Jack Sheppard / by William Harrison Ainsworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ainsworth, William Harrison.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.)

Place of Publication:

S.l. : pubOne.info, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the night of Friday, the 26th of November, 1703, and at the hour of eleven, the door of a miserable habitation, situated in an obscure quarter of the Borough of Southwark, known as the Old Mint, was opened; and a man, with a lantern in his hand, appeared at the threshold. This person, whose age might be about forty, was attired in a brown double-breasted frieze coat, with very wide skirts, and a very narrow collar; a light drugget waistcoat, with pockets reaching to the knees; black plush breeches; grey worsted hose; and shoes with round toes, wooden heels, and high quarters, fastened by small silver buckles. He wore a three-cornered hat, a sandy-coloured scratch wig, and had a thick woollen wrapper folded round his throat. His clothes had evidently seen some service, and were plentifully begrimed with the dust of the workshop. Still he had a decent look, and decidedly the air of one well-to-do in the world. In stature, he was short and stumpy; in person, corpulent; and in countenance, sleek, snub-nosed, and demure

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9782819901334

2819901336