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 * 1) SHOEMAKING ##

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Si calceum induisses, turn demum sentires qua parte te urgeret. If you had taken off the shoe then, at length you would feel in what part it pinched you. Quoted by Erasmus as founded on the remarks of Paulus ^Emilius when he divorced his wife. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Cervantes) | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 5 | text = Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big last extend the shoe too wide, Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside; The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein, The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain; And when too short the modish shoes are worn, You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn. Gay—Trivia. Bk. I. L. 33. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = I was not made of common calf, Nor ever meant for country loon; If with an axe I seem cut out, The workman was no cobbling clown; A good jack boot with double sole he made, To roam the woods, or through the rivers wade. Giuseppe Giusti—The Chronicle of the Boot. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Marry because you have drank with the king, And the king hath so graciously pledged you, You shall no more be called shoemakers. But you and yours to the world's end Shall be called the trade of the gentle craft. Probably a play of George A. Greene. Time of Edward IV. As he cobbled and hammered from morning till dark, With the footgear to mend on his knees, Stitching patches, or pegging on soles as he sang, Out of tune, ancient catches and glees. Oscar H. Harpel—The Haunted Cobbler. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world. Hazlitt—Shakespeare Jest Boohs. Conceits, Clinches, Flashes and Whimsies. No. 86. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details. Hazlitt—Table-talk. Essay. 22. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The wearer knows where the shoe wrings. | author = Herbert | work = Jaciila Prudentum. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Cervantes}}) | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility. | author = Herrick | work = Delight in Disorder. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Cinderella's lefts and rights To Geraldine's were frights, And I trow The damsel, deftly shod, Has dutifully trod Until now. Frederick Locker-Lampson—To My Mistress's Boots. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Oh, where did hunter win So delicate a skin For her feet? You lucky little kid, You perished, so you did, For my sweet. Frederick Locker-Lampson—To My Mistress's Boots. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams, And it shows That Pixies were the wags Who tipped these funny tags And these toes. Frederick Locker-Lampson—To My Mistress's Boots. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo. Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather Martial. 3. 16. 6. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Pliny}}) | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Quand nous veoyons un homme mal chauss£, nous disons que ce n'est pas merveille, s'il est chaussetier. When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. Montaigne—Essays. Bk. I. Ch. XXIV. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Burton}}) | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = A chaque pied son Soulier. To each foot its own shoe. Montaigne—Assays. Bk. in. Ch. Xin. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Shoemaking | page = 705 }}