It is these followers, the virilities of whose false art is as that of weeds, who have come almost to our own day and who have succeeded in spoiling the historical aspect of the New Testament for many an imaginative Sunday-school attendant by giving us Bible folk in swarthy undress, in lunatic beards and in unwearable drapings.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee
Nothing will obliterate this odour, no other scent overcomes it; no burying in the earth, no washing will avail; even time does not cure, and an article of dress put by for years, is still unwearable.
"Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals"
R. Lee
I don't want to make my tablecloths unfit for use, and I don't want to make my trousers unwearable.
"Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness"
Arthur Martine