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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... threads : She winds - till the bright - polish'd presses are full Of the snow - white linen and glittering wool : Blends the brilliant and solid in constant endeavour , And resteth never . " J. H. MERIvale . It was an admitted opinion ...
... threads : She winds - till the bright - polish'd presses are full Of the snow - white linen and glittering wool : Blends the brilliant and solid in constant endeavour , And resteth never . " J. H. MERIvale . It was an admitted opinion ...
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... thread ; Where , as to life the wondrous figures rise , Thus spoke th ' inventive queen with artful sighs : Though cold in death Ulysses breathes no more , Cease yet a while to urge the bridal hour ; Cease , till to great Laertes I ...
... thread ; Where , as to life the wondrous figures rise , Thus spoke th ' inventive queen with artful sighs : Though cold in death Ulysses breathes no more , Cease yet a while to urge the bridal hour ; Cease , till to great Laertes I ...
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... threads ; such * Book viii , chap . 48 . gold thread as we referred to in a prior chapter NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 47.
... threads ; such * Book viii , chap . 48 . gold thread as we referred to in a prior chapter NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 47.
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... thread and wire continued to be made entirely of metal probably until the time of Aurelian , nor have there been any instances found in Herculaneum and Pompeii of the silken thread with a gold coating . These examples will suffice to ...
... thread and wire continued to be made entirely of metal probably until the time of Aurelian , nor have there been any instances found in Herculaneum and Pompeii of the silken thread with a gold coating . These examples will suffice to ...
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... threads by busy female hands the resurrection of our Lord ; and so magnificent was this garment considered that it was ordained to be worn by his successors on state occasions : and to pass at once to the seventh century , there are ...
... threads by busy female hands the resurrection of our Lord ; and so magnificent was this garment considered that it was ordained to be worn by his successors on state occasions : and to pass at once to the seventh century , there are ...
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Стр. 37 - 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. 309 - 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. 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. 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. 15 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched, and echoing walks between...
Стр. 192 - 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. 25 - And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and. brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26. And all the women whose hearts stirred them up in wisdom spun goats
Стр. 395 - 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. 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.