| 单词 | buskin |
| 例句 | The lion's skin had fallen to the floor, and the soft lilac-colored buskins, filigreed with silver, were lying beside my shoes. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z He will have no flowing or trailing vestments; no "Attic buskins," no "Persian sandals." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Attired with theatrical buskins, a Phrygian cap and a blue chlamys over a transparent tunic, she was taken to the foot of the altar and seated there. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z A lion's head for a cap, a collar, and buskins are the sole articles of dress worn. 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 Onward I went, like the Ghost in Hamlet, only with very vocal buskins. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Her little feet, true realizations of the typical Andalusian or Chinese foot, and which would have been lost in Cinderella's glass slippers, were shod with half-antique buskins of a tender lilac color, sprinkled with pearls. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Though in Hebrew, in Sanscrit, in Choctaw, you write, Sweet singer who gave us the Voices of Night, Though in buskin or slipper your song may be shod, Or the velvety verse that Evangeline trod. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Above the buskin of the girl a spot of blood appeared on her silk stocking. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z His buskins were adorned with pearls and costly gems, and a wreath of laurel or a crown of gold was set upon his head. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z After saying this, he offered to the convent a valuable chasuble, and a mitre interwoven with gold, and sandals with silken buskins, and the head of a crozier of silver and well wrought. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z After the death of Romanus, every general in the empire seemed to think that the time had come for him to assume the purple buskins and proclaim himself emperor. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The stage and the actors are, in sooth, of such nature, and so glorious, that they demand a grander style and higher buskins than I know how to put on. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z In 1871 manila sandals were worn, but the most functional bathing shoes are said to have been high buskins of thick unbleached cotton duck with cork soles. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z His flowing robe of blue silk swept downward on either side below his feet, which were encased in buskins with long points. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z She wears a chiton reaching to the knees, over which is a chlamys, and buskins; her hair is drawn back from her face. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z They constructed dramas on Trojan ground; they raised on the buskin and even clasped with the sock, the feet of Homeric heroes; yet they neither imitated their Homer nor emasculated him. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Did you begin wearing your itinerant buskins in England, or abroad?' The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Her feet are covered with buskins, and a bright silver crescent glitters on her forehead. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Have ye any old shoes, or have ye any boots? have ye any buskins,or will ye buy any broome? A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z The next time that Franklin crosses the stage of war is when General Braddock and his men, in the buskins of high tragedy, are moving to their doom. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z “Ye of the bow and the buskin” == Diana, who was represented with a bow and buskined legs of a huntress. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z There is not a stage hero among them all—not a pair of buskins for the whole company; but the conception is �schylean, though the stage is no bigger than a doll's house. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z His foot-gear was drying by the fire; he put on a pair of German stockings, and fastened them below the knee, and over these the India-rubber buskins which a snow-shoer wears. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Old shoes for new brooms! the broom-man he doth sing, For hats or caps or buskins, or any old pouch ring. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z The good heart and joyous disposition that have endeared her to her comrades of the buskin, have in some degree neutralized the effects of her excesses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z In that early epoch of our literature the sock and buskin had indeed been worn by a reckless race. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He concealed the beauty of his character behind a comedy mask, and the trodden-down heels of the buskins he always wore made his stature seem shorter than it really was. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Also, ye of the bow and the buskin, praised be your peer, Now, henceforth and forever,—O latest to whom I upraise Hand and heart and voice! Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z He wore a green embroidered frock, with buff leggins of dressed deerskin richly worked by some Indian maid, and on his feet were buskins of dressed doeskin. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z The lowest species of mimic actors were called planipedes, because they performed without sock or buskin, and generally barefooted, whence Harlequin’s flat unsho’d feet. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Such were the earliest attempts of our dramatic representations; but men must tread with naked feet before they put on the sock and buskin. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The green woollen stockings, in which he had personated the outlaw, still appeared upon his legs—with a pair of heavy hobnailed buskins on his feet. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z One of the most successful is the gallant skater who makes use of his skates as buskins for the higher flight of love. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Madam, a Thespian is of no religious persuasion, but one who treads the boards and who wears the buskin of Thespis. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z “Let the red buskin now your limbs invest, And the loose robe be belted to your breast; The rattling quiver let your shoulders bear— Throw off the hounds which scent the secret lair.” 122.Jos. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The buskins of Queen Elizabeth now at Oxford are raised to 3 inches in height by the aid of a thick sole, and shoes A and B, Fig. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z A little Watteau shepherd in blue-and-silver, like moonlight, dashed his crook against the thyrsus of a Bacchante crowned with grapes, who wore a leopard's skin over her left side, and buskins with gold ribbons. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "And now, boys, fasten on your buskins, and let me see if you can face the work of climbing this slippery mountain of flesh, and cutting it up." The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Girt about with linden bast rags, Shod with beggars’ buskins, bark stript. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z Seneca has remarked that many of his eloquent verses are fitter for the buskin than the slipper557. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He made them ecumenical and trod upon them when so made, with the heel of the imperial buskin. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Virgil assigns to Pollio the praise of alone composing poems ‘worthy of the buskin of Sophocles.’ The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Knives, hatchets, and the boys' climbing buskins, were put on board, and we set forth, the labor of the oar being greater than ever, now that our freight was so much increased. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The ladies wore them dangling at their fingers and ears, took great delight in hearing them rattle, and not only appended them to their upper garments, but even embroidered their buskins with them. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History A less cruel form was a boot or buskin made wet and drawn upon the legs and then dried with fire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" And when I questioned her, I found that they wore what might well be some kind of buskin. The Trembling of the Veil Of these there are at least two suits, five suits of armour, and numberless other articles of clothing, such as trousers, skirts, boots, buskins, etc. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology "Willingly," he exclaimed, and seizing a pair of buskins he quickly donned them. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Their thighs are bare, with brawny Muscles; a thin brogue on the foot, a short buskin of various colours on the leg, tied above the calf with a strip'd pair of garters. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Where, the prime actors of the last year’s scene; Their port so proud, their buskin, and their plume? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes High collar, low collar, short hair, long hair, boot, buskin, shoe—who wore you first? English Costume No greater contrast existed than that of the Puritan captain with his skull cap, buff coat, and leather buskins, and the Cavalier with plumed hat, velvet cloak, and silk hose. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards Mask and buskin might increase his stature, and the former might at once lend the appropriate expression to his appearance and the necessary resonance to his voice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Oh, my angry dear! turn thy eyes on me—behold thy beau in buskins. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee A slave offered him the thick-soled buskins which he usually wore, in order to increase his height. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 He wore pantaloons of rose-colored silk, yellow buskins with slender heels, a green caftan embroidered with gold flowers, and a handsome yellow silk vest buttoned up to his chin. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries After this, he was vested in what were called the imperial and pontifical robes, which included the buskins, a long alb, the stole crossed priest-wise over the breast, and the mantle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Yellow buskins ornamented with massive gold spurs completed a costume which seemed almost a compromise between the present and some bygone age. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The Greek walked slowly along the mole behind two men clad in short tunics, wearing buskins and little conical hats with drooping brims, like those of the Hellenic shepherds. Sónnica "No; to-day I need no buskins," said Justinian, and left the room. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 Josephine fixed an amazed stare upon his polished shoes as he crossed his legs, never having seen any men's foot-gear save a buskin of deer hide. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The breeches the Spanish cut, and buskins, some of cloth, some of leather, but of the same colour as the vest or garment.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The sock symbolizes comedy, as the buskin does tragedy. Minor Poems by Milton My light buskins were completely worn off my feet and full of gravel. Eyes Like the Sea In the smaller towns and villages in northern Germany, the presents are sent by all the parents to some one fellow who, in high buskins, white robe, mask, and flaxen wig, personates the servant, Rupert. Threads of Grey and Gold One day it chanced that Hamish, who had secured two tongues, desiring to offer them as a small tribute, came up close to him, in his deft, noiseless deerskin buskins, before Captain Demer� was aware. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The soldier who lacked shoes bid defiance to the rough roads, or the weather, in a pair of ox-hide buskins, or with complicated wrappings of rags about his feet. History of Morgan's Cavalry Even in the midst of this talk about buskins, love-books and virginals, it shone out. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare His Nemean lion skin will be of cloth of gold, and his buskins of the same material. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 With the Ana pattering before him, the American started down a steep ramp, the soft soles of his buskins making no sound. The People of the Crater The actors had to wear brazen masks and tall buskins, or no one could have well seen or heard them. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History But now I hope to do easily much more of the kind, and that our new Irish players will find the buskin and the sock. In The Seven Woods Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age Therefore in declaring my observations of the customs of Dutchland, Poland and Italy, the buskins of the women was not forgot, and what countrey weed I thought best becoming gentlewomen. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Deck thyself in a wig with a thousand locks; ensconce thy legs in buskins an ell high; thou still remainest just what thou art. