In the latter end of Queen _Anne's_ reign, and in the beginning of the reign of King _George_ the first-- "_Coat pockets were cut very low down in the skirt_." --I need say no more--the father of mischief, had he been hammering at it a month, could not have contrived a worse fashion for one in my father's situation.
In the latter end of Queen Anne's reign, and in the beginning of King George's, coat pockets were cut very low down in the skirt. I need say no more - the devil himself could not have contrived a worse fashion for one in my father's situation.