( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) '"And now," said the king, fantastically poking the taper corner of hissugar-loaf hat into the sexton's eye, and thereby occasioning him themost exquisite pain; "and now, show the man of misery and gloom, a fewof the pictures from our own great storehouse!"'As the goblin said this, a thick cloud which obscured the remoter endof the cavern rolled gradually away, and disclosed, apparently at agreat distance, a small and scantily furnished, but neat and cleanapartment.
He wore knee breeches, and a kind of leggings rolled up over his silkstockings, and shoes with buckles; he had ruffles at his wrists, athree-cornered hat on his head, and a long taper sword by his side.