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order The socks indicated comedy, and the buskins tragedy. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer One wore tight, high boots, and the others a sort of white buskin, with ankle straps. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 And yet not with the inclination of Burgoyne, or other military gentlemen who have courted the buskin and sock! The Strollers Poet, no shackles bear, Yet bid thy Muse to wear The buskin bound with care. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems He was wearing, not the blue-and-silver uniform of the Service, but a simple tunic of pale green, with buskins of dark green leather, laced with black. Priestess of the Flame The buskin was the Greek cothurnus, a boot with high heels, designed to add stature and dignity to the tragic actor. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Her buskins are of gold, laced with scarlet ribbons, adorned with pearls and other costly jewels. Memorials of Old London Volume I There is one point of resemblance between the hero of the sock and buskin and the Knight of the quill. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. Presently a gentleman, who had evidently ridden hard, came into the hall, his cloak and buskins bespattered with mud. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney From Æschylus the chorus learnt new grace: He veil'd with decent masks the actor's face, Taught him in buskins first to tread the stage, And rais'd a theatre to please the age. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) This little troop in sable trappings; buskins, cloaks, silken hose, hats and feathers, and shoes with large rosettes—all black and sombre, like so many middle aged Hamlets? A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France Also ye of the bow and the buskin, praised be your peer,5 Now, henceforth and forever—O latest to whom I upraise Hand and heart and voice! Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning His buskins, setting off his fine form, gave him a very noble appearance. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California But the Blackbird pointed to the bare feet of his warriors, and then to the leather buskins which protected the feet of the white man. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora It’s in our blood, the love of the buskin. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 On the following morning he rose early, and, having received mass in his private chapel, came down into the great hall "arraid in the fairest vestments, and with buskins only upon his feet." Coronation Anecdotes His buskins are yellow, and he is standing on his right foot in a niche. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna His Majesty was dressed in a light mixed suit, with drab buskins buttoned to the knee, white boots, and a drab felt hat, with about two inches of crape on it. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California The Canadian hung his head and looked sad as he glanced at the sleeping youth, while Pepé put on his buffalo-skin buskins. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The laurel crown was of green jasper, and the buskins, as well as the sash she wore, were, again of different hues. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 About this time I was much with the Players, but misliked them exceedingly; and although numbers of brilliant offers were made to me, I could not be persuaded to try the sock and buskin. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... His cuirass is blue, his sword-belt partly blue and partly yellow, his sleeves of changing blue and red, and his buskins yellow. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna With her buskins trimmed with fur, her full red petticoat, her blue jacket edged with jet, and her diadem, Finette looked more like an Egyptian princess than a Christian. Laboulaye's Fairy Book Admitting the Stranger to fall under the latter denomination, Mr. Young must stand higher in the buskin than in the sock, 237 since that is allowed to be his most perfect performance. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 The skirt was caught up on the hip with diamond clasps, and showed buskins of lions' muzzles made to correspond with the rest. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Colonel Esmond, who tells his own tale, wishes the Muse of History to disrobe, to discard her buskins, and to deliver herself like a woman of the everyday world. Studies in Literature and History He has a cuirass in the antique manner, all red and gold, as are his hose and his buskins. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna Their feet were incased in buskins that seemed to be made of leather. The Fire People Then I planted my hands firmly in the buskins, and commenced searching for the enemy. The Boy Tar He went to the treasure-chamber dressed in his loosest tunic and wearing on his feet wide-legged buskins, both of which he filled bursting full with gold. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality His feet were encased in buskins of brown goat-skin, while over his face fell the shadow of a broad-brimmed hat of coarse felt cloth. The Tiger Hunter Her buskins are blue, and she is standing on a rock in the middle of the sea, surrounded by a very beautiful sky. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna Still others were garbed only in short, wide trousers and shirts of a soft leather, with legs bare from the knee down, and with leather buskins on their feet. The Fire People My mode of proceeding was to raise the buskins, and plant them down again, each time striking upon new ground. The Boy Tar His feet were ornamented, rather than protected, by delicate buskins of black leather, decked with the silver sigma, in its old crescent shape, the proud initial of the high term senator. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 They divide, and reveal the Emperor seated upon a throne, attired in a violet tunic and red buskins with black bands. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul My garb was not of leather jerkin, my buskins not of thonged straw, but on the contrary I was turned out in good tweeds, well cut by my London tailor. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Keats was famous and already gathered to the immortals at an age at which Shakespeare was still in the chrysalid stage of the actual buskin and sock. