| 单词 | draper |
| 例句 | Leeuwenhoek’s microscope evolved from the magnifying glasses employed by drapers to examine the quality of cloth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The draper sat upon the cobbles of the street, his hair lank, and a daughter of perhaps my age wandered about through the wreckage, picking up silks and attempting to drag them back inside. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The son of a rich Dublin draper, Lawless further expanded his financial position by marrying the heiress of a brewer, Margaret Browne, and was made a peer. Auction: Buyers Lose Their Taste for 18th-Century Art and Furniture 2011-07-22T12:00:06Z Bennett's most famous novel The Old Wives' Tale is about two sisters one of whom elopes to a scandalous life in France and the other who stays at home running the family draper's shop. In celebration of the 'unknown' Arnold Bennett 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Dennis Price gave a performance which he was, sadly, never again to equal as Louis Mazzini, the suburban draper's assistant who becomes the most elegant serial killer in history. Kind Hearts and Coronets ? review 2011-08-18T21:14:02Z That same greenery accented the mantelpieces and serving tables and ran the length of the old draper’s table at which the guests sat. In the British Countryside, a Holiday Feast With Sofa-Shaped Butter 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z I’m not claiming to be a master draper. Victoria Beckham: Is She for Real? 2010-09-03T22:43:00Z Kipps, a draper's apprentice, uses an unexpected legacy to try to turn himself into a "gentleman". David Lodge on HG Wells 2011-03-11T10:00:01Z At age 14, he was apprenticed in a draper’s shop, a soul-killing job the boy hated. Review | H.G. Wells wanted to change the world. A new book explores the author’s outsize ambitions 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Lane was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, the daughter of a respectable middle-class draper and a mother who came from minor rural gentry. Pamela Lane obituary 2010-11-21T18:54:00Z Ms. James’s ideas were brought to life by City Ballet’s costume shop, a department of 18 people: Mr. Happel, a shop manager, 11 stitchers, three drapers, a dyer and a shopper. Jerome Robbins in 124 Costumes and 30 Minutes 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z His father was a draper and his mother ran the family chain of clothing shops. Ian Baker obituary 2010-05-20T18:06:00Z In building a new collection, it was also Shrope’s job to track down the raw materials that previous drapers used to make the costumes. Not Off the Rack: This Year’s Bespoke ‘Nutcracker’ at City Ballet 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z A draper kneeling behind her shook out the hem while the costume designer looked on with satisfaction. What Opera Singers Gained, and Lost, Performing While Pregnant 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The drapers were responsible for clothing Adam and Eve, the bakers catered for the Last Supper, while the ironmongers, rather gruesomely, used the crucifixion to demonstrate the quality of their nails. Chester Mystery Plays – review 2013-07-02T14:36:00Z The ballet, set in a draper's store at the turn of the 20th Century, will feature an art-nouveau inspired set with the traditional score by Sergei Prokofiev. Male Cinderella for new Scottish Ballet production 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z At the same time, Leeuwenhoek mostly continued with his careers as a draper and a world-renowned expert on developing microscopes. The scientist who discovered sperm was so grossed out he hoped his findings would be repressed 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Visitors will be able to stroll down a recreated city street, where they can experience a snapshot of the era through the lens of political activists, a draper's shop and lonely hearts ads. National Archives exhibition reveals 'Roaring Twenties' reality 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Then, during each show, an equally impressive dance happens backstage as technicians and drapers, stage managers and actors move with timed precision to make the story unfold seamlessly onstage. Take a backstage peek at how Seattle’s ACT Theatre creates the magic of ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z It's that mail order shopping industry, now worth billions, which was inspired by a little known 19th Century Welsh draper who lived "in the middle of nowhere" and left school at 12. Christmas: The mail order pioneer who started a billion-pound industry 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z In 1778, William Clark opened a drapers store at 44 Wigmore Street in London's West End, where he sold expensive fabrics, bonnets, gloves and parasols. Debenhams: Over 200 years of history 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The chain's history in the Hertfordshire town dates back to 1880 when young Cornishman Arthur Trewin bought a small draper's shop in Queen's Road. John Lewis closure 'incredibly sad for our town' 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z By 1700, he returned to England to work as a draper. Converted D.C. stable has ample room for urban living 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Its origins go back to 1778, when King George III was on the throne, when it opened as a drapers' store in central London. Debenhams: Three things that went wrong 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Victoria McFall, a draper for the costume shop, recalls the initial idea for the Marzipan tutus: Falconer handed her team a Tupperware container with a vintage doily inside. Peek inside a ‘Nutcracker’ costume bible | Provided by Pacific Northwest Ballet 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z "Gordon was born in Barry, he lived in Castle Anne Street, and became a drapers assistant when he was 14," she said. Donation marks Wales' Dambusters links 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z It is all a long way from a Victorian drapers in the centre of Glasgow. The Scottish retail empire struggling to strike back 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Born in Chard, Somerset, in 1873, the second youngest of eleven children, she became an apprentice at a drapers in Brighton aged 14. Actresses, arsonists and aristocrats: Women who won the vote 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z But, alongside the priest and the postmistress, the nun and the draper’s wife, there are the young Europeans who work at the Castle. Edna O’Brien’s Charming War Criminal 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The very first case of respiratory myoclonus was reported in 1723 by Antony van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch draper and amateur scientist. Think Like a Doctor: Breathless Solved 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z In the late 17th century a middle-aged draper named Antonie van Leeuwenhoek became interested in the magnifying glasses he used to inspect fabric. How Data Will Transform Science 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Writing as "Grace Dare", she penned secret reports by candlelight in the drapers' dormitories she shared with other shopgirls. The undercover 'shopgirl' 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Over the past 150 years, the retailer has transformed itself from a small, humble Victorian drapers to a chain encompassing more than 40 stores and 91,000 permanent staff. John Lewis celebrates 150 years 2014-04-19T01:47:25Z Yet it was the expansion and growth of small drapers' shops into large city department stores in the 19th Century that really brought the mannequin to life. The fall and rise of mannequins who look like real women 2014-01-22T00:47:10Z Starting at a well-known Parisian drapers, he ended up establishing a dressmaking department for the company. Five ways you never knew the UK changed fashion 2012-09-13T09:33:25Z Described as a drapers, milliners and ladies and children's outfitters, the firm prospered and moved to Above Bar in the following year. England's changing high street 2012-06-16T03:47:43Z Mr. Prentice came to the carriage door; and was asked to read the letter from Mr. Bence the fancy draper. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z He would have a daily paper, Standard authors sold in parts, Shops of tailor, hatter, draper, An Academy of Arts. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z The young man, talking rather as if the magazine was a draper's shop, told her that his paper was making a special feature of beautiful actresses. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Of his granny's wish that he should be a draper, of his own ambition to be an engineer, and the compromise which landed him in Redbourne as a bank clerk. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Once I called at a draper's shop and secured casual work as a bill distributor. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z "That is a fine toy!" he ran on carelessly, as I removed my dagger from the holster and concealed it under my cloak--"a fine plaything--for a linen draper!" The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Mr. Shalford, the draper at Folkestone to whom he was to be bound apprentice, had expressed a wish to "shape the lad a bit" before the autumn sale. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z That was an awkward way for a rich Leeds merchant to receive a son on the completion of his apprenticeship as a draper, and at the early age of twenty. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z His grandmother wanted to apprentice him to a draper, but the boy protested so vehemently that that laudable desire was never carried out. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The leaders, in the meantime, had run straight into a draper's shop, and were curveting about on the top of four or five school children, whom they had hustled to the ground. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z In 1557 Sir Thomas Cooke, draper, was installed in the Mansion House. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The draper, if more honest, had less brains, and success threw him off his balance. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z At the chief draper’s shop there is a notice stating four good assistants are required. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z "I know, but I would so much rather it had been a draper, or a stationer, or something—something clean of that sort." Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z They ape the man of fashion, call their haberdashery store a merchant’s warehouse, and foregoing the vulgar title of draper, take to themselves the loftier name of merchant. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z The chief linen draper in the town, as he watches the County ladies, in their dilatory fashion, toy with one fabric after another, can scarcely suppress a look of impatience on his well disciplined face. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The draper's foreman asked for higher wages; his second hand also. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The wardrobe of the order was also under him; and the draper was assigned as his companion, without whose knowledge he could not dispose of any of the clothes. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z The sale of such articles is not generally carried on alone, and a “haberdashery counter” usually forms a department of 787 drapers’ shops. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z But one day, late in summer, the hammer fell upon my "lot"—I was knocked down to the drapers! In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z They were continually visiting drapers, jewelers, and dressmakers. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Near the door of the bank he met Purslow, and the draper seized his arm. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The draper had charge of the clothing of the order: he was to see that each brother was decently and properly dressed. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z I have three shillings weekly from the parish, and I make up by doing a little washing for young people at a draper's. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z "Yes, monsieur; she works for a linen draper; her sewing is perfect, so they say." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z “Oh yes, there used to be a Magellan who kept a draper’s shop in Upper High Street.” Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The draper, who had showed himself over-confidently, fell back purple with blushes. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Masses were said for his soul; his arms and clothes were partly given back to the marshal or draper of the order—partly distributed among the poor. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z If you please, your Grace, we waited for the Duchess outside Cane and Wilson's, the drapers. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z After a moment, he added, aloud: "Have you been working long at this trade—for a linen draper?" Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z The speaker was standing at the Piccadilly corner of the Circus, by the draper's shop. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z The draper was at the carriage wheel before it stopped. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z There is an ample supply of wines, spirits, and preserved provisions at the grocers, and the drapers keep on hand any quantity of silks, muslins, and piece-goods, with all the necessary fixings. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Tobie was standing in an ecstasy of admiration before a manikin in front of a draper's shop. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z I remember, Edward, when you had a pretty young girl for a mistress—I think you had abducted her, found her at a linen draper's. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Where in low rooms, set out in glass cases, as in a cheap draper's shop, were the famous pearl-embroidered carpets and gorgeous jewels of the State, worth a king's ransom. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z At that moment his eyes fell on Purslow, the draper, who was standing at the door of his shop, and he crossed over to him. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z When he was quite a young man he set up in business as a clothier and draper in Holborn. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z He shied, and made a rather thoughtless but very determined attempt to enter a draper’s shop. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The poor man! they found his corpse down there,—Rue Saint-Honor�, before the draper's shop. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Have you not an obligation to that linen draper, and hosier, and I don't know who, there, upon your chimney-piece, if you take their things, and don't pay for them?' The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z She must pull Sandie by the sleeve every other minute, for she really could not pass a draper’s shop nor a jeweller’s without stopping to glance in and admire. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Do you think I am an ale draper to take in every strolling runagate of the night. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z I prefer seeing black Tom in the parlour, or on a hosier’s counter, or coiled up in a draper’s window. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z At first, the people of the St. Denis quarter derived a good deal of fun from the bellicose sign of the linen draper. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Near the doorways of the drapers' shops stood rolls of that fine scarlet cloth, for the women's costumes. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Our progress was of course at a foot's-pace only, and twice the procession halted, once opposite a draper's, and once opposite a public-house, when the yells and hooting of the crowd were terrible to hear. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z I am willing to give your credit for it, But I doubt it all the same, For I often think the average bookseller Must have been born a draper. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z This fur is dyed jet black and various shades of brown and grey, and manufactured into articles for the small drapers and for exportation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The driver of the heading machine, or "header puncher," as he was called, was groping around in the uncertain light, oiling up or adjusting the drapers or elevator canvas. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z When he labelled Mrs. Scruggins, the draper's niece, a person not fit to associate with, their stiff gowns obediently gave forth hisses at the said lady. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z I was thinking it over, when going through Saint Paul’s Churchyard I saw in one of the draper’s shops a basket of rolls of ribbon, and the thing was done.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Without it your characters will be no more alive than a wax figure in a draper's window, no matter how handsomely you may clothe them in descriptive matter. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z A linen draper looks at you with kindly pity if you ask him for ribbons or haberdashery, which can only be obtained at a mercer's devoted to this trade. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z It is the same with the six-shilling book as with the draper's stuffs. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z “Oh, yes, I know,” said the draper suavely. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The drapers had several roomy shops containing shelves piled with cloths of all colors and grades, tapestries, pillows, blankets, bed draperies, and bankers and dorsers to soften hard wooden benches. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z His heart, generally so quiet, began to beat violently; he hastened to Petrovitch, who accompanied him to a draper's shop. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z German sandbags look like an assortment out of a cheap village draper's—pink and black and every kind of colour, but they hold earth, which is the main point. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z The draper, moreover, has an advantage over the publisher. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z “Nice chaps for a parson’s sons,” said Jabez Fullerton, the principal draper at Lawford, who could afford to speak out, as Mrs Mallow and her daughters sent to Swan and Edgar’s for everything. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The petitioners, Mr. Joseph Bayly, surgeon, and Mr. Robert Pilgrim, linen draper, alleged bribery, undue influence, treating, and intimidation. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Can anyone honestly say that it would not be better for the draper and the grocer to have their working-class business put on a cash basis. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z In a quaint old house in Lichfield, England, now used as a draper's shop, Samuel Johnson, son of a poor bookseller and bookbinder, was born. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z Yet, surely to them, as to the drapers, the apparently insensate system must be lucrative, or it would not be pursued? Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z His father was a draper in good circumstances, and Fourier received an excellent education at the college in his native town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z They are young drapers' assistants from a large manufacturing town, out for their hebdomadal holiday, which they have elected to spend in an excursion to the Wye, and a frolic at Rugg's Ferry. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Abolish imprisonment for debt and the grocer and draper will demand cash in advance or, at the worst, weekly bills. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Ms. Lemlich, whose family immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1903, was skilled as a draper and determined as a revolutionary. City Room: One Woman Who Changed the Rules 2011-03-23T02:04:37Z "Why, sir, we are for the most part drapers and manufacturers." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He was a bourgeois, son of a draper, and brought as keen an intellect as did his noble fellow-countryman, Saint-Simon, to the analysis of society, and a much more practical experience. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z The business dates back to 1864, when its eponymous founder set up a draper's shop in Oxford Street, London, which was later developed into a department store. John Lewis launches retail bond to raise ?50m 2011-03-06T19:13:29Z I have known cases where a working man’s wife was dealing with nineteen different Scotch drapers. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z He gave Cleve ten pounds, which Mrs. Jones, the draper's wife, used to distribute for him among certain poor people of Cardyllian. