...Sundays in a flowing wig, lace raffles, a fine coat, and a sword by his side ; and " he there attained the name of the Sunday Gentleman, because, through fear of the bailiffs, he dare not appear in public on any other day." He is said to have afterwards tried other businesses —...

...appear in public on any other day. But on these occasions he affected considerable splendour of attire —a fine flowing wig, lace ruffles, and a sword by his side. While at Bristol, he wrote his Essay on Projects, which, VOL. II. O however, was not published until...

...remembered De Foe, and sometimes saw him walking in the streets of Bristol, accoutred in the fashion of the times, with a fine flowing wig, lace ruffles,...not dare to appear in public upon any other day." De Foe was wont to visit " The Red Lion," kept by one Mark Watkins, who, in after times, used to entertain...

...Sunday Gentleman, " because of his appearance on that day, and that day only, in fashionable attire — a fine flowing wig, lace ruffles, and a sword by his side — being kept indoors during the rest of the week by fear of the bailiffs " ; but after some parley...

...Sunday gentleman," because of his appearance on that day, and that day only, "in fashionable attire, — a fine flowing wig, lace ruffles, and a sword by his side, — being kept indoors during the rest of the week by fear of the bailiffs." A debtor's cell might...

...Defoe, and sometimes saw him walking in the streets of Bristol accoutred in the fashion of thetimes with "a fine flowing wig, lace ruffles, and a sword by his side." The same authority adds that one Mark Watkins, who kept the " Red Lion " in Castle Street, which Defoe...

...Foe, and often spoke of having seen him walking in the streets of Bristol, accoutred in the fashion of the times, with a fine flowing wig, lace ruffles,..." The Sunday Gentleman," because, through fear of bailiffs, he did not dare to appear in public upon any other day. The fact of De Foe's residence in...