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 I now turned to feel for the rat, taking the precaution, as before, to insert my hands into the buskins. The Boy Tar So shod as when the Huntress Maid With thumping buskin bruised the glade, She moveth, making earth afraid. The Book of Humorous Verse What else brought Nero398 on the tragic stage, and invested him with the mask and buskins? Plutarch's Morals At length the suspicions of the seamen being aroused, she was seized and the buskin pulled off, when it proved to be a receptacle of stolen treasure. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold To save his shins from attack he wrapped his legs in newspaper buskins. From Place to Place The place appeared crowded with them, and I could scarce put down the buskins without touching one. The Boy Tar Tyrian maidens are wont ever to wear the quiver, to tie the purple buskin high above their ankle. The Aeneid of Virgil Many are the intimacies of the College, the society, the buskin, and the oar which they bring up, from classmates and college friends. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens I signed my agreement the same evening for two months; and being presented in due form to my brethren of the buskin, joined the supper-table, where there was more of abundance than of delicacies. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer Therefore in declaring my observations of the customs of Dutchland, Poland, and Italy; the buskins of the women was not forgot, and what country weed I thought best becoming gentlewomen. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Yes, it was of use: it proved so; for thinking of the gloves suggested the idea of a substitute; and this substitute was within my reach—my buskins. The Boy Tar His doublet and cloak were richly embroidered, though the gold lace was somewhat tarnished; his breeches, fastened at the knee, were of ample proportions, while boots of buskin form encased his feet. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia In thus abandoning the buskin for the Bible, Lola Montez was following one example and setting another. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert With sceptres and high buskins th' one would dress me, So through the world should bright renown express me. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) He had laced buskins on his feet, and a broad-brimmed Panama hat on his head. The Boy Hunters I then put on my buskins, and, getting upon my back, kicked upon the stave with all my might, using my heels as a trip-hammer. The Boy Tar His feet were protected with a sort of buskin; at his side hung a crude-looking metal spear. The Girl in the Golden Atom Her feet are sometimes bare, and sometimes adorned with a sort of buskin, which was worn by the huntresses of old. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Yet tragedies, and sceptres fill'd my lines, But though I apt were for such high designs, Love laughèd at my cloak, and buskins painted, And rule, so soon with private hands acquainted. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Watching them was another local in a kilt, buskins and a leather jerkin; he wore a short sword on his belt and carried a wickedly thonged whip. Space Viking It came from the corner where my buskins lay empty and idle. The Boy Tar After an hour the buskins on my feet were torn to fragments, and I was bruised and battered as you saw me. The Girl in the Golden Atom Then he became aware that his son was wearing leather shorts and tall buskins. Ministry of Disturbance This said, she moved her buskins gaily varnished, And seven times shook her head with thick locks garnished. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) They arrayed themselves in small garments of bright colours, often adorned with silver, while on their feet were leather buskins. Woman's Work in Music On handling the buskins, I discovered to my chagrin that half of the upper leather of one of them was eaten away! The Boy Tar Over our bare feet we were wearing a sort of woven buskin which fastened with wires to the ankle disks. The White Invaders In her fairy hand a horsewhip, On her foot a buskin small, So she stepped, the stately damsel, Through the scarlet grooms and all. The Bon Gaultier Ballads He was a critic upon operas, too, And knew all niceties of sock and buskin; And no Venetian audience could endure a Song, scene, or air, when he cried "seccatura!" The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 On the feet of the Emperor were buskins which, like the diadem, were studded with precious stones, and like the robe were dyed with the Imperial purple. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation I thought of using one of my buskins, for I had no need for them otherwise; but I felt some qualms about making this use of them. The Boy Tar And on his feet were hose of fine white buckram, and buskins of black leather were over his hose, whereon were golden clasps. The Mabinogion Vol. 1 If used at all in tragedy, buskins and pads probably were used to make the heroic characters of the drama literally greater than the other characters. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals Perchance her feet, with furry buskins graced, May shuddering walk the cold Canadian waste, And rest contented with a bleak repose In shrubless climes of never-thawing snows. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 But kings and beggars are not affording the glaring discrepancies of Hogarth's "Olympus in a Barn," but suggesting and preserving the distinctions far below the buskins, the breastplate, the sandals, the symars. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Placing the buskins in readiness, I crouched near the crevice where the rat should enter. The Boy Tar Burton's old Theatre, formerly dedicated to the 'sock and buskin,' and famous during the religious revival of 1858, was now occupied by this convention of marshals. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Lo! what from cellars rise, what rush from high, Where speculation roosted near the sky; Letters, essays, sock, buskin, satire, song, And all the garret thunders on the throng! The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Our buskins on our feet we drew; With mittened hands, and caps drawn low To guard our necks and ears from snow, We cut the solid whiteness through. The Ontario Readers Third Book I do not mean the stately buskin of the tragic muse. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The thongs of my buskins came into my mind—the very thing! The Boy Tar Dark blue and foreign purple clothed his breast, Golden his casque and bow; his mantle's fold Of yellow saffron knots of gold compressed, 874 And buskins bound his knees, and broidered was his vest. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor A dozen soldiers in the plumed hats, slashed buskins, the brightly colored doublets of the period, joined the motley company. