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  • Friar saw him in the broad-barred waistcoat, he would mentally exclaim,

    Pictures from Italy 2007

  • 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

  • Gerald came down wearing a gown of broad-barred, thick black-and-green silk, brilliant and striking.

    Women in Love 1907

  • Friar saw him in the broad-barred waistcoat, he would mentally exclaim, 'Is that my Patron!

    Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens 1841

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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