The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... ment , find no record on pages whose chief aim and end is the blazoning of manly heroism , of royal dis- putations , or of trumpet - stirring records . And if this is the case even with historians of enlightened times , who have the ...
... ment , find no record on pages whose chief aim and end is the blazoning of manly heroism , of royal dis- putations , or of trumpet - stirring records . And if this is the case even with historians of enlightened times , who have the ...
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... , without the thorn ; But , for man's fault , then was the thorn , Without the fragrant rosebud , born . ” Why thorns should spring up at the precise mo- ment of the fall is difficult to account for in 12 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
... , without the thorn ; But , for man's fault , then was the thorn , Without the fragrant rosebud , born . ” Why thorns should spring up at the precise mo- ment of the fall is difficult to account for in 12 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
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... ment of the fall is difficult to account for in a world where everything has its use , except we suppose that they were meant for needles : and general analogy leads us to this conclusion ; for in almost all existing records of people ...
... ment of the fall is difficult to account for in a world where everything has its use , except we suppose that they were meant for needles : and general analogy leads us to this conclusion ; for in almost all existing records of people ...
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... ment of a mother's love . Beautiful and good , the blessing of Heaven attending him , and throwing a beam of light on his fair brow , the pure and holy child appears like a seraph administering at that altar to which he had been ...
... ment of a mother's love . Beautiful and good , the blessing of Heaven attending him , and throwing a beam of light on his fair brow , the pure and holy child appears like a seraph administering at that altar to which he had been ...
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... ment sobres , et de prévenir , par toutes sortes de moyens , un embonpoint qui nuirait a l'élégance de la taille et à la grâce des mouvemens . " Homer , the great fountain of ancient lore , scarcely throughout his whole work names a ...
... ment sobres , et de prévenir , par toutes sortes de moyens , un embonpoint qui nuirait a l'élégance de la taille et à la grâce des mouvemens . " Homer , the great fountain of ancient lore , scarcely throughout his whole work names a ...
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