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark By increasing magnification, he looked at groups of the barbarian conquerors, big men with blond or reddish-brown hair, in loose shirts and baggy trousers and rough cowhide buskins. Time Crime The clothes in which he had jumped from the rocket-boat were patched and ragged; his shoes had been replaced by high laced buskins of smoke-tanned hide. Genesis I felt in my buskins too, for these were not upon my feet, as I no longer needed them, but lying idle in a corner. The Boy Tar But a simple maid am I, And 'tis the manner of the maids of Tyre To wear, like me, the quiver, and to tie The purple buskin round the ankles high. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I had the finest head of hair in the world, well curled and powdered above my cassock, and below were my white buskins and spurs.' The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 And her height—Tom had only seen her walk in tragic buskin. Dead Man's Rock The last shred of clothing from the ship was gone, now; he was clad in a sleeveless tunic of skin and horsehide buskins. Genesis I even put on my old buskins in hopes of being able to kick it out; but, after thumping at it for a considerable time, I saw it would not do. The Boy Tar He 040 knows perfectly well that there is a great deal of the mask and buskin on the stage of life, and that each man in his time plays many parts. Horace and His Influence A month later he donned this costume, the distinguishing features of which were a long, close-fitting, black waistcoat, pinked with white, a loose embroidered surtout, and buskins. Americans and Others Tho' France adores the bard, nor envies Greece The costly buskins of her Sophocles. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II Instead of the buskin, comic actors wore a sort of slipper called a sock. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. I wore upon my feet a pair of little “buskins” that laced up to the very ankle. The Boy Tar It is the real Horace whom we meet,—not a person on the literary stage, with buskins, pallium, and mask. Horace and His Influence On her feet were tiny sheepskin buskins; about her perfect little body, worn carelessly, was a simple chiton, out of which her dimpled shoulders and small round arms showed pink and tender as field-flowers. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Mr. Douglass possesses great dramatic powers; and had he taken up the sock and buskin, instead of becoming a lecturer, he would have made as fine a Coriolanus as ever trod the stage. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met The countenances and deportment of the men harmonized with the weather; they moved about gloomily and despondently, their bright accoutrements sullied with the wet, and their buskins clogged with mire. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Of course, I concluded that it was still my mouse, now running about in search of the buskins. The Boy Tar They have wide-knee'd breeches, something like the Dutch seamen, and on their legs a sort of knit buskins without any feet to them, but never any shoes. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Warriors wore buskins on their legs, and were sometimes gagged in order to prevent the alarm being given to the enemy. Myths and Legends of China The player who usually appeared wearing the buskin now assumed the sock, and the established comedian ventured upon a flight into the regions of tragedy. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character The first deity wore a white linen tunic, with flesh-coloured hose and red buskins, and had a purple taffeta mantle over his shoulders. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Slowly and silently I raised myself into a half-upright position, so that I could reach the buskins with a single effort, and in this attitude I again listened for a repetition of the sound. The Boy Tar I observed our soldiers, when they came into the house, had none of them any shoes on, but wore buskins, like the Indians, without any feet to them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time “An ancient leather buskin,” supposed to have belonged to one of the Saxon kings. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841 With the Restoration, however, Thespis enjoyed his own again, and sock and buskin became once more lawful articles of apparel. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character We virgins of Tyre are wont to carry a quiver and to wear a buskin of purple. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) With busy looks, and hasty tread, The servants cross the hall; And many a page, in buskins red, Await the master's call. Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters Pile perukes on thy head whose curls cannot be counted, On yard-high buskins let thy feet be mounted, Still thou art only what thou art. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe Better to wear mask and buskin than to mar by any modernity of expression the calm majesty of Melpomene. Reviews I suppose—the nearest you could get to buskins? The Marriage of William Ashe After him Aeschylus, the inventor of the vizard mask and decent robe, laid the stage over with boards of a tolerable size, and taught to speak in lofty tone, and strut in the buskin. The Works of Horace As he never wore his buskins except when he carried the mail, Ravoo sorely fretted with his Hessians; though it would have been highly imprudent to travel without them. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Those of the sock and buskin, artists, court gazetteers— Odd fellows all—odder than all their club compeers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 Each one carried a bow and arrows in her hand and wore a quiver on her shoulder; their buskins were of cloth of silver. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 By his white plume reveal'd and buskins white, It is said that Pizarro used to dress in this fashion; after Gonzalo, whom he had served under in Italy. Poems Cutting many jokes upon his Campanian disease, and upon his face, he desired him to exhibit Polyphemus's dance: that he had no occasion for a mask, or the tragic buskins. The Works of Horace So, after all, it is not a body of mere tyros that I am addressing, but actors who have worn the sock and buskin, and declaimed the speeches which delighted audiences two thousand years ago. The Drama They wear white buskins, and red or purple shoes, having their heads decorated with rich jewels and ear-rings, with rings on their fingers and splendid bracelets on their arms. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 She was dressed in cloth of silver and white, with white buskins, and a profusion of precious stones--emeralds, colored like some of the fruit she bore. