John-apple, curiously wrought, as having passed through the Birmingham press. Though the common round button keeps in with the pace of the day, yet we sometimes find the oval, the square, the pea, the pyramid, flash into existence. Health, Husbandry, and Handicraft - 540 ページHarriet Martineau 著 - 1861 - 583 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | William Hone - 1828 - 512 ページ
...with the steady pace of the day, yet we sometimes see the oval, the square, the pea, the concave, and the pyramid, flash into existence. In some branches...wearer calls loudly for new fashions ; but in this, the fashions tread upon each other, and crowd upon the wearer. The consumption of this article is astonishing:... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 ページ
...with the steady pace of the day, yet we sometimes see the oval, the square, the pea, the concave, and the pyramid, flash into existence. In some branches...wearer calls loudly for new fashions ; but in this, the fashions tread upon each other, and crowd upon the wearer. The consumption of this article is astonishing... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 446 ページ
...with the steady pace of the day, yet we sometimes see the oval, the square^ the pea, the concave, and the pyramid, flash into existence. In some branches...wearer calls loudly for new fashions ; but in this, the fashions tread upon each other, and crowd upon the wearer. The consumption of this article is astonishing... | |
 | William Goodman - 1847 - 376 ページ
...dollar,) " a watch, or a John-apple, curiously wrought as having passed through the Birmingham press." into existence. In some branches of traffic, the wearer calls loudly for new fashions ; but in this, the fashions tread upon each other, and crowd upon the wearer. The consumption of this article is astonishing... | |
 | 1852 - 1238 ページ
...familiar gilt button, flat and plain. As for the variety of kinds, William Ilutton wrote about it as being great in his day ; but it was nothing to what...; but the others, with a long list of new devices, are still familiar to us. Some grandmother, who reads this, may remember the days when she bought horn... | |
 | 1856 - 586 ページ
...round button keeps in with the pace of the day, yet we sometimes see the oval, the square, the pea, and the pyramid, flash into existence. In some branches...wearer calls loudly for new fashions ; but in this the fashions tread upon each other and crowd upon the wearer." Our buttons are less capricious in shape... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 348 ページ
...button keeps in with the steady pace of the day, yet we sometimes see the oval, the square, the pea, and the pyramid flash into existence. In some branches...wearer calls loudly for new fashions ; but in this the fashions tread upon each other, and crowd upon the wearer. The consumption of the article is astonishing... | |
 | Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society - 1901 - 444 ページ
...historian of Birmingham, William Hutton, writing in 1781,011 the subject of the Birmingham button, says : " In some branches of traffic the wearer calls " loudly for new fashions ; but in this the fashions tread upon each other and crowd " upon the wearer ; " and of buckles, " this offspring... | |
 | Veitch, Henry Newton - 1908 - 398 ページ
...with the steady pace of the day, yet we sometimes see the oval, the square, the pea, the concave, and the pyramid flash into existence. In some branches...wearer calls loudly for new fashions; but in this the fashions tread upon each other and crowd upon the wearer. The consumption of this article is astonishing:... | |
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