Sentence:  And while the moralist, who is holding forth on the cover ( an accurate portrait of your humble servant), professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared <WSD>livery</WSD> in which his congregation is arrayed: yet, look you, one is bound to speak the truth as far as one knows it, whether one mounts a cap and bells or a shovel hat; and a deal of disagreeable matter must come out in the course of such an undertaking. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.