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 The things you call gloves I don't wear, Only buskins. Punch Among the Planets The sock and the majestic buskin assumed this measure as adapted for dialogue, and to silence the noise of the populace, and calculated for action. The Works of Horace The "best farmer that ever brushed dew from lawn" is clad in antique costume with toga and buskins. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 On their heads they have a montera, or cap nearly like those of our postillions, and their legs are covered by the poulains, a kind of knit buskins, or hose without feet. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Then Eve in white dress—evidently it had been a puzzle to dress her—and buskins, who says sweet words to Cain. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Their legs were bare, except that they had half buskins bound about their insteps with silk ribbon. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time I signed my agreement the same evening for two months; and, being presented in due form to my brethren of the buskin, joined the supper-table, where there was more of abundance than of delicacies. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer His knees and arms were bare, showing his firm muscles and the suntanned skin; on his feet he wore buskins of double hide, and his legs were protected by brass greaves. The Thirsty Sword In real life you always get your drama mixed, and the sock of comedy galls the buskin of tragedy. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Enter Abraham and attendants on one side and Lot and attendants on the other, all dressed in Roman mantles, buskins and helmets. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 On his feet he wore buskins embroidered with pearls, the toes being sharp and turned up. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Montezuma was dressed and adorned with great magnificence, his mantle being all covered with gold and gems, a crown of thin gold on his head, and gold buskins on his legs ornamented with jewels. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time His coarse buckskin coat looked mean beside the richer apparel of his brother, and his buskins were ill-tied and his kilt was dusty and tattered. The Thirsty Sword With her buskins, her robes, and her airs of importance she is at times, indeed, almost intolerable. Books and Characters French and English No buskin elevation, no tragedy pomp, could mislead her; and yet poetry was poetry indeed, when she read it. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 These pages have cassock coats, and Venetian hose, of cloth of silver, laid with gold lace, and caps with gold bands and white feathers, and white buskins. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance He invented the tragic dress and buskin, and perfected the tragic mask. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Up the steep stone steps he climbed, making little noise with his deerskin buskins. The Thirsty Sword Hardly had he felt the pressure of the buskin before he cried: "I confess everything!" Eastern Shame Girl I do not love great folks till they have pulled off their buskins and put on their slippers, because I do not care sixpence for what they would be thought, but for what they are. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I This accusation is certainly true; Aristophanes often gets into the buskin; but we must examine upon what occasion. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Betterton return'd, 'If he had made his eyebrows his whiskers, and each whisker a line, the part would have been two lines too much for such a monkey in buskins.' The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Not now did he appear in the lowly garments of deerskin or with ill-strung buskins or tangled hair. The Thirsty Sword Meanwhile the Governor called upon the officers to apply the buskin of torture to the young man. Eastern Shame Girl It is not a theatrical artifice of mask or buskin, to impose upon us unreal impressions of height and dignity. On Compromise It might be better for a lady or two Then, have we our theatre: Farce, comedy, and the buskin, take their turns to help along the time. The Red Rover There was a day, or two, during which the sock and buskin wrought their usual effect on her female nature, and almost eclipsed the glories of Horace Bright, in her own bright eyes. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" They had buskins made of rawhide, and a knitted bonnet, though many of them wore no covering for their heads but their own shaggy hair tied back with a leathern strap. The Thirsty Sword Next he fashioned a pair of buskins of the right height, and joined these on to the truncated limbs in such wise that the tops of the boots concealed the lines of juncture. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti The shoe worn on the ancient stage by comedians as the buskin was by tragedians. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V This was a young man named Bury, of respectable parentage and education, it was said, and considerable reputation, though his aspiring buskin had never yet trod the London boards. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Yes, he was that Tuditanus who used to put on a cloak and buskins, and then go and scatter money from the rostra among the people. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 They wore their rough hunting clothes -- loose vests of leather, homespun kilts, and untanned buskins. The Thirsty Sword The men wear full frocks, made of white perkal, which reach from the hips to the knees, buskins from the knee to the feet, and shoes generally of red leather. A Woman's Journey Round the World Instead of red, the buskins of the Sebastocrator and C�sar were green; and on their open coronets or crowns, the precious gems were more sparingly distributed. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 By the hands of the proper officers he was invested with the Imperial garments, the red buskins, white tunic, and purple robe. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 It ware buskins of brass, and its thick neck was circled with a circle of selenites. A House of Pomegranates She had cast aside her buskins, too, and the slender, high-arched feet were sandalled. The Moon Pool One troop of them rode in the attitude and armour of men: their chief wore gilt spurs and buskins, and thence acquired the epithet of the golden-footed lady. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 The emperor alone could assume the purple or red buskins, and the close diadem or tiara, which imitated the fashion of the Persian kings. