The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... , broad as Amazonian targe , And , with what skill they had , together sew'd , To gird their waist . " It is supposed that the leaves alluded to here were those of the banian - tree , of which the EARLY NEEDLEWORK . 13.
... , broad as Amazonian targe , And , with what skill they had , together sew'd , To gird their waist . " It is supposed that the leaves alluded to here were those of the banian - tree , of which the EARLY NEEDLEWORK . 13.
Page 15
... skill they had , together sew'd , To gird their waist . ” Some of the most interesting incidents in Holy Writ turn on the occupation of needlework ; slight sketches , nay , hardly so much , but mere touches which engage all the gentler ...
... skill they had , together sew'd , To gird their waist . ” Some of the most interesting incidents in Holy Writ turn on the occupation of needlework ; slight sketches , nay , hardly so much , but mere touches which engage all the gentler ...
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... the exception of some of the finest needlework , which had not yet received the finishing touches . But what was already done bore ample testimony C to the skill , the taste , and the industry NEEDLEWORK OF THE TABERNACLE . 25.
... the exception of some of the finest needlework , which had not yet received the finishing touches . But what was already done bore ample testimony C to the skill , the taste , and the industry NEEDLEWORK OF THE TABERNACLE . 25.
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... skill , the taste , and the industry of the " wise- hearted " daughters of Israel . The outer covering of the Tabernacle , or that which lay directly over the framework of boards of which it was con- structed , and hung from the roof ...
... skill , the taste , and the industry of the " wise- hearted " daughters of Israel . The outer covering of the Tabernacle , or that which lay directly over the framework of boards of which it was con- structed , and hung from the roof ...
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... skill in various arts , and we are not with- out testimony that the practice of the lighter and more ornamental bore progress with that of the stupendous and magnificent . Of these lighter pur- suits we at present refer only to the art ...
... skill in various arts , and we are not with- out testimony that the practice of the lighter and more ornamental bore progress with that of the stupendous and magnificent . Of these lighter pur- suits we at present refer only to the art ...
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