 | English literature - 1791 - 814 pages
...the invenior. Thus Charles ' the Seventh of France introduced long coats to hide his ill made leg*. Shoes with very long points, full two feet in length, were invented i>y Henry Plantagcnet, duke of Anjou, to conceal a very large excrefi-ence which he had upon one of... | |
 | 1802 - 314 pages
...vanity, and gratify your tafie ?' ANECDOTES OF FASHIONS. THE origin of many, probably of mofl: Fafhions, was in the endeavour to conceal fome deformity of...large excrefcence which he had upon one of his feet. When Francis. I. was obliged to wear his hair fhort, owing to a wound he received in the head, it became... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1824 - 334 pages
...decamped. FASHIONS. Charles VII. of France is said to have introduced long coats, to hide his ill-shaped legs. Shoes with very long points, full two feet in...Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, to conceal a very large excrescence on one of his feet. The fashion of long-pointed shoes led to the extravagance of having... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1824 - 450 pages
...decamped. FASHIONS. Charles VII. of France is said to have introduced long coats, to hide his ill-shaped legs. Shoes with very long points, full two feet in...Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, to conceal a very large excrescence on one of his feet. The fashion of long-pointed shoes led to the extravagance of having... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 314 pages
...perpetuated, for the purpose of concealing an elevation in the shoulder of the Dauphin. Charles VII. of France introduced long coats to hide his ill-made...invented by Henry Plantagenet Duke of Anjou, to conceal a large excrescence on one of his feet. When Francis I. was obliged to wear his hair short, owing to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Culture in literature - 1824 - 538 pages
...perpetuated, for the purpose of concealing an elevation in the shoulder of the Dauphin. Charles VII. of France introduced long coats to hide his ill-made...by Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, to conceal a large excrescence on one of his feet. When Francis I. was obliged to wear his hair short, owing to... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 484 pages
...opinion, and amongst other instances corroborative of it, names Charles the Seventh of France, who introduced long coats to hide his ill-made legs. Shoes,...long points, full two feet in length, were invented, he says, by Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, to conceal a very large excrescence which he had upon... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1846 - 530 pages
...perpeloated, for the purpose of concealing an elevation in the shoulder of the Dauphin. Charles VII of France introduced long coats to hide his ill-made...long points, full two feet in length, were invented hHenry Plantagenet Duke of Anjou, to conceal a large ex'cresccnce on one of his feet. When Francis... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - History - 1856 - 410 pages
...We find some interesting historic aneedotes illustrative of our subject in an English magazine :* " Shoes with very long points, full two feet in length,...invented by Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, to conceal an excrescence on one of his feet. " Others, on the contrary, adopted fashions to set off their peculiar... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1856 - 426 pages
...We find some interesting historic anecdotes illustrative of our subject in an English magazine :* " Shoes with very long points, full two feet in length,...invented by Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, to conceal an excrescence on one of his feet. " Others, on the contrary, adopted fashions to set off their peculiar... | |
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Duviller, whose name they perpetuated, for the purpose of concealing an elevation in the shoulder of the Dauphin. Charles VII. of France introduced long coats to hide his ill-made legs. Shoes with very long points, full two feet in length, were invented... 