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z The first elector whose shop I entered was a draper of the name M’Auslan. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z I rather like Mrs. Jones; you mean the 'draper,' as we call her? and if Mr. Verney is not as communicative as you would have him, I really can't help it. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z We found it filled with linen draper’s assistants, and other “counter jumpers.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Among the angriest had been Mr. Ravell, the principal draper of the town, whom Castalia had honoured with a good deal of her custom. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z "No; he was not a draper," says Mona, gently, and without haste. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z "And you don't think it sounds ridiculous then?" asked Phebe, raising herself up on her elbow, "I mean for a draper's daughter?" The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z She reviewed the chief contemporary Movements much as she might have turned over dress fabrics in a draper's shop, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each.... Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z His payments had been to big drapers, and to a tailor. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z They were close to the post-office, and he took the draper into his private room, and bade him be seated. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z They are young drapers’ assistants from a large manufacturing town, out for their hebdomadal holiday, which they have elected to spend in an excursion to the Wye, and a frolic at Rugg’s Ferry. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Certainly not; why shouldn't a draper's daughter have as good a name as anybody else? The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z The meet was not disfigured by aspiring linen drapers or ambitious hardwaremen, and the tone of the field was the tone of society; but nous avons chang� tout cela. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The big drapers scored by an order for silk and for table linen. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Much straw and old pieces of cardboard with lengths of pink tape will indicate a draper's. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z The Cadburys themselves started as Birmingham drapers with a keen eye for a market trend and an equally energetic mission to do right by their fellow man. Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft ? 200 Years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry by Deborah Cadbury 2011-01-29T00:05:42Z She instantly put him down as a counter jumper from a second-rate linen draper’s in the upper reaches of Oxford Street.—She was ready for Feo when she came up to put on her hat. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Students were walking their mistresses up and down; drapers' clerks strutted about with canes in their hands; lads fresh from college were smoking their regalias; old men had their dyed beards smoothed out with combs. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z He must have fallen to the ground had he not been caught in the arms of his next neighbour, who happened to be Mr. Ravell, the draper. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z A Chicago draper thus advertises his annual sale: "Sell or Perish—Pay or Die—I must get rid of my stock this week." Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z It was evident that the matter had been gone into before; for Mr Wilson, a draper in the town, was in the partners’ room, and made his appearance directly. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z The woman takes me to the draper’s and picks out five cotton dresses and some pants and trousers and a few tops. 2010-02-08T05:00:00Z Born in 1833, he was the second son of a draper who, starting as an assistant, became afterwards his own master. Cathedral Cities of England The reader unacquainted with the Manchester mode of business, is not to suppose that Reuben, although his stock was wedged up in a cellar, was a retail draper or haberdasher. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Ordinary draper's pins are quite out of the question. Butterflies and Moths (British) Mr Ranee turned and asked the draper to produce the note. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z For other colors we must take the word of the draper. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress With only a few shillings left, I wrote to a large firm of drapers in Hull with whom I had dealt. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Immediately opposite our casement was a small draper's shop presided over by an industrious feminine genius. Glories of Spain It can be purchased at most of the drapers' shops, and three colours—white, yellow and green—are usually kept in stock. Butterflies and Moths (British) Yet Mr. Sinclair was scarcely so impressive to gaze upon as many a City clerk; far less so than any young man behind a draper's counter in Oxford Street. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life The daughter of a small draper at Horley, she had lived through a happy childhood, played in the fields, been to a little private school. A Bed of Roses The tall draper's assistant measured the captain with a calculating eye, and saw that in him that was not to be reckoned in inches. A Traitor's Wooing As a matter of fact, the ‘Gainsborough’ had more claim on the kid than ‘Brunnhilde,’ for she—I mean he—had cadged its clothes from a sweetheart who worked in a draper’s shop. Sea-Hounds Is it a manly occupation to be assistant in a draper's store, to be a hairdresser, copyist, to make women's dresses, hats, corsets? Rambles in Womanland With this project in view the three were in a draper's shop in Vienna. Mary Lord Maythorne had engaged places over the principal draper's shop, where Joyce and Charlotte had made their purchases, on the day of Gilbert Arundel's arrival at Fair Acres. Under the Mendips A Tale The daughter of the millionaire and the draper's assistant stood eyeing each other for twenty seconds in growing mutual approval, and then the hearty ring of Miss Nettle Jimpson's rather powerful voice prevailed. A Traitor's Wooing Tradespeople favour these notions, because it is obvious that, the more a milliner or draper can persuade his customer to buy, the more profit he makes thereby. Political economy The first elector whose shop I entered was a draper of the name of M'Auslan. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 If you go to a draper and ten pounds him pay, Will he ask you to drink before going away? The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk Coats kept up at a proportionally equivalent price; but the profits of the drapers were much diminished, and by and by dwindled to a mere nothing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 You see, I've got a young man in the navy, and it seemed a shorter cut to setting up housekeeping than serving behind the counter in a draper's shop. A Traitor's Wooing I went into a fashionable draper's shop the other day, as I had business with one of the principals. Windyridge The fugitive, whoever he was, had very prudently dived into the darkness, and the draper returned without his victim. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 He was not concerned with the propriety of Clapton aunts, with the respectability of drapers' wives. Carnival It is usual for drapers to combine the sale of “drapery,” i.e. of textiles generally, with that of millinery, hosiery, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" At the end of that time Brant, from his perch on the bridge, saw the saloon door open and the young lady from the draper's shop come out on deck, followed by Bully Cheeseman. A Traitor's Wooing Brought up as a draper; drifted to the West Indies, where he had charge of an estate; and thence to New Caledonia. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History He gets into bed, and the innocent draper arrives. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Grocers and drapers objected to the participation of M. de Lamartine in the affairs of State. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections There are at Jersey a draper, and at Guernsey a shoemaker, named Gruchy, who claim to be Grouchys, and cousins of the Marshal of Waterloo. Toilers of the Sea Thus, the drapers exhibited the “Creation,” the tanners took the “Fall of Lucifer,” the water-carriers of the Dee acted the “Deluge,” etc. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Butcher and baker, grocer, tailor, draper, all gave him unlimited credit as to time. The Hills and the Vale “I don’t mind,” said the Belovéd Vagabond, “I don’t mind the frank dungheap outside a German peasant’s kitchen window; but what I loathe and abominate is the dungheap hidden beneath Hedwige’s draper papa’s parlor floor.” Our Southern Highlanders It is supposed that the cloths sold by such drapers were red, green, and scarlet cloths, made in Flanders. Old and New London Volume I I am credibly informed that the woollen draper's daughter has obtained a card. Quality Street A Comedy The city administrator is not a grocer or a draper temporarily raised to office, nor are they only town clerks and officials. German Problems and Personalities It stood gloomily in the half-light of the shop, which, like all suburban drapers' shops, had the air of a crowded and airless cavern full of stale adornments. Coquette My love he was a draper's clerk, He came to see me after dark: Around the Park we used to stray To hear the lily-white bandsmen play. A Castle in Spain A Novel They also boast of Sir William Craven, ancestor of the Earls of Craven, who came up to London a poor Yorkshire lad, and was bound apprentice to a draper. Old and New London Volume I Those drapers' girls seem full of such cold, selfish, base, pretentious notions; much more full even than our refreshment girls. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Well, let the people and papers Say what it please them to say, Shops of the politic drapers Follow them, sombre or gay, "Men" be austere, or cut capers, Still 'tis a glorious day! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 Thomas Johns was a linen draper, sold silks, satinets, linen, and dimities, at his establishment in the Provinces, and was also a politician, and "went on" for the part of magistrate, occasionally. