 The noblemen stalking with their ladies on choppines; these are high-heeled shoes, particularly affected by these proud dames, or, as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them ; whence one being asked how he liked...  Sketches from Venetian History - Side 278av Edward Smedley - 1832Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 426 sider
...these proud dames ; or as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them ; whence one being asked how he liked the Venetian dames, replied, that they were mezzo carno, mezzo ligno — half flesh, half wood — and he would have none of them.... | |
 | 1822 - 386 sider
...these proud dames ; or as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them ; whence one being asked how he liked the Venetian dames, replied, that they were mezzo carno, mezzo ligno — half flesh, half wood— and he would have none of them.... | |
 | 1832 - 338 sider
...313. VOL. II.— A a 278 VENETIAN COSTUMK. high-heeled shoes, particularly affected by these pronde dames, or, as some say, invented to keepe them at...them. The truth is, their garb is very odd, as seeming allwayes in masquerade ; their other habits also totally different from all nations. They weare very... | |
 | 1850 - 524 sider
...these proud dames ; or, as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them. Whence, one being asked how he liked the Venetian dames, replied, they were mezzo car no, mezzo lit/no, half flesh and half wood, and he would Iiave none of them. Tiiey wear very long... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 512 sider
...these proud dames, or, as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them ; whence one being asked how he liked the Venetian dames, replied, they were mezzo came, mezzo legno, half flesh, half wood ; and he would have none of them. The truth is, their garb... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1862 - 526 sider
...these proud dames, or, as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them ; whence, one being asked how he liked the...Venetian dames, replied, they were mezzo carne, mezzo legno, half flesh, half wood, and he would have none of them. The truth is, their garb is very odd,... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - 1876 - 652 sider
...those proud dames ; or, as some say, invented to keepe them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them : whence one being asked how he liked the Venetian dames, replied that they were 'Mezzo carno, mezzo ligno' (half flesh, half wood), and that he would have none of them.... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1878 - 540 sider
...these proud dames, or, as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them ; whence, one being asked how he liked the...Venetian dames, replied, they were mezzo carne, mezzo lee/no, half flesh, half wood, and he would have none of them. The truth is, their garb is very odd,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1889 - 538 sider
...these proud dames, or, as some say, invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them ; whence, one being asked how he liked the...Venetian dames, replied, they were mezzo carne, mezzo lee/no, half flesh, half wood, and he would have none of them. The truth is, their garb is very odd,... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1900 - 842 sider
...by these proud dames, or as some say invented to keep them at home, it being very difficult to walk with them, whence, one being asked how he liked the...Venetian dames, replied they were mezzo carne, mezzo leyno (half flesh and half wood), and he would have none of them. The truth is, their garb is very... | |
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