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Friar saw him in the broad-barred waistcoat, he would mentally exclaim,
Pictures from Italy 2007
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The Frenchman, quite humbled, took off his hat at last, but the Friar still passed on, with the same imperturbable serenity; and the broad-barred waistcoat, fading into the crowd, was seen no more.
Pictures from Italy 2007
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Gerald came down wearing a gown of broad-barred, thick black-and-green silk, brilliant and striking.
Women in Love 1907
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Friar saw him in the broad-barred waistcoat, he would mentally exclaim, 'Is that my Patron!
Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens 1841
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The Frenchman, quite humbled, took off his hat at last, but the Friar still passed on, with the same imperturbable serenity; and the broad-barred waistcoat, fading into the crowd, was seen no more.
Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens 1841
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As soon as we were free, we all hurried away, to wash and dress, that we might make a decent appearance at the procession; and I saw no more of the Frenchman until we took up our station in the main street to see it pass, when he squeezed himself into a front place, elaborately renovated; threw back his little coat, to show a broad-barred velvet waistcoat, sprinkled all over with stars; then adjusted himself and his cane so as utterly to bewilder and transfix the Friar, when he should appear.
Pictures from Italy 2007
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As soon as we were free, we all hurried away, to wash and dress, that we might make a decent appearance at the procession; and I saw no more of the Frenchman until we took up our station in the main street to see it pass, when he squeezed himself into a front place, elaborately renovated; threw back his little coat, to show a broad-barred velvet waistcoat, sprinkled all over with stars; then adjusted himself and his cane so as utterly to bewilder and transfix the Friar, when he should appear.
Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens 1841
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