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes "I suppose the old draper will buy a knighthood at this year's sale for the King's Birthday, and then his fat wife will have a tin handle to her name." The Sign of Silence He gave to the drapers his tenements on the north side of the said church; they to allow for the beam light and lamp 13s. 4d. yearly, from this lane to the Standard. Old and New London Volume I And then we can arrange with some of the big firms, drapers' shops and all that sort of thing near each hostel, to take over most of our other cubicle space. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The country was aroused, and Swift, by the issue of the Drapier's Letters, purporting to come from a Dublin draper, roused the passions of the people to a white heat. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The draper's was particularly gay with new spring things, and to Mona who had not seen a shop lately, unless she walked the three miles to Milbrook, the sight was fascinating. The Making of Mona Mr. Wood was a draper in the High Street, and a pillar of the church; he afterwards removed to Southampton, and died there. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time A gild merchant was granted by Edward I., Edward II. and Edward III., and in 1614 was divided into the three companies of drapers, mercers and leathersellers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" Sir Isaac's project was to abolish all that, to bring his staff into line with the drapers and grocers who kept their assistants on the living-in system.... The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Enid was an orphan, and had come to London in order to obtain a situation in a draper's shop. A Great Man A Frolic Ian had seen and talked with Hudson, the draper’s clerk, who had just purchased a fine ducal residence and estate from the results of his reckless speculations. An Orkney Maid The house of a linen draper in the town sank one-fifth of its height between the years 1881 and 1891, and in the seven years since it has sunk nearly another fifth. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 Then look at the blacksmith who represents the county Tipperary, the mason who represents Meath, the drapers' assistants and bacon factors' clerks who represent other places. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule There was nothing for it but to try the village barber, who was also the village stationer, and draper, and ironmonger, and chemist—a sort of Alpine Whiteley, in fact. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories One result of this is that Circumstance, left naked, is to be seen more often a strong than a pretty thing; and another that the Englishman, inveterately a draper, is often horrified and occasionally heart-broken. The Spanish Jade Yet, in another way, I was fortunate; for almost at once I got a situation in a draper's shop, the only drapers here. People of Position Passing down the streets of Croydon twenty years ago, the violet loops of ribbon in the draper's window spangled in the electric light catch her eye. Monday or Tuesday In the following year, a female found guilty of stealing a handkerchief from a draper's shop, was tied to the tail of a cart and whipped from Weekday-Cross to the Malt-Cross. Bygone Punishments Inquiring within with all possible speed, we found the draper selling winseys, the draper's assistant tidying the ribbon-box, the draper's wife sewing in one corner, and the draper's baby playing on the clean floor. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland She has made friends with a draper in the Chepe, who is a relation of our father's. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Instead, he sat very still, staring out of the window, trying to picture Lalage—who had once been his Lalage—serving behind the counter in a stuffy little draper's shop. People of Position I can see him now, shaggy and shabby, fingering stuffs with the anxious solicitude of a woman at a draper's counter. The Belovéd Vagabond Johnson's was the new drapers at the other corner of Acacia Avenue, opposite the chemist. The Combined Maze In an unwise moment we begged the draper's wife to honor us with a visit and explain the obliquities of the kitchen range and the tortuosities of the sink-spout to Miss Grieve. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland It was not long before the spirit moved Penn. He was immediately arrested, and William Mead, a linen draper, with him, and the two were brought before the mayor. William Penn The draper's wife next door had called, and when she had gone and Keziah had carried away the three tea-cups, Cousin Griselda had remarked upon the almost genuine air of grandeur possessed by Mrs. Galbraith. 'Lizbeth of the Dale It was peculiarly comforting to learn that she was a horrid girl whose papa had a draper's shop over a dunghill. The Belovéd Vagabond In her youth the draper's daughter had been dazzled by Mr. Ransome, by his attainments, his position, his distinction. The Combined Maze The squire's family, the doctor's, clergyman's, draper's, and innkeeper's visited each other, and shook hands when they met. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The play began with the 'Fall of Lucifer' performed by the tanners: went on to the 'Creation,' by the drapers: then to the 'Flood,' and so on. The History of London The draper, then and for some centuries later, was the manufacturer of cloth, not the retail dealer only: but he sold retail as well as wholesale. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford It was Harry who had broken the draper's window and the glass of Squire Stopford's greenhouse. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young The next day, at dusk, she received a visit from Monsieur Lheureux, the draper. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Looking out of his window at the office in the afternoon, Luke Sharper saw a motor-car stop in front of the draper’s opposite. If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson Once he even pushed him into a large draper's shop, full of pretty and contemptuous young ladies, and basely left him to explain his presence as he could. The Talking Horse And Other Tales A second battle followed with the draper, from which Isel this time emerged victorious, having paid only 1 shilling 5 pence per ell. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford There was a draper's shop close to it, and as he went by one day he saw a little pony chaise at the door. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Lily hung heavily on her father’s arm, passed the draper’s shops with a serious air. The Bill-Toppers There’s a cart and horse just gone in at that draper’s window. If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson Next was McNiff’s grotto, Mon’s Laundry, The Star and Garter, Thomas Wilson & Co., drapers, and farther on the two-story brick building, now Hibben & Co., and farther on south J. H. Turner & Co. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria "Poor little Rose would have been happy with her draper; Gertrude would have been happy with Brodrick; you—no, I, would have been divinely happy with you." The Creators A Comedy Women in short, fashionable skirts, with high-topped fancy boots, stroll completely at their ease along the pavement, studying the smart things with which the drapers' shop windows are dressed. World's War Events, Vol. II My friend's family afterwards went to America, and my friend became a "dry" merchant, or as you would say in Scotland, a draper. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. Quick, to the draper’s, lest there should be no towels left.” Miss Mapp She has no ready money, and would never have the cheek to go into a draper's and order the suit; but when she sees it lying there across her knee, she just cannot resist it. The House with the Green Shutters I could if I were a grocer or a draper. The Creators A Comedy She had also gone to a linen draper’s, and had bought many nice clothes for the young folks. Girls of the Forest I had pieces of one foot, of four inches, of two, and of one; and by the help of these I proceeded to mark my rod after the manner of a draper’s yard-stick. The Boy Tar "Dear me! what lovely gloves" she said as she stopped outside a large drapers shop "we dont have such things in England!" Daisy Ashford: Her Book At the door of a draper's she got down from the gig, and told her father not to wait for her on going home. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 It gave him a faint resemblance to Mr. Robinson, the elegant young draper in the High Street, whom she knew. The Creators A Comedy When a boy, he was apprenticed to M. Certain, a woollen draper. Anecdotes for Boys I left school at the age of twelve, and I became a draper. A Dominie in Doubt The air they sleep in cannot be much better than that in the mine, for they are laid out in close huts on shelves, like rolls of stuff in a draper’s shop. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Grandfather and I were at Cowley, the draper's, when a beautiful young person stepped in with a baby. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Mrs Henderson prided herself on her ancestry, her mother being the daughter of a draper and haberdasher in Bath. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century There were father, mother and baby; and I should think that they came from a small shop, probably from a small draper's shop. The House of Souls When the first operators had done their part the dresses were handed over to the drapers. Working With the Working Woman The word is 'draper,'" explained Tom, "and you are to be the Lady Angela. Tutors' Lane At the draper's he learned that at two o'clock in the afternoon she had been seen going up Ballure. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Meanwhile, Debby, ignorant of this flattering description, conducted Sylvia to the draper's shop, and finally fixed on a hideous magenta gown, which she ordered to be made quite plain. The Opal Serpent In some establishments there are opportunities for girls of ability to rise from finisher to draper, which latter position commands a high wage. The Making of a Trade School One of the drapers was as attractive a girl as I ever saw any place—bobbed hair, deep-set eyes, a Russian Jewess with features which made her look more like an Italian. Working With the Working Woman Mr. Grimes guessed "Purr" loudly at the close, and the final syllable, in which Mr. Merriam appeared disguised as a draper, was thus rendered stale and perfunctory. Tutors' Lane He was the son of a draper, and his birth and name of Bourjot had from his earliest childhood exasperated him against the nobility, grand houses, and the Bourbons. Renée Mauperin Before swallowing the bait entirely the burgesses submitted the seals to examination in Paris, but the drapers of Rouen scarcely waited for confirmation before they attacked the royal tax-gatherers with cries of "Long live Burgundy!" The Story of Rouen The Potter Palmer block, chiefly occupied as a gigantic draper's shop—here called a Dry Goods' Store—is an immense pile of buildings, with massive marble front handsomely carved. A Boy's Voyage Round the World There were two drapers; they were getting around fifty dollars a week before the hard times. Working With the Working Woman What happened then was described by Mr. Shonts, the German draper across the way, to a friend. The Man Who Lost Himself It is a curious fact, worthy the serious attention of political philosophers, that butchers are always Conservative and drapers always Liberal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 But the worthy draper had taken care to fly from Rouen as soon as he could get out of his house, for he found the pains of royalty far outweighed its privileges. The Story of Rouen In New York he had boarded with an Irish family, the head of which was a draper. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen The drapers turned the dresses over to certain operators, who finished all machine sewing. Working With the Working Woman She was only away for a few hours, and on her return I found she had obtained a situation in a draper's shop at thirty shillings a week. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler I had not even declined to deal with my butcher because he was a Conservative, or closed my wife's draper's account because he was a Liberal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 The fourth and last, was a tall, genteel young man, a draper, or, rather had been; he was still very smart, although much out at elbows. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves He was going to be a draper, and eliminate all "W. I. Goods." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen In the vehicles from London were conveyed milliners, toy-sellers, goldsmiths, turners, haberdashers, mercers, drapers, hatters, and in fact representatives of all the trades of the metropolis. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea The draper's shop was just closing as they reached it; presently one by one the employees came out and stood under the awning, gazing with apprehension at the rain and soaking streets. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Their pursed lips, their sidelong glances, reminded me of the assistants in the draper’s shop; of the cook who muttered that she was not “the only one”. The Lady of the Basement Flat He measured his bride’s parents as accurately, in the first five minutes, as a draper would measure a yard of calico. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him The eight ladies concentrated their gaze upon the roll of material which certainly did bear a strong resemblance to the bundles offered by drapers at sale times as "strong, useful, and much reduced." The Ffolliots of Redmarley That desire to please, which makes such a woman go to the draper, the milliner, and the dressmaker, draws an infinite number of workmen from indigence. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. The old man had lost all his money and the girl was earning a living by serving in a draper's shop—close by here, in George Street. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Later on I paid my first visit to the little draper’s shop, and ran the fire of a universal scrutiny from the staff. The Lady of the Basement Flat A wealthy draper, Jean du Bourg, had been guilty of the still more heinous crime of having posted some of the bills on the walls. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 He was apprenticed to a draper, named McGuffeg, who seems to have been a rather superior type of man. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles All the drapers wish that oatmeal was never under one penny a pound. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 She—the girl I mean, had to take a berth in a draper's shop. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler But Paul would have none of the draper. Despair's Last Journey For a period he carried on business as a draper in Cowcaddens, Glasgow. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Under the new industrial régime, Robert Owen, erstwhile a poor draper's apprentice, soon became one of the most successful manufacturers in England. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles Advertisement by a disinterested draper, beginning, 'awful sacrifices,' and ending, 'early application necessary to prevent disappointment.' The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author As soon as he was old enough to enter upon employment he became an assistant in a draper's shop, after which he filled various temporary situations which led to nothing. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion I've seen 'em wolfing cardboard boxes that have been swept out of the drapers' shops in the early morning, the poor hungry devils! Despair's Last Journey "I must go in here, I think," she said, stopping in front of a draper's. Salthaven Half a dozen drapers within a mile of you are named Brown, and all of them are shrewd men of business, who have feathered their nests well, and stick to business like burrs. Hunting the Lions Could he make up his mind to turn draper’s assistant in the City, as he had been meditating doing yesterday, while so brilliant a prospect had opened itself up before him? A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn On the west side of Chancery Lane, a few doors above Fleet Street, Izaak Walton kept a draper's shop. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London It was a draper eminent, A merchant of the land, On lofty calculations bent, Who raised his eyes, on cent, per cent. 'That Very Mab' He was employed in a draper's shop, and I was a young lady in a ready made clothing establishment. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories The lady wanting to purchase some table-cloth with a “check pattern,” went into a draper’s shop and asked to be shown a few. Recollections of Old Liverpool The ‘leads’ over the projecting windows of Baines’s, the chief draper’s, were crowded with members of the ruling caste. Clayhanger The draper’s shop was a revelation of old-world methods. Flaming June Mute stood the draper for a space, The mystery to probe, Alas! in that his hour of grace, His eyes forsook the Seraph's face, And rested on his robe. 'That Very Mab' The proprietor of one of the big drapers’ shops in Calcutta.” More About Peggy Tipton’s father, who was an extensive draper in an adjoining suburb, was rather fond, I believe, of telling his friends that he had a boy at Dangerfield College. Tom, Dick and Harry Kyowowy means finicky, and applied to the draper by general consent. A Window in Thrums Whereat the poor draper would cast down a fresh roll of stoutest material with the reply: 'Here, ma'am. Round About a Great Estate His wife's uncle, who was a wholesale draper, seized one golden opportunity too many, and never recovered from the effects.' 'That Very Mab' Furniture carried off from the house of M. Desforges and stuffs stolen from the shop of M. Nordmann, a draper, were heaped together in motor cars. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 The son of a jook! the son of a draper over there at Kilkeel. My New Curate The linen draper told how new clothes had become out of the question with his customers, and they bought only remnants and patches, to mend the old ones. Sophisms of the Protectionists The cottage women when they went into Overboro' shopping, she said, were the despair of the drapers. Round About a Great Estate And in truth the original cause of difference between the Lemots, drapers, and the Vidalenc, coal and wood dealers, had been lost in the depths of time. With Those Who Wait The narrator was then an apprentice in a draper’s shop. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Obsequiously offered and accepted, the draper watched his customers depart with curious eyes. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 Mr Frith says that the head of a well-known firm of drapers in Regent Street refused to employ shopmen who wore moustaches, or men who parted their hair down the middle. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History Her sharp eyes recognized in him a porter from one of the great draper's shops. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag I will get an official paper from the city authorities, stating that you are one--shall we say Paul Muller, native of Saxony, and draper by trade?--now returning to Dresden. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War And some of the money that was to have gone to the buying 51of books had passed over to the gay drapers of Camden Town and Holloway. The Judgment of Eve In a trice she haled him to a draper's shop. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 Perhaps some of our leading haberdashers and linen drapers will be willing to supply the answer. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers In the capital he found employment as manager of a mercantile establishment, and afterwards on his own account commenced business as a draper. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century They say she was the daughter of a wholesale draper in the City. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls His father, a draper, carried on his business under the sign of a hare: although all his life a shopkeeper, he had been brought up in the country, and was passionately fond of country sports. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. They are decent well-to-do people: six grocers, one draper, two parsons, two clerks, two lawyers, and three or four nondescripts. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle At the opposite corner was a shaky-looking stuccoed house, used as a draper's shop, the entrance being up three or four steps from Steelhouse Lane. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men He was a draper, and his customers were unfortunate women. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story The visitor was clad in tweed; his smart whiskers were dexterously trained and he looked like a natty draper's assistant. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Year after year has the stretching process continued; but now the great company of linen drapers and hosiers have all the space that can be spared them. