes up the majority of our books? The Booklover and His Books Two blocks away we try to lose uncomfortable ideas in an atmosphere of spermaceti, hot broadcloth, jockey club and terrapin. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Rags and red herrings, and broadcloth and books, and O. D. and Khaki, and horizon blue, crowded the dinky ding-ding tramway and counted out kopecs to the woman conductor. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Principally for ratteens, but of late they have got into broadcloths, all for home consumption; the manufacture increases, and is very flourishing. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Jervase in his black broadcloth and shining silk hat brandished his umbrella in the rear, and there was not another soul in sight. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea My first 'boughten' jacket was an olive green broadcloth,—a remnant which was bought cheap because it was a remnant. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman The pets of the ball-room were to lay aside broadcloth and kids; and the pump-soled boots of the "german" were to be changed for the brogan of the camp. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death It would take a good deal of money to make me forget the broadcloth. Molly Bawn And about them was the odour of musty, mildewed broadcloth, taken out of damp presses only on such occasions. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Half a dozen people in voluminous broadcloth were already gathered about the lich-gate when Fuller appeared, carrying his portly waistcoat with a waddle of good-humored dignity, and mopping at his forehead. Aunt Rachel Don Ygnacio Carrillo wore a dark blue broadcloth suit with black velvet lapels and cuffs, a spotless, stiffly starched, pleated linen shirt and a loose black silk bow tie. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles Here were handsome men in broadcloth, grown somewhat thin, somewhat rusty, but carefully preserved and brushed. The Long Roll I was the toiler in mud-stiffened overalls, he arrogant and supercilious in broadcloth and linen. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance He wears broadcloth, and dines on venison, when his legitimate costume had been the striped uniform of the galleys, and his diet the black bread of a convict. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General As a slight mitigation of this slow society, the Russian from Pension Paradis appeared with his broadcloth more resplendent than ever. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Provide, also, a press-board, for broadcloth, two feet long, and four inches wide at one end, tapering to three inches wide, at the other. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School One of the two was in broadcloth, with a high silk hat. The Long Roll And this was the man of them all, and not the broadcloth village parson, whom Scott Brenton had chosen to pronounce himself and Catia man and wife. The Brentons I met ’em only two days ago in the streets, going about in chimney-pot hats and broadcloth like gentlemen—which they are, every inch of ’em, if worth and well-doing and wisdom make the gentleman. Philosopher Jack There were bales of broadcloth and other fabrics from the looms of Tuscany; tweeds from the factories of Scotland; silks, satins and velvets in great rolls, mingled with lace, linen, and more delicate fabrics. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables This is true of table and bed linens, broadcloths, shirtings, and the like; though, even in these cases, it is often found, that the coarsest and cheapest last the longest. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School As broadcloth can neither make nor mar a true gentleman, so fustian cannot hide one. Rivers of Ice If they could have their way, they would strip you of your clerical broadcloth and robe you in a full suit of angelic eider down. The Brentons Then she drew a low stool to the side of her father's chair, and sitting down by his knee began to rub her hand gently up and down over the broadcloth. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes One man must have been upwards of sixty before I first observed him, and he made then a decent, personable figure in broadcloth of the best. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Women go out with thin stockings, thin shoes, and open necks, when men are protected by thick woollen hose and boots, and their whole body encased in many folds of flannel and broadcloth. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School The horses attached to their carriage were instantly killed, and the lady, in her terror and pain, bit through the sleeve of her escort's red broadcloth coat, tearing the flesh with her teeth. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees He wore broadcloth, and didn't have to divide crumbs with the dogs under the table. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power At the commencement of the University of Georgia the orator of the occasion appeared in a suit of white cotton cloth, while his valet wore the cast-off suit of shining broadcloth. Expansion and Conflict To this list of woolen goods may be added the crape cloth with crinkled, rough surface, nun's veiling, flannel which is woven in a variety of ways, broadcloth, wool canvas, and poplins. Textiles and Clothing The trumpet punctually announced the appearance of so much colorless linen and broadcloth on the floor; but the Basins, who were fine, gazed at his severe costume with tender pity. Vesty of the Basins The armed patrol, in dirty cotton uniforms, and soldiers in broadcloth, are returning from morning muster; for in this hot climate the burden of the day's duties is discharged before breakfast. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited He was dressed in a blue broadcloth coat with flaps and revers of same, trimmed with large beautiful buttons. Comic History of the United States The king, having supposed that the travellers had been robbed of all their goods, was delighted with the liberal presents he received, above all that of a coat of handsome scarlet broadcloth. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley They are powerful in ships; and in watches and broadcloth unrivalled.' The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan "Altogether most entertaining jig that has been danced this evening," said one of Notely's broadcloth guests, very superciliously. Vesty of the Basins The Nabob said this to himself as he sat on the oak bench that ran around the room, polished by serge gowns and the rough broadcloth of cassocks. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) He looked the embodiment of dignity and respectability, with his ample figure, fine broadcloth suit, and gold-rimmed eyeglasses, and might readily have been taken for a prosperous and wealthy city banker. Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret Darius had resumed the suit of broadcloth, for some strange reason, and was dragging his feet with painful, heavy slowness along the gravel at the south end of the garden. Clayhanger He discovered through me, that the English representative had brought with him a store of fine broadcloth, upon which he had constantly kept a steady eye. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan The flattered girls, the broadcloth guests cast unwelcome glances at him. Vesty of the Basins There were woven the solid grey broadcloths which gave to the men of the Weald the title of “the Grey-Coats of Kent.” All's Well Alice's Victory It might be the medicine sack tied behind the conical wigwam, or a yard of broadcloth, floating from the top of a flagpole as a sacrifice to some deity. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas No words were spoken, but quick as light Jack darted forward and pulled with all his force, while Jill placed both hands against the blue broadcloth back and vigorously pushed forward. Betty Trevor In the fourth place, his attention was to be turned particularly to what regarded the Ingliz, who had long been known in Persia, by means of their broadcloth, watches, and penknives. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan There was a black stripe, a piece of round black braid down each leg, too, and the garment was as heavy as broadcloth and as stiff as a board. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure His dress was uniformly of superfine broadcloth, made in the old style of a plain coat, with straight collar and long waistcoat, and a broad-brimmed hat. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 In his sleek beaver hat, and nicely-brushed suit of black broadcloth, he looked a much better-dressed gentleman than any one on the ground. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Their uniform was blue, of the finest broadcloth. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII The patriarchs were not dressed in bottle-green broadcloth, and yet his clothes looked patriarchal.—C. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 I did decide once this evening to push the thing through, and make my way up in spite of gloves and boots and broadcloth, and I would now but for one thing. Three People The policeman returns, preceded by a physician—the only one to be got at, he says—in very dilapidated broadcloth, and whose breath is rather strong of gin. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith When the beginnings of the modern industrial order appeared and burghers shared with knights and yeomen the social 82responsibility, "a burgher's son acquired freedom and legal responsibility when he could count and measure broadcloth." The Family and it's Members Here, and in all the neighboring places, the manufacture of broadcloths and cassimeres is carried on extensively. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Nay, is it not to Clothes that most men do reverence: to the fine frogged broadcloth, nowise to the “straddling animal with bandy legs” which it holds, and makes a Dignitary of? Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History On going out he puts on a long coat, tight over the chest, and with rather full skirts hanging below the knee, of cotton cloth or muslin, or sometimes broadcloth or velvet. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Tom didn't grit his teeth when a carriage rolled by with a rich man in it, or when another man passed him in a finer suit of broadcloth than his own. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends One might as well hastily wrap himself in a yard or two of uncut broadcloth expecting it to be transformed, by instant miracle, into a coat. Etiquette They cover these coffins with handsome red broadcloth, and deposit in each all the trinkets and valuables belonging to the departed. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Prim and stolid, he sat before her, faultlessly dressed in a suit of black broadcloth, his neck wound with an immaculate white neckcloth. Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian Over these the well-to-do have a waistcoat of velvet, brocade or broadcloth. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) At the same moment Mr. Sutherland did the most chivalrous thing I have seen in homespun or broadcloth. Lords of the North They were very attractive overcoats, contrasting effectively with the red broadcloth, gold-trimmed band uniforms. Watch Yourself Go By The head is carved out of some soft wood--either kukui or wiliwili---which is covered, as to the hairy scalp, with a dark woven fabric much like broadcloth. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula From the tail-pocket of his long broadcloth coat he pulled a red bandanna handkerchief and blew his nose. In Happy Valley Ladies from the rural districts were disappointed in not seeing the gorgeous court costumes, having forgotten that our court-dress is the undertaker-like suit of black broadcloth so generally worn. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Rufus was arrayed in a glossy garb of the finest black broadcloth, with a spotless vest of pearl-tinted satin, and immaculate white kids. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Pull off that broadcloth an' take your medicine. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales And my new grey broadcloth suit with silver fox will be just right to wear. How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl The frontiersman in hunting-shirt and moccasins blazed a path for the New Englander in broadcloth coat, velvet collar, bell-crowned hat and heavy boots. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country On that day he was more carefully dressed than usual, wearing a black broadcloth coat, light trousers and vest, a white cravat, and low-quartered shoes. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis She gathered her books together and placed them in a satchel of crimson broadcloth, which she had just embroidered, with bright German wools, in wreaths of spotted daisies and wild columbines. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems There will be an old clock resurrected on that day wearing a broadcloth coat buttoned up to the throat; and when he is wound up he will go off with a whizz and a bang. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Naturally you would not be expected to appear in broadcloth. The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains He was a capitalist, an employer of labor; and, at Jamie's request, he came down one night, in black broadcloth and red-handed, to pass the night. Pirate Gold She wore a black broadcloth frock coat and pantaloons, and carried a high black silk hat in her left hand, while in her right she flourished a slender cane. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis "The nabobs will think you are crazy to come there without your broadcloth." The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning Het not only told me, but so did the lawyer, a big-bellied chap from Atlanta, in broadcloth and headlight buttons in his shirt. Dixie Hart In loosely made broadcloth he gave the idea of a nonconformist minister—a Unitarian, judging from the intellectuality betrayed in his countenance. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends They stalked about wrapped in heavy broadcloth blankets adorned with designs and borders made of white pearl buttons—thousands of buttons—a style which had come in when the white traders came to Alaska. Where the Sun Swings North Of massive build, stately bearing, lofty courtesy; neatly appareled in blue broadcloth, with brass buttons appropriately in evidence, he appeared indeed to belong to a past generation of statesmen. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Perhaps they would think my broadcloth was too coarse if I should wear it. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning "It was a dark red broadcloth, made very plain, with only a little narrow black braid for trimming." The Holladay Case A Tale Fine gentlemen in broadcloth, ladies in silks and jewels, and beggars in squalid rags, are mingled in true Republican confusion. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Not merely had the gladsome flannel costume and the Indian pajamas not yet begun to force an issue with the oratorical black broadcloth coat and the up-and-down white nightgown. The Opinions of a Philosopher Out of the door came an elderly gentleman attired in much broadcloth and many whiskers, and behind him trailed half a dozen soberly dressed women of assorted ages. Roughing it De Luxe If you were to put him in good English broadcloth, and teach him to talk like a Christian, no one would dream he was other than an Englishman. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico A few remnants of domestic prints and muslins, together with stray fragments of broadcloth, constituted his stock of dry-goods. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Jim had a new suit of black broadcloth, due to a temporary aberration of our local Solomon who ran the clothing store. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters Miss Shelby glanced around in a coldly indifferent way, holding up her broadcloth skirt that it might escape the ravellings and scraps scattered over the floor. Cicely and Other Stories Selecting a fur-trimmed frock of dark green broadcloth, she hastily got into it. Jane Allen: Right Guard It was Reynolds, no longer dressed like a servant, but disguised in a suit of broadcloth, such as was worn until recently by the oldest gentlemen. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow Does not this resemble poetry about as much as a pile of dirty rags resembles silk or broadcloth? The Last Harvest "If ever there was an angel that went walking about in black broadcloth, that man is the one," said she. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Has he not then a "generic idea" of rags and dirt associated with the idea of aversion, and that of sleek broadcloth associated with the idea of liking? Hume (English Men of Letters Series) I was going to give Klinger & Klein an order for some of their three-piece broadcloths, but I changed my mind. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter On warm summer days, he discarded broadcloth, and was dressed in flannels of spotless white. The Story of Cooperstown So the morning was spent in impressing everyone with his shiny black suit of West-of-England broadcloth and his beautiful neckcloth and bunch of seals. News from the Duchy He fancies, by the sort of education which you give him, that he must imitate you in everything—act like you, dress in broadcloth like you, and have his tall black hat like you. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative A white broadcloth shirt, white cotton trousers, blue socks, and low-cut black shoes made up his far from immaculate costume. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 To-day, in his Sunday broadcloth, with a brilliant blue neck scarf, a brass horseshoe pin, and a large bunch of primroses in his button-hole, he looked a blot, an excrescence, on the sunny earth. