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Berkeley, and would he risk his life for a woman. The head ostler stared. 'Lord! and who was it he was to fight? he asked at last. 'She did not say. Her spark maybe, that has jilted her. 'And would they, Jimmie? 'They? Shoo! They were Methodists, the postboy answered contemptuously, 'Scratch wigs and snuff-colour.
Mr Briggs was a short, thick, sturdy man, with very small keen black eyes, a square face, a dark complexion, and a snub nose. His constant dress, both in winter and summer, was a snuff-colour suit of clothes, blue and white speckled worsted stockings, a plain shirt, and a bob wig. He was seldom without a stick in his hand, which he usually held to his forehead when not speaking.
He never took two articles of clothing out together, but always brought them forth, singly, and never failed to shut the wardrobe door, and turn the key, between each visit to its shelves. 'The snuff-coloured suit, said Arthur Gride, surveying a threadbare coat. 'Did I look well in snuff-colour? Let me think.
In the other provinces the men wear nothing but plain suits of a rusty black, whereas in New York there are frequently seen suits of brown, snuff-colour and even of pepper-and-salt. The costumes of the New York women are equally daring, and differ notably from the quiet dress of New England.
It is either the tall gentleman, or the short gentleman, or the gentleman in black, or the gentleman in snuff-colour; or, as in the present instance, the stout gentleman. A designation of the kind once hit on answers every purpose, and saves all further inquiry. Rain rain rain! pitiless, ceaseless rain! No such thing as putting a foot out of doors, and no occupation nor amusement within.
The characteristic of the dress of the gentleman was a coat of light blue, or snuff-colour, With brass buttons, the tail reaching nearly to the heels; a gigantic bunch of seals dangled from his fob, whilst his pantaloons were short and tight at the knees; and a spacious waistcoat, with a voluminous muslin cravat and a frilled shirt, completed the toilette.
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