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' A. M. C.—The salaries in drapers' shops vary much, not only in different establishments, but amongst the assistants in each, according to their special departments. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 He was intended by his parents for a tradesman, and in fact was apprenticed to a draper at Poole. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men At the draper's, Mrs. Vane made some small purchases, as to which Alie showed great concern. The Rectory Children Your butcher cries "Buy, buy, buy!" your draper sends out bills and sandwich-men; but the publican would be scouted if he went out touting for custom. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary The little cottage business had prospered, and in its place he now had a considerable draper's shop in Michelstadt. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter In the shop of a draper a thought struck him. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade George Hudson, the linen draper of York, from whom I once took an order in his little shop near the Cathedral, was then the most notable man in the country. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men When she came toward the end of the street she turned into a small draper's shop. A Dozen Ways Of Love They were lighting up in the draper's though outside there was still daylight; the gas jets were considered to make the place look more attractive. The Good Comrade The dress was of artistic intention, inexpensively carried out, the hat had an accomplished chic; it had fallen to her in the wreck and ruin of a too ambitious draper of Coolgardie. Hilda A Story of Calcutta She carried on the draper's business at Bognor, established by her husband. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural "Don't say you want to go and watch the rector's wife bidding against her conscience and the draper for a what-not." Berry And Co. An honest hosier and draper, serge and longcloth warehouseman"—he groaned from rib to rib—"at the sign of the Gartered Kitten in the loyal town of Dulverton. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor A narrow passage ran down between the draper's and the next house; fewer people went that way and in the window there, common and less expensive goods were displayed. The Good Comrade The shop fronts were small, the wares common-place; the best show was at the drapers, where they sold British calicoes and piece-goods in flaunting colours, calculated to suit the local taste. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood In his old age he received one more large order from a group of six drapers of Amsterdam for their portraits. The Book of Art for Young People Years ago, when I was living in lonely lodgings, I had occasion one Saturday night to slip into the nearest draper's shop for some pins. Successful Recitations Robert was indeed what a draper would call an "out-size" in boys. Five Children and It It was a large draper's, rather a cheap one; the better shops were higher up the street. The Good Comrade Soon after dawn children possess the town—bootblacks, paper-sellers, perambulating drapers' shops; all children crying their wares noisily. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia For the Cathedral of Chartres e.g. the drapers and the furriers gave five windows,37 the porters one, the tavern-keepers two, the bakers two. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 If there is one thing I do dislike, it is to go into a draper's shop. Successful Recitations Huldah was speechless with excitement, when, after leaving Rob, the pony, at a livery-stable, she followed Miss Carew into the big draper's shop where the purchase was to be made. Dick and Brownie Women cutters, found in two shops, and doing supervisory work similar to that done by drapers, earned from $15 to $25. Wage Earning and Education All the drapers and dairies shall be there in crowds. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People Pope was the son of a retired linen draper, who lived in a pleasant country house near the Windsor Forest. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader He said that he had enough farthings to supply a West End draper with change for a week, and a sufficient number of threepenny pieces for the congregations of three parish churches. Amusements in Mathematics He married the daughter of a rich draper—in "the wholesale"—and as soon as he could afford it he dropped all doubtful practices and became strictly honest in his profession. Secret Bread A large Melbourne draper will sell you anything, from a suit of clothes to furniture, where he comes into competition with the ironmonger, whose business includes agricultural machinery, crockery and plate. Town Life in Australia But however actively he tried he could not find a man of God nor the destination of the fearful prayers of Welsh preachers, grocers, drapers, milkmen, lawyers, and politicians. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People A motor fire-engine dashed into a draper's shop in the North of London last Tuesday week. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 A country "grocer and draper" had two rival assistants, who prided themselves on their rapidity in serving customers. Amusements in Mathematics Better than he, however, was one, probably a draper's assistant, who competed with a wild and panting fashion, tossing his arms, now raising, now dropping his voice, and every h, too. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Next to the drapers and ironmongers, the booksellers' shops are the most creditable. Town Life in Australia Ben showed them how to rid themselves of their burden; "a burden," he said, "packed full and overflowing by men of my race—the London Welsh drapers." My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People Now Blue and Red were not in need of frocks, for before they left England their mother had stocked their boxes as though she was never to see a draper's shop again. What Necessity Knows The two men were interrupted together by customers for nine minutes, but the draper was disturbed seventeen times as long as the grocer. Amusements in Mathematics But Audley would not consent, unless the draper indulged a sudden whim of his own: this was a formal contract, that the draper should pay within twenty years, upon twenty certain days, a penny doubled. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Five years later he won the hearts of all the drapers in Taunton, in that terrible enterprise of his, besides ranging on his side some of the noblest blood in England. Oddsfish! "This is a favor for you to address this glorious miting where the Welsh drapers will attend and the Missus Enos-Harries will sing 'Land of my Fathers.'" My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People Symons, the Weymouth draper novelist, has told a Star reporter that he only writes novels for a hobby. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 Now Owen Wood had one fair child, Unlike her mother, meek and mild; Her love the draper strove to gain, But she repaid him with disdain. Jack Sheppard A Romance A draper, of no honest reputation, being arrested by a merchant for a debt of £200, Audley bought the debt at £40, for which the draper immediately offered him £50. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 One day Joshua Vetch, Cyrus' father, died suddenly of an apoplectic fit, brought on, folk said, by disappointment at Mr. Adderton the draper being elected mayor over his head. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow The Welsh drapers were alarmed, and in a rage with Ben. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People He kept a shop, a draper's shop, in the High Street. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town "It's the king's birthday," urged the woollen draper. Jack Sheppard A Romance And could Hugo have descended to the trickeries of the eleven-pence-halfpenny draper, who proclaimed non-existent bargains to lure the unwary into his shop? Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Whereupon the mayor, an honest little draper, made a speech which I am sure he had diligently conned over beforehand. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Michael knew very little of the family, save that her father was a draper and went to church. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers He kept a good, thriving draper's shop in the High Street. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town Tam Granger and his wife had recently come into the district from a neighboring village, where Leebie's name had been coupled with a local draper's or packman's in some scandal. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Wells obtained at sixteen after he had broken his indentures with the Southsea draper. H. G. Wells We went from shop to shop until he had got everything on his list; last of all he visited a draper and bought cloth. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Another friend of mine, in the society, succeeded but a few years ago to a draper's shop. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 It would be quite possible to crush that fat and hopelessly vulgar mother, and it would be easy, more than easy, to talk of the wealthy merchant's office instead of the obnoxious draper's shop. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town As she had stated, her first visit was made to a shop, a draper's. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages The story deals only with ten glorious days in the life of Hoopdriver, a callow assistant in a draper's "emporium" at Putney. H. G. Wells Shoemakers and leather-workers, and fruiterers, are the most common: there are armourers, blacksmiths, drapers and bakers. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Hither came the officials of the Merchant Tailors' Company bearing a silver yard measure, to try the measures of the clothiers and drapers to see if they were correct. Vanishing England This remark of giggling Miss Matty's was really astute for she knew that Mrs. Middlemass held Perry, the draper, in the most sovereign contempt. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town Susan and I went to the village draper's and bought beautifully coloured cotton stockings to hang up at her little cousins' bedposts. Jaffery And that is the moral we may lay to heart from the presentation of these three quite lovable and quite futile draper's assistants. H. G. Wells In the town we had left there was delightful woodwork, but most of the draper's stuff was pitiful trash made after what was supposed to be foreign fashions. