 One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed; it was a brass ring, resembling a dog's collar, but without any opening, and soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment to his breathing, yet so tight...  Scenes from Christian History - Page 1671854 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...his cheeks, wluch was rather of a yellow or amber hue. One part of his dress only remains ; but it is too remarkable to be suppressed ; it was a brass...breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1862 - 374 pages
...upon his cheeks, which was rather of a yellow or amber hue. One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed ; it was a brass...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription... | |
 | John Fulton - 1864 - 582 pages
...upon his cheeks, which was rather of a yellow or amber hue. One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed : it was a brass...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription... | |
 | 1869 - 400 pages
...into a rusty dark red colour ; and, to complete this strange attire, "a brass ring, resembling a dog collar, but without any opening, and soldered fast...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file," on which was engraved in Saxon characters, an incription of the... | |
 | Frederick Meyrick - 1873 - 178 pages
...LXXIV., LXX Show how these Rules are illustrated by the following : — I neither can, nor do pretend. So loose as to form no impediment to his breathing,...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed. The steeds of these attendants were in appearance as foreign as their riders. He stands up so sternly... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...his cheeks, which was rather of a yellow or amber hue. One part of his dress only remains ; but it is too remarkable to be suppressed ; it was a brass...breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription... | |
 | Robert Lomas - 1876 - 122 pages
...his cheeks, which was rather of 3. yellow or amber hue. One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed; it was a brass...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 594 pages
...upon his cheeks, which was rather of a yellow or amber hue. One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed ; it was a brass...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 692 pages
...upon his checks, which was rather of a yellow or amber hue. One part of his dross only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed ; it was a brass...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget vías engraved, in Saxon character?, an inscription... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 pages
...upon his cheeks, which was rather of a yellow or amber hue. One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed. It was a brass...yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription... | |
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