 With wiry teeth revolving cards release The tangled knots, and smooth the ravell'd fleece; Next moves the iron hand with fingers fine, Combs the wide card, and forms the eternal line; Slow, with soft lips, the whirling can acquires The tender skeins,...  The History of the County of Derby - Page 326by Stephen Glover - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Richard Warner - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1802 - 332 pages
...line } Slow with soft lips the -whirling can acquires The tender skeins, and wraps in rising spires j With quicken'd pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend, the rove. Then fly thespoles, the rapid axles glow; While slowly circumvolves the lab'ring wheel below." The building... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1802 - 654 pages
...line; Slow with soft lips the whirling can acquires The tender skeins, and wraps in rising spires; With quicken'd pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend, the rave. Then fly the spokes, the rapid axles glow ; While slowly circumvolves the lab'ring wheel below.... | |
 | David Peter Davies - Derbyshire (England) - 1811 - 758 pages
...line ; Slow, with soft lips, the whirling can acquires The tender skeins, and warps in rising spires ; With quicken'd pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend the rove; Then fly the spoles, the rapid axles glow, And slowly circumvolves the labouring wheel below." Botanic Garden, Canto... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Great Britain - 1816 - 494 pages
...soft lips, the whirling can acquires The tender skeins, and wraps in rising spires. With quickened pace successive rollers move; And these retain, and those extend the rove. Then fly the spools, the rapid axles glow, And slowly circumvolves the labouring wheel below." Proceeding along... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...line ; Slow, with soft lips, the -whirling can acquires The tender skains, and wraps in rising spires; With quicken'd pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend, the raves While slowly circumvolves the lab'ring -wheel below. Then fly the spates; the rapid axles glow;... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Children - 1821 - 304 pages
...line; Slow, with soft lips, the whirling can acquires The tender skein, and wraps in rising spires: With quicken'd pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend the rove: Then fly the spoles, the rapid axles glow, And slowly circnmvolves the labouring wheel below.' " 'The spinning Jennies!... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1822 - 658 pages
...can acquires The tender skaiia, and wraps in rising spires ; With quicken'd pace successive rcllers move, And these retain, and those extend, the rove ; Then fly the spoles ; the rapid axles'glov \ While slowly circumvolves the lab'ring wheel below. 122. Civilized... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1826 - 324 pages
...soft lips, the whirling can acquires The tender skeins, aiid wraps in rising spires ; With quichen'd pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend, the rove ; Then fly the spoles ; the rapid axles glow ; While slowly ciroumvolyes the luh'nng vhetl h«low 122. Civilized man... | |
 | Robert Simpson - Derby (England) - 1826 - 378 pages
...soft lips, the whirling can acquires The tender skeins, and wraps in rising spires ; With quickened pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend the rove; Then fly the spoles, the rapid axles glow, And slowly circumvolves the labouring wheel below. Bot. Gard. II. 92-104.... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1826 - 322 pages
...soft lips, the whirling can acquires The tender skeins, and wraps in rising spires ; With cmicken'd pace successive rollers move, And these retain, and those extend, the rove ; Then fly the spoles ; the rapid axles glow ; While slowly circumvulves the lab'ring wheel below. 122. Civilized... | |
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