The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... while she was with them . " " In these were read The monuments of Dorcas dead : These were thy acts , and thou shalt have These hung as honours o'er thy grave : And after us , distressed , Should fame be dumb 18 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
... while she was with them . " " In these were read The monuments of Dorcas dead : These were thy acts , and thou shalt have These hung as honours o'er thy grave : And after us , distressed , Should fame be dumb 18 EARLY NEEDLEWORK .
Page 32
... treated with courtesy , with honour