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People While there are so many other drapers in the same street, his going out of business would never be felt as an inconvenience. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Therefore, although he kept a draper's shop, he was a gentleman. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town I have asked at all the drapers' shops, but nobody recollects her. The Doctor's Dilemma Thus, if a baronet's widow marry a tradesman in London, she is no more my lady, but plain Mrs——, the draper's wife, &c. The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) Never be ashamed, my dear, to tell people that your uncle was a wholesale draper and hosier. A Dream of the North Sea Then let him consider how easy it is to be a draper, and how simple are the details of such a trade. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Your father could be a tradesman—a draper—and yet have a lady for his daughter. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town It does not matter what the debt is, whether it be for bets unsettled, for losses by cards, for milliners' or drapers' bills unpaid. Thrift Pray what would a bookseller make of his business at Billingsgate, or a mercer in Tower Street, or near the Custom-house, or a draper in Thames Street, or about Queen-hithe? The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) If you leave a great deal to the girl, you doom her to a life of anxiety and misery and cynicism; she will be worse off than a female cashier in a draper's shop. A Dream of the North Sea Is he a shopkeeper in some common line of business?—say a draper. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Four were military men, of whom one was General Eudes, a draper's assistant, and one had been a private in the army of Africa. France in the Nineteenth Century If she do so, she is clothing herself at the expense of the draper. Thrift Mr. and Mrs. Reed were quiet, elderly people who kept a draper shop in London; their daughter revealed more character. The Red Redmaynes A draper occupied the premises opposite Fortune, East and Sabre's. If Winter Comes At first many people were recalcitrant, and here and there a restaurant or a draper's window still blazed out and broke the gloom. Mr. Britling Sees It Through It is in the High Street, and is now, or was recently, occupied as a draper's shop. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. "Money!" repeated the draper, as if his host had mentioned something he never dreamt of. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 I hate myself sometimes and wish I was a grocer or a linen draper or even a soldier or sailor. The Red Redmaynes On the following afternoon, just before five o'clock, Sabre saw Nona alight from her car and go into the draper's. If Winter Comes The jewellers cut a fair show, and the drapers, too, But the grocer took, or rather would have taken, the cake if the "Law" allowed it to be baked. The Siege of Kimberley My cousin is a draper in the High Street. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 For a house which would have been dear at fifty thousand francs, the draper has already handed over seventy thousand. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 It may well be imagined what a difference the custom of twenty gentlemen spending on an average twenty-five thousand dollars a year makes to a grocer or draper. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Well, there's evidently one woman in the world who can get out of a draper's in under an hour. If Winter Comes May went direct to Brunt's, the largest draper in the Five Towns, and asked for a place under 'Madame' in the dress-making department. Tales of the Five Towns He could be a draper nowhere else in Cairn Edward, indeed; for nobody buys anything but in the High Street. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 —Dramatist, poet, and pamphleteer, s. of a draper in London, appears to have had a somewhat chequered career. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The pair then made successive visits to a shoe-maker, a hatter, and a draper, with the result that Von Baumser developed patent leather boots, a jaunty brown hat, and a pair of light yellow gloves. The Firm of Girdlestone Michael O'Brien was apprenticed to a draper in Youghal, and earned, during the period of his apprenticeship, the respect and esteem of all who knew him. The Dock and the Scaffold These two had first met seven years before, when May, the daughter of a successful wholesale draper at Hanbridge, in the Five Towns district of Staffordshire, was aged twenty-two. Tales of the Five Towns It had collected money by postal appeals, by advertisements, by selling flags, by competing with drapers' shops, by intimidation, by ruse and guile, and by all the other recognised methods. The Pretty Lady —Chemist, theologian, and political writer, s. of a draper at Fieldhead, Yorkshire, where he was b. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature "Why, goodness gracious!" cried the draper, "here's your excuse come direct!" Paul Faber, Surgeon Half-choking with wrath and astonishment, he stood over his trembling wife with the first draper's bill he had ever received. Night Watches Complete Series When informed of their presence, the great draper had an impulse of anger, for, like many stouter chapel-goers than himself, he would scarcely tolerate the intrusion of religion into commerce. Tales of the Five Towns She looked as though, if she had a sister, that sister might be employed in a large draper's shop at Brixton or Islington. The Pretty Lady From this school he was sent as an apprentice to a trading establishment in Edinburgh, and at the end of his term set up business for himself as a draper in Aberdeen. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's "I quite understand you, ma'am," answered the draper. Paul Faber, Surgeon The cause that drew forth the famous Drapier letters--why Swift chose to spell the word draper with an i no one has ever explained--appears at first sight hardly worthy of the occasion. The Story of Ireland The wholesale draper praised Edward's financial qualities behind his back, and wondered that a man of such aptitude should remain in Manchester while London existed. Tales of the Five Towns Such drapers have no shop-window, and make no display, but employ several men carrying packs, who work through the villages on foot and range over a wide stretch of country. Hodge and His Masters He is second porter at Maynard's, the draper's," said Jane, "and gets eighteen shillings—nearly a pound—a week, m'm; and when the head porter leaves he will be head porter. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories "Here, doctor!" the draper went on, "you take the little mischief on the saddle before you, and carry her home: that will be your excuse." Paul Faber, Surgeon At the next shop, a fancy draper's, I acted with cunning. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 There were windows in Piccadilly so full of costly little things, it took fifteen minutes to get them done, card shops, drapers' shops full of foolish, entertaining attractions. Love and Mr. Lewisham The draper said he was just going to sell off the business and go into dairy farming, which was the most paying thing out. Hodge and His Masters With nervous haste the draper explained how matters stood, excused himself, and begged that not another word on the subject might be spoken in his son's hearing. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories The last who addressed him was Mr. Drew, the principal draper of the town. Paul Faber, Surgeon He was a London draper, whose violent harangues had brought him into notice, and secured for him a commission in the raw levies when they were first raised. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War Dennett-driving drapers actually threatened to fail for the want of ten pounds!—pastry-cooks, who took their families regularly "to summer at the sea," assisted the counter-plot, and prematurely dunned my husband! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 The draper's idea was to milk all his cows by one of these articles, and so dispense with labour. Hodge and His Masters That home was in the town illuminated by Mr. Chadwick's commercial and municipal brilliance; over a small draper's shop in one of the outskirt streets stood the name of Humplebee the draper. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories "From somewhere they say you don't believe in, doctor," answered the draper. Paul Faber, Surgeon Another day I see this crier going round the town accompanied by a boy every available part of whose person is decked with ribbons, and all kinds of things ordinarily sold by drapers and haberdashers. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The letters of this period are full of references to the purchase of land, the transmission of cash when it was to be had, and the establishment of Buonarroto in a draper's business. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Some few years ago he went into a draper's shop to bring home a parcel for his wife, and happened to enter into conversation with the draper himself. Hodge and His Masters One day the draper received a visit from the great Mr. Chadwick, who told a wonderful story of Harry's heroism, and made proposals sounding so nobly generous that Mr. Humplebee was overcome with gratitude. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories "I must go and beg his pardon," said the draper. Paul Faber, Surgeon The poor fellows seemed collapsed with the unusual cold; their faces and lips were of the color which drapers call blue-black. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America In 1566 a linen draper of Bristol, England, declared that he had lived five hundred years, and that in all that time he had never told a lie. The Devil's Dictionary This hasty sort of wedding might, In other cases, bring distress; But then, your draper's bills are light— You're frugal in regard to dress. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The draper, if he neglected his opportunity, would be an idiot—a mere idiot. