The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... splendid results are not the effect of great exertions - of sudden , and uncertain , and en- thusiastic efforts . They are the effect of a course , of a system of minor actions and of occupations , in- dividually insignificant in their ...
... splendid results are not the effect of great exertions - of sudden , and uncertain , and en- thusiastic efforts . They are the effect of a course , of a system of minor actions and of occupations , in- dividually insignificant in their ...
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... splendid court , the glittering ball - room , and taken her station at the quiet hearth of the gentle and home - loving matron . She has lightened the weariness of many a solitary vigil , and she has heightened the enjoyment of many a ...
... splendid court , the glittering ball - room , and taken her station at the quiet hearth of the gentle and home - loving matron . She has lightened the weariness of many a solitary vigil , and she has heightened the enjoyment of many a ...
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... splendid robes in " The Tale of the Wonder- ful Lamp , ” and in many other of those fascinating tales ( which are allowed to be rigidly correct in the delineations of eastern life ) . They were doubtless esteemed the richest part of the ...
... splendid robes in " The Tale of the Wonder- ful Lamp , ” and in many other of those fascinating tales ( which are allowed to be rigidly correct in the delineations of eastern life ) . They were doubtless esteemed the richest part of the ...
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... social intercourse , was inalienably dis- tinct . - And in the midst , extending from east to west , a length of fifty - five feet , was reared the splendid Tabernacle . For God had said , " Let them 24 NEEDLEWORK OF THE TABERNACLE .
... social intercourse , was inalienably dis- tinct . - And in the midst , extending from east to west , a length of fifty - five feet , was reared the splendid Tabernacle . For God had said , " Let them 24 NEEDLEWORK OF THE TABERNACLE .
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... She in her chamber at the palace - top A splendid texture wrought , on either side All dazzling bright with flow'rs of various hues . " Though " Penelope's web " is become a proverb , NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 43.
... She in her chamber at the palace - top A splendid texture wrought , on either side All dazzling bright with flow'rs of various hues . " Though " Penelope's web " is become a proverb , NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 43.
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