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 The tread of Mr. Mullen was heard softly on the staircase, and he entered with his hand outstretched from the starched cuff that showed beneath the sleeve of his black broadcloth coat. The Miller Of Old Church You have his story, and it may help you to remember that some paupers wear fine linen and broadcloth, while here and there a prince is to be found clothed in rags. The Children's Portion Religion is all very well to talk about on a Sunday; broadcloth coat, white tie and that sort of thing; good for funerals, too, when a man's dead and can't answer back. An Alabaster Box Since that period the poets have improved in the decencies of life: they wear broadcloth, and settle their tailors' accounts even as other men. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country To stick a lotos-flower in our buttonhole—harris-cloth or broadcloth, it does not matter—is an impertinent folly that makes a guy of the wearer. Among Famous Books His patent leather shoes and the broadcloth of his evening clothes showed the dust and soil of his walk through the fields. The Tin Soldier "I could scarcely restrain her from buying one of the most expensive pieces of broadcloth for her blind friend." Medoline Selwyn's Work The men dress, he says, like sailors, in breeches, jackets serving as coats, and vests of good broadcloth, with four to six rows of buttons, always metal, either copper or silver. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Lucina had fastened a pretty posy in his button-hole, and he wore his fine new broadcloths, to please her, which he had bought for this occasion. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes. Madelon A Novel The conductor, faultlessly dressed in broadcloth and covered with gold lace, strode into our car with the air of an admiral of the fleet. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine He may never have had a genuine suit of West of England broadcloth in his life, and I wanted him to have the best. Medoline Selwyn's Work His fine broadcloth cloak was trimmed profusely with rare fur, and he wore a fur cap that must have cost half as much as the church paid Summerman for playing the organ a twelvemonth. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors But Simon Basset spoke again, and as he spoke he hit the doctor, who sat next him, a hard nudge in his broadcloth side with a sharp elbow. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel In 1804 a good quality of gray mixed broadcloth was made at Pittsfield, Mass., and it is said that in 1808 President Madison's inaugural suit of black broadcloth was made there. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 The first broadcloth manufactured in the United States was by Scholfield in 1804, the wool being carded in his machine and woven by hand. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 Her son Teobaldo, who waited at table, was dressed in some semblance of a livery—black broadcloth and a white tie. The Title Market A merchant in Boston has a beautiful piece of broadcloth—any merchant in Boston has any beautiful piece of broadcloth. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Doctor Prescott, in his broadcloth surtout, with his black satin stock muffling richly his stately neck, sat in the room with the mourners, directly opposite the Edwards family. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Whether dressed in broadcloth, silk, calico, home-spun, or feathers, friends are such valuable possessions that we must pay these folks who are now announced as much attention as possible. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy In 1808 Scholfield manufactured thirteen yards of black broadcloth, which was presented to James Madison, and from which his inaugural suit was made. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 She had often told Henry that it seemed to her if he would wear a nice suit of black broadcloth it would be more in keeping with his position as high-school principal. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel How resplendent he looks in his broadcloth suit, his gold-headed cane and great blue overcoat! Trifles for the Christmas Holidays Instead of his common sleeved waist coat and overalls, he was attired in a dark blue suit of broadcloth, the vest and frock coat of which were resplendent with gilt buttons. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Attach these leaves together by the upper ends, arranging under them three triply pointed leaves of black broadcloth or silk to receive the ink, and finish the top with a small bow of ribbon. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 The material may be silk or broadcloth for a church wedding. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada “Her clothes ain't as good as mine,” he said, and he thought of his best blue broadcloth suit, and his flowered vest and silk hat. Pembroke A Novel Gallant youths, brave in broadcloth and beavers, followed by dozens the Picciola I had watched so tenderly. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays My frock coat was of West of England broadcloth, shiny and smooth. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland Smith's stalwart figure and the decrepit form of his friend were both clad in sleek broadcloth. The Mormon Prophet Our travelers passed rough boarded houses with grand-looking people in their dooryards and on their small porches—men in broadcloth and tall hats and ladies in silk dresses. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy Near the great portico stood the tall figure of a man plainly dressed in blackest broadcloth; he sauntered about as if contemplating some hopeless game of party. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth It would have struck a keen observer that good broadcloth expected condemnation, while fustian and rags eagerly desired acquittal. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross |
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