The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... racter . † This excellent and amiable princess was a most highly accomplished woman , and remarkable for her learning ; she was the affectionate mother of a large family , the faithful wife of an enterprising monarch , with whom she ...
... racter . † This excellent and amiable princess was a most highly accomplished woman , and remarkable for her learning ; she was the affectionate mother of a large family , the faithful wife of an enterprising monarch , with whom she ...
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... racter of the chevalier , conceived no jealousy on the occasion : " The ruby , " said the lady , " shall be given to the knight who was the next in feats of arms to the chevalier ; but since he does me so much honour as to ascribe his ...
... racter of the chevalier , conceived no jealousy on the occasion : " The ruby , " said the lady , " shall be given to the knight who was the next in feats of arms to the chevalier ; but since he does me so much honour as to ascribe his ...
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... racter and expression , the splendor and oriental pomp of the whole , the multitude of persons , between forty and fifty , the various accessaries , elephants , horses , & c . , with the variety of splendid and orna- mental ...
... racter and expression , the splendor and oriental pomp of the whole , the multitude of persons , between forty and fifty , the various accessaries , elephants , horses , & c . , with the variety of splendid and orna- mental ...
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... racter was the stupendous labour of Queen Matilda -the Bayeux tapestry - on which we have dwelt too long elsewhere to linger here , and which was wrought by her and under her superintendence . " CC Queen Adelicia , the second wife of ...
... racter was the stupendous labour of Queen Matilda -the Bayeux tapestry - on which we have dwelt too long elsewhere to linger here , and which was wrought by her and under her superintendence . " CC Queen Adelicia , the second wife of ...
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