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Sandals or buskins—I could not clearly distinguish which—were on his feet; his legs were bare to the knees, and his head was bare. The Time Machine I dare not," she replied, "assume the name Of goddess, or celestial honors claim: For Tyrian virgins bows and quivers bear, And purple buskins o'er their ankles wear. The Aeneid English Their arms were buff-jackets, or shirts of mail, round bucklers, with spikes in the centre, and buskins which adorned and defended the feet and ankles, but left the knees bare. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier She also ordered me buskins from the shoemaker employed by the Comédie. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt The taste and elegance of the dresses of the opera-dancers, like those of the heroes and heroines of the sock and buskin, leave nothing to be wished for. Paris as It Was and as It Is Certainly in 1690 it was the custom for young aspirants to the sock and buskin to join the regular theatres without preliminary training elsewhere. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II He leaves his lowly bed: his buskins meet Above his ankles; sandals sheathe his feet: He sets his trusty sword upon his side, And o'er his shoulder throws a panther's hide. The Aeneid English I cannot say that I have my buskin on! and I advise you to take yours off. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 They thought she could not have acted heroically unless in buskins; had no idea that such deeds only showed the habit of her mind. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. His forehead was graced with pointed horns, above which he wore a fine crown or garland of vine-leaves and grapes, and a mitre of crimson velvet, having also gilt buskins on. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 In another room I saw them marrying an old greasy boot to a young pliable buskin. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 And because the weather was fair and temperate, his father caused to be made for him a pair of dun boots,—Babin calls them buskins. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 O, you thought I shouldn't know you with your buskins on! The Frogs Five minutes afterwards, with Highland buskins on his feet and a small bundle in his hand, he passed through the north gate of Perth, and directed his course to the Highlands. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day All wore elaborate costumes, and tragic actors, in addition, were made to appear larger than human with masks, padding, and thick-soled boots, or buskins. Early European History Instead of the boots of the period, he wore buskins of half dressed deer's skin. Quentin Durward So the sock and buskin, not being adapted to the cancan, yielded with February, and the theatres were closed finally on Ash Wednesday. Castilian Days A lion's hide upon a yellow silk, a club and buskin! The Frogs Next the tired captive sat down and was going to take off his buskins, timidly asking leave with his eye, but another silk-and-velvet discomforter went down upon his knees and took the office from him. The Prince and the Pauper, Part 2. But they were the kind you would have expected Nero's soldiers to be, and the arms they carried were zithers and plectra, masks and buskins. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Their legs were bare; the undressed hide of the deer gave them buskins, a plaid covered the shoulders, and a broadsword, a dagger, a studded targe, completed the outfit. The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border Mr. Edmund Smith in his beautiful verses on our Author's Death, speaks thus concerning this poem; 'In her best light the comic muse appears, When she with borrowed pride the buskin wears.' The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III TACTUS, in a dark-coloured satin mantle over a pair of silk bases, a garland of bays, mixed with white and red roses, upon a black grogram, a falchion, wrought sleeves, buskins, &c. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 In sock or buskin there was an air of swaggering gentility about Jack Palmer. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The barons and knights and men-at-arms were all now armed; the foot-soldiers were well equipped, each bearing bow and sword; on their heads were caps, and to their feet were bound buskins. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) There are also either long hose or lasts for stretching hose, for they made stockings, leggins, gaiters, buskins; also a number of boxes which look like muff-boxes. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) He is better known as CALIGULA,—a nickname given him by the soldiers from the buskins he wore. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. For this, that rears himself in buskins quaint, Is pleasant at the first, proud in the midst, Stately in all, and bitter death at end. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 In sock or buskin there was an air of swaggering gentility about Jack Palmer. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Amid her maiden company she moved, Their cross-thonged yellow buskins scattered off, Unloosed their knotted hair; and thus the pool Received them stepping, shrinking, down to it. In Divers Tones From the statutes which are rehearsed we learn that the footwear of the day was "boots, shoes, buskins, startups, slippers, or pantofles." Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Philosopher has put buskins on his hands and frills on his feet, he cannot stir hand or foot, and will be given up only to me. Vautrin "The tales I told were of a kind to be spared a Greek, even one who may not cover his instep with the embroidered buskin of an Emperor." The Prince of India — Volume 01 See from afar a theatre arise; There ages, yet unborn, shall tribute pay To the heroick actions of this day; Then buskin tragedy at length shall chuse Thy name the best supporter of her muse. The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 The tragic actor increased his height and size by wearing thick-soled buskins, an enormous mask, and padded garments. General History for Colleges and High Schools One redemptioner is described as running off in "sliders and buskins." Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Tragedy, full of salt and pungency epigrammatic,— And thou, minuet-step of our old buskin preserved! The Poems of Schiller — Third period His feet were cased with loose buskins, which, though they rose almost to his knee, could not hide that curvature, known by the appellation of bandy legs. