The art of needle-work, from the earliest ages [by E. Stone] ed. by the countess of Wilton1841 |
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... interesting incidents in Holy Writ turn on the occupation of needlework ; slight sketches , nay , hardly so much , but mere touches which engage all the gentler , and purer , and holier emotions of our nature . For instance : the ...
... interesting incidents in Holy Writ turn on the occupation of needlework ; slight sketches , nay , hardly so much , but mere touches which engage all the gentler , and purer , and holier emotions of our nature . For instance : the ...
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... In the Book of Samuel we read , " And Hannah his mother , made him a little coat . " This seems a trivial incident enough , yet how interesting is the scene which this simple mention conjures up ! With all 16 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
... In the Book of Samuel we read , " And Hannah his mother , made him a little coat . " This seems a trivial incident enough , yet how interesting is the scene which this simple mention conjures up ! With all 16 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
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... interesting museum of the United Service Club . Alexander had a double thorax of linen ; and Iphicrates ordered his soldiers to lay aside their heavy metal cuirass , and go to battle in hempen armour . And among the arms painted in the ...
... interesting museum of the United Service Club . Alexander had a double thorax of linen ; and Iphicrates ordered his soldiers to lay aside their heavy metal cuirass , and go to battle in hempen armour . And among the arms painted in the ...
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... interesting to our readers . There is enough said of them , however , to attest their variety , their beauty , their magnificence ; and to impress one with a very favourable idea of the female ingenuity and perseverance of those days ...
... interesting to our readers . There is enough said of them , however , to attest their variety , their beauty , their magnificence ; and to impress one with a very favourable idea of the female ingenuity and perseverance of those days ...
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... interesting cha- racter . † ) .1 This excellent and amiable princess was a most highly accomplished woman , and remarkable for her learning ; she was the affectionate mother of a large family , the faithful wife of an enterprising ...
... interesting cha- racter . † ) .1 This excellent and amiable princess was a most highly accomplished woman , and remarkable for her learning ; she was the affectionate mother of a large family , the faithful wife of an enterprising ...
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Стр. 37 - So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes, And made their bends adornings ; at the helm A seeming mermaid steers ; the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands, That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthron'd i...
Стр. 21 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Стр. 297 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear...
Стр. 304 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary...
Стр. 37 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Стр. 25 - And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willinghearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold : and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. 23. And every man, with whom was found blue,...
Стр. 182 - that that's the fashion at present among my tribe j sure all my brother puppies smoke now, and a man might as well be out of the world as 'out of the fashion, you know.
Стр. 373 - Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...
Стр. 207 - Sunday (April last)," pursues our courtly gossip, " my lord of London preached to the queen's majesty, and seemed to touch on the vanity of decking the body too finely. Her majesty told the ladies, ' That if the bishop held more discourse on such matters, she would fit him for heaven; but he should walk thither without a staff, and leave his mantle behind him.
Стр. 18 - Then Peter arose, and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.