The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical TapestriesHenry Colburn, 1841 - Всего страниц: 405 |
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... person unknown to others , seeking no praise , and looking to no reward but the applaudings of his own conscience , bought a pennyworth of parsnips weekly , and on them , and them alone , with the water in which they were boiled , lived ...
... person unknown to others , seeking no praise , and looking to no reward but the applaudings of his own conscience , bought a pennyworth of parsnips weekly , and on them , and them alone , with the water in which they were boiled , lived ...
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... persons hav- ing waited on him to request the loan of a hundred suits out of his wardrobe for the Roman stage , he exclaimed— “ A hundred suits ! how is it possible for me to furnish such a number ... person in a rich 20 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
... persons hav- ing waited on him to request the loan of a hundred suits out of his wardrobe for the Roman stage , he exclaimed— “ A hundred suits ! how is it possible for me to furnish such a number ... person in a rich 20 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
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... person in a rich dress is considered a very high compliment , and it was one of the ancient modes of investing with the highest degree of subordinate power . Thus was Joseph arrayed by Pharaoh , and Mordecai by Ahasuerus We all remember ...
... person in a rich dress is considered a very high compliment , and it was one of the ancient modes of investing with the highest degree of subordinate power . Thus was Joseph arrayed by Pharaoh , and Mordecai by Ahasuerus We all remember ...
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... person could carry a sufficient number of them to surround a whole wood . Amasis king of Egypt presented a linen corslet to the Rhodians of which the threads were each com- posed of 365 fibres ; and he presented another to the ...
... person could carry a sufficient number of them to surround a whole wood . Amasis king of Egypt presented a linen corslet to the Rhodians of which the threads were each com- posed of 365 fibres ; and he presented another to the ...
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... person of the queen ; and when in the holy book the royal Psalmist is describing the dress of a bride , supposed to have been Pharaoh's daughter , and that she shall be brought to the king " in raiment of needlework , " he says , as ...
... person of the queen ; and when in the holy book the royal Psalmist is describing the dress of a bride , supposed to have been Pharaoh's daughter , and that she shall be brought to the king " in raiment of needlework , " he says , as ...
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