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories The draper, who understood him, naturally shrunk from praising to her the teaching for which he not unfrequently deserted that of her father, and she never looked in the direction of him with any hope. Paul Faber, Surgeon When about twenty years of age, they commenced business at Cambridge as drapers, and they continued there until their death. Our Mutual Friend They were standing in front of Jenkins', the draper's; and my aunt thinks that it—the crinoline—must have got caught up in something, and an opening thus left between it and the ground. Evergreens There were railway patterns in its drapers' shops, and railway journals in the windows of its newsmen. Dombey and Son Robert was indeed what a draper would call an 'out-size' in boys. Five Children and It "But does not our daily bread mean our spiritual as well as our bodily bread?" said the draper. Paul Faber, Surgeon He was a retired—what do you call it!—draper—cloth-merchant—and had made me his heir. David Copperfield It's about a little Cockney draper's assistant, who takes a vacation on his bicycle, and falls in with a young girl very much above him. Burning Daylight There they bought at a West End draper's a red and white silk girdle, and at a shop in Gower Street a large travelling trunk. A Book of Remarkable Criminals My mother was convicted of felony for a certain petty theft scarce worth naming, viz. having an opportunity of borrowing three pieces of fine holland of a certain draper in Cheapside. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders "And plainly life is to her worth having," added the draper. Paul Faber, Surgeon He stood in front of milliners' shops and drapers' shops almost bored, but content for her to be interested. Sons and Lovers She bought nothing whatever at any of the other drapers' shops, or at any milliners' or tailors' shops; and she bought nothing at Maltby's but a piece of long cloth. The Moonstone Mr. Hopkins, the meek-mannered draper opposite, was the first to act on this inward vision, being the more ambitious of a little masculine talk because his customers were chiefly women. Middlemarch I ordered the draper to send them home to me, about such an hour, to the inn where I lay, and I would pay him his money. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Mr. Drew, the draper, was, of all his friends, the one who most frequently visited his old pastor. Paul Faber, Surgeon She thought he was going to the Three Mariners; but no, he elbowed his way through the gay throng to the shop of Woolfrey, the draper. The Mayor of Casterbridge In that year a certain Robert Willance, whose father appears to have been a successful draper in Richmond, was hunting in the neighbourhood, when he found himself enveloped in a fog. Yorkshire Mr. Bambridge was rather curt to the draper, feeling that Hopkins was of course glad to talk to him, but that he was not going to waste much of his talk on Hopkins. Middlemarch He could not come to-day, as he was very busy at his shop … you must have seen the biggest draper's and silk mercer's shop in the Zeile. The Torrents of Spring The draper breathed a deep breath, and rubbed his white forehead. Paul Faber, Surgeon His father was a Roman Catholic linen draper, who had married a second time. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems What a characteristic table it was, littered with notes and bills, with patterns from every London draper, with fashion-books and ladies' journals innumerable! Sir George Tressady — Volume II The flower and fruit markets were crowded, drapers', grocers', booksellers' shops open all day long, traffic unbroken as usual. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" When she went into Whinthorpe to shop for Augustina she fancied that the assistants in the shop, and even the portly draper himself, looked at her with a sly curiosity. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I The draper obeyed, but stood speechless with anger, not yet doubting it was the doctor who had so misused the dog. Paul Faber, Surgeon She was glad she had seen it through to the end when the clergymen's and squires' daughters went and the daughters of Bristol drapers and publicans and lodging-house keepers came. Mary Olivier: a Life I very quickly discovered that in Mr. Judson the linen draper I had to deal with a very different person from the Rev. Jonah Goodge. Birds of Prey The green convolutions of the mountain sides are literally folded round the town, a pile of green velvet spread fan-like in a draper's window has not softer, neater folds! In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" "Drive," said he, "to your goods shops, draper's, chemist's—where was it?" Ruggles of Red Gap "I expect He's taken him by this time," answered the draper. Paul Faber, Surgeon This week they had been every day to Ilford to call at Mr. Spall's cottage or at Benny's, the draper's shop in the High Street. Mary Olivier: a Life There is a public-house—the Seven Stars; a sprinkling of humble cottages; a general shop, which is at once a shoemaker's, a grocer's, a linen draper's, a stationer's, and a post office. Birds of Prey We could stop at a draper's on our way.' The Golden Calf Not only were there drapers, chemists, and shop-assistants, but solicitors and barristers, bankers and estate agents, and all quite eager with their praise of my fare. Ruggles of Red Gap "She says the Lord is with her," suggested the draper. Paul Faber, Surgeon Among the creditors for £100 were "Samuel Johnson, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, executors of the last will and testament of Harry Porter, late of Birmingham aforesaid, woollen draper, deceased." Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 To hoodwink the wary Jonah was a triumph—to deceive the confiding linen draper was a shame. Birds of Prey And then it occurred to her that possibly Brian, while procuring the licence, might have a happy thought about a wedding gown, and buy her one ready made at a London draper's. The Golden Calf At the shop of a draper and haberdasher, where one might buy almost anything sold, Clare's new friend stopped and walked in. A Rough Shaking Demosthenes was the son of a cutler, Verdi the son of a baker, Blackstone the son of a draper, and Luther was the son of a miner. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Then they separated, as Norah had no opinion whatever of Mrs. Brown's shopping—principally in drapers' establishments, which this bush maiden hated cordially. A Little Bush Maid For a second time Mr. Judson the draper had worked himself into a little passion, and the conversation had to be discontinued for some minutes while he cooled down to his ordinary temperament. Birds of Prey Well, it is this," she ended by saying, "the little draper's shop in the Rue de la Goutte-d'Or, is to let. L'Assommoir "What you do, my son, is sure to be right," she said, and Paul drove to town and was cheated, both by the draper and the dress-maker. Dame Care It is as strictly a place of business as a draper's shop or a bank. Journalism for Women A Practical Guide The central and oldest of these was a draper's shop. Mary Marston I am glad of that," answered the draper; "not that I owe Theodore Judson a grudge, you must understand, though his principles and mine differ very widely. Birds of Prey However, after dinner, she again referred to the draper's shop. L'Assommoir Especially was she attracted by the drapers' windows in St. Ann's Square, pronouncing her opinion loudly and freely as to their contents. The History of David Grieve As soon as she left school her aunt hoped to get her a place in a draper's shop. A Traveller in Little Things One evening when they were sitting there—while his mother Was talking he saw the door of the draper's shop open. Jean-Christophe, Volume I They held meetings and heard sermons in the warehouse of a wealthy draper; and shortly before Mrs. Matthew's demise they built a chapel, still extant, in a dingy little thoroughfare known as Waterhouse-lane. Birds of Prey She was a woman of the narrowest piety: she was rich and mean, and kept a draper's shop in a gloomy street in the old town. Jean-Christophe Journey's End "If I invite the man who keeps the draper's shop the professional people won't come to meet him," Mrs. Day pointed out, and remained obdurate on the point. Mrs. Day's Daughters In the middle of the town, at a little draper's shop. The Eight Strokes of the Clock "For my part," answered the spinster Sneerall, "I think he is a linen- draper in disguise; for I heard him talk to his companion of 'tape.'" Paul Clifford — Volume 03 The drapers' and mercers' shops, which go by the name of "dry goods" stores, are filled with the costliest productions of the world. The Englishwoman in America I am a traveling merchant; look at my costume, it is of a color much worn among drapers and goldsmiths. Chicot the Jester "I am giving my Manchester man a good salary," the draper went on. Mrs. Day's Daughters Mr. Clayton, the grocer and draper, interrupted to say that they were getting on too fast. If I May Ann Holland found her shop and pleasant kitchen transformed into a fashionable draper's establishment, with plate glass windows down to the pavement. Brought Home No one, they were convinced, would take them for drapers, and there might be a pretty serving girl or a jolly old lady, or what Parsons called a “bit of character” drinking in the bar. The History of Mr. Polly "You were always a charming little hostess; and a few yards more in a draper's shop, instead of about your ankles detracted nothing from your charms." A Heart-Song of To-day A young man out of a draper's shop! Mrs. Day's Daughters Like a lot of drapers after closing time! Swann's Way He was the son of a linen draper in Aberdeen, and was a decent, good humoured fellow, who, if he had not distinguished, had never disgraced himself. The Marquis of Lossie The articles and styles advertised by drapers and tailors are, of course, in accordance with the manufacture and fashion of the time. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present A. Letter D, the first letter it dog, dove, draper, &c. The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age Bessie herself had bestowed the name of Scrooge on the successful draper, to whom, as far as his personal appearance went, it was absurdly inappropriate. Mrs. Day's Daughters Miss Jones, the Moorfields milliner, With Toilinet, the draper, May waltz—for none are willinger To cut cloth or a caper.— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 The goldsmiths, painters, masons, silk embroiderers, sculptors, carpenters, boatmen, fishermen, butchers, curriers, drapers, bakers, tailors, and men of every other trade marched two abreast. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Lesbia had gowns enough to have stocked a draper's shop; but then, as she and Lady Kirkbank deplored, the difficulty was that she had worn them all, some as many as three or four times. Phantom Fortune, a Novel |
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