Saint Crispin

Besides, I obtained an insight into the calling of a snob, to which gentle occupation I was apprenticed at the expiration of my servitude, a master being chosen for me by the institution, who in consideration of my services for three more years, engaged to provide me with food and clothing and to perfect me in the knowledge of that necessary craft, which is said to have been patronised by Saint Crispin.

Ralph Rashleigh 2004

It was the Feast Day of Saint Crispin, and all the cobblers, or artists in leather, as they call themselves, were keeping it up bravely.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

Here he conned the almanac and when he found that it was the day of Saint Crispin or Saint Hieronymus, or some such other saint, he used to rub his hands saying: 36

Chapter IV 1917

The morrow of Saint Crispin, namely, the 26th day of October, the Queen and her son, now Duke of Aquitaine -- whom man whilome called Earl of

In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864

A disciple of Saint Crispin, he came with hammer and awl to shoe the Alamancers, thus typifying his more important mission, which was to harness with sound doctrine the souls of his new and simple neighbours, and new-vamp their minds, so as to enable them to walk unhurt over the briers and sharp stones of this thorny wilderness.

Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment viii, 9-151, [1] p. 1847

He breathes brimstone into Henry V's Saint Crispin pep talk and paints the full palette of the "seven ages of man" speech.

Chicago Reader 2010

He breathes brimstone into Henry V's Saint Crispin pep talk and paints the full palette of the "seven ages of man" speech.

Chicago Reader 2010

He breathes brimstone into Henry V's Saint Crispin pep talk and paints the full palette of the "seven ages of man" speech.

Chicago Reader 2010

He breathes brimstone into Henry V's Saint Crispin pep talk and paints the full palette of the "seven ages of man" speech.

Chicago Reader 2010

He breathes brimstone into Henry V's Saint Crispin pep talk and paints the full palette of the "seven ages of man" speech.

Chicago Reader 2009