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves It is like an actor with one foot raised on a high buskin, and the other in a slipper. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 They crowded a little off from him, and gave him time to throw aside his oonnet, bare his legs and knees, by stripping off the leathern buskins which swathed them, and retaining only his sandals. The Betrothed American buskins were a foot-covering consisting of a strong leather sole with cloth uppers and leggins to the knees, which were fastened with lacings. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) As for shoes or stockings, he had gone so long without them that he cared not even for the buskins and foot-gloves we wore, which I described above. The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton "An ox-hide to make buskins of yearly, because of the brambles," echoed the Kitchener. The Monastery Life is Janus-faced, and the humourist invests his characters with a double mask; they stand for comedy as well as for tragedy; Don Quixote wears the buskin as well as the sock. Without Prejudice What heroes has she reared on her buskins? Biographia Literaria And he sent the scarlet buskins, and the imperial vestments, to the Emperor Baldwin, his lord, at Constantinople, and the emperor took the act in very good part. Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople Our Swan of Avon hath sung his last; but we have stout old Ben, with as much learning and genius as ever prompted the treader of sock and buskin. The Fortunes of Nigel The general thinks ’t would be a pity to spot those modish buskins and gloves. Janice Meredith Archilochus, inspired by fiery rage, Called forth Iambics: now they tread the stage In buskin or in sock, conduct discourse, Lead action on, and awe the mob perforce. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry But still the maid lay prostrate, clasping close his rough buskins in her little brown hands. Their Mariposa Legend; a romance of Santa Catalina Alas! that were no modern consequence, To have cothurnal buskins frighted hence. The Poetaster "Are these her friends?" asked Cicely, looking round on the five figures in the leathern coats and yeomen's heavy buskins and shoes, and especially at the narrow face and keen pale eyes of Langston. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland A drowsy hillsman, muffled to his back hair in a long brown cloak, and with buskins on his legs such as a stage bandit wears, was dozing against the wall. Europe Revised Then, joking still at his grim countenance, He begged him just to dance the Cyclop dance: No buskin, mask, nor other aid of art Would be required to make him look his part. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry His nether extremities were encased in high Balbriggan buskins dyed in lichen purple, the feet being shod with brogues of salted cowhide laced with the windpipe of the same beast. Ulysses The barons, and knights, and men-at-arms were all now armed; the foot-soldiers were well equipped, each bearing bow and sword; on their heads were caps, and to their feet were bound buskins. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo Knives, hatchets, and the boys' climbing buskins, were put on board, and we set forth, the labour of the oar being greater than ever, now that our freight was so much increased. Swiss Family Robinson Their lyricism, in front of the footlights, needed buskins and frippery, or, at any rate, fostered them, as the pieces of Hugo and de Vigny proved. Balzac Then AEschylus brought in the mask and pall, Put buskins on his men to make them tall, Turned boards into a platform, not too great, And taught high monologue and grand debate. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry We had a pair of buskins of them full of fine wool like beaver. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage His legs were swathed and bound by the thongs of his high buskins. The Metal Monster The ancient buskin was still ruder, being made of undressed deer's hide, with the hair outwards,—a circumstance which procured the Highlanders the well-known epithet of Red-shanks. The Lady of the Lake His attire consisted of a long loose gown of spotted crimson silk, with the royal cipher woven in front in gold; hose of blue cloth, guarded with red and black cloth; and red cordovan buskins. Windsor Castle The first, supported as it were by the lofty buskin,136 I call my tragic; the other, as resting upon the humble rock, my comic villa. The Letters of Pliny the Younger Our legs were enveloped in leather buskins, untanned, and we wore a coarse white hat. My Ten Years' Imprisonment Some had laurels on their heads, and others buskins on their legs; in short, there was scarce any instrument of a mechanic art, or liberal science, which was not made of use on this occasion. Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer All of which took us mightily by surprise, we having been too intent upon these new buskins to heed aught else. Black Bartlemy's Treasure He furnished the actors with more appropriate and more magnificent dresses, invented for them more various and expressive masks, and raised their stature to the heroic size by providing them with thick-soled cothurni or buskins. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest From the robe to the buskin, and now from the buskin to the sword! Scaramouche Furthermore, his dress was combined of the habit and bands pertaining to an ecclesiastic, and the buskins and spurs belonging to a soldier. Royalty Restored What will you? any old shoes or buskins? or will you have your shoes clouted? Locrine/Mucedorus Here the player-bands gather at the end of their wanderings, to loosen the buskin and dust the sock. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million Somewhere about his grinder teeth, He mouthed of thoughts that grilled beneath, And summoned Nature to her feud With bile and buskin Attitude. Poems — Volume 2 Even her feet were shod with high buskins of this grey stuff. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Say, Lassie, why, thy train amang, While loud the trump's heroic clang, And sock or buskin skelp alang To death or marriage; Scarce ane has tried the shepherd—sang But wi' miscarriage? Poems and Songs of Robert Burns He had been wearing a tunicle and dalmatic under a chasuble, a pectoral cross, purple gloves, sandals and buskins, a mitre and his presentation ring. Soul of a Bishop Some bring their boots, and some their shoes, And some their buskins bring: The cobbler sits him down to work, And then begins to sing. Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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