Trip 2294 of 5289 collection book44
Indeed they formed a remarkable contrast with his own for exclusive of the fashion of the cockbook13 which resembled the form of a Roman galleybook35 the brim of his hat if properly spread would have projected a shade sufficient to shelter a whole file of musketeers from the heat of a summers sun and the heels of his shoes were so high as to raise his feet three inches at least from the surface of the earth. Being naturally of a meagre habit he was by indigence and hard study wore almost to the bone and so bended towards the earth that in walking his body described at least degrees of a circle.... read all
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