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    The Tailor of Gloucester
    The Tailor of Gloucester
    The Tailor of Gloucester
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    The Tailor of Gloucester

    By Beatrix Potter

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    In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets-when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta-there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
    He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, cross-legged on a table, from morning till dark.
    All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippeted, piecing out his satin and pompadour, and lutestring; stuffs had strange names, and were very expensive in the days of the Tailor of Gloucester.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateApr 17, 2019
    ISBN9783749453504
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    Beatrix Potter

    Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English writer, illustrator, scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals. Written as a gift for the son of her former governess, The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published in 1901. Its success enabled her to commit to full-time writing and illustrating. Potter wrote about 30 books; the best known being her 24 children's tales.

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      The Tailor of Gloucester

      Beatrix Potter

      The Tailor of Gloucester

      In the time of swords and periwigs and full–skirted coats with flowered lappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold–laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta—there lived a tailor in Gloucester.

      He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, cross–legged on a table, from morning till dark.

      All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippeted, piecing out his satin and pompadour, and lutestring; stuffs had strange names, and were very expensive in the days of the Tailor of Gloucester.

      But although he sewed fine silk for his neighbours, he himself was very, very poor—a little old man in spectacles, with a

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