The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... labours increasing ; And doubling his gains With her orderly pains . With piles of rich treasure the storehouse she spreads , And winds round the loud - whirring spindle her threads : She winds - till the bright - polish'd presses are ...
... labours increasing ; And doubling his gains With her orderly pains . With piles of rich treasure the storehouse she spreads , And winds round the loud - whirring spindle her threads : She winds - till the bright - polish'd presses are ...
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... labours of the needle . " Je ne dirai " ( says the sarcastic author of Ana- charsis ) " qu'un mot sur l'éducation des filles . Suivant le différence des états , elles apprennent à lire , écrire , coudre , filer , préparer la laine dont ...
... labours of the needle . " Je ne dirai " ( says the sarcastic author of Ana- charsis ) " qu'un mot sur l'éducation des filles . Suivant le différence des états , elles apprennent à lire , écrire , coudre , filer , préparer la laine dont ...
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... labour at the loom For a taskmistress . " And again he says to her- " Hence , then , to our abode ; there weave or spin , And task thy maidens . " And afterwards- " Andromache , the while , Knew nought , nor even by report had learn'd ...
... labour at the loom For a taskmistress . " And again he says to her- " Hence , then , to our abode ; there weave or spin , And task thy maidens . " And afterwards- " Andromache , the while , Knew nought , nor even by report had learn'd ...
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... labours of the day . While thrice the Sun his annual journey made , The conscious lamp the midnight fraud survey'd ; Unheard , unseen , three years her arts prevail ; The fourth , her maid unfolds th ' amazing tale . We saw , as ...
... labours of the day . While thrice the Sun his annual journey made , The conscious lamp the midnight fraud survey'd ; Unheard , unseen , three years her arts prevail ; The fourth , her maid unfolds th ' amazing tale . We saw , as ...
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... labours and collective zeal of the despised and con- temned monks . Sharing that hallowed influence which hovered over and protected the church at this fearful season -for , from the carelessness or superstition of the barbarians , the ...
... labours and collective zeal of the despised and con- temned monks . Sharing that hallowed influence which hovered over and protected the church at this fearful season -for , from the carelessness or superstition of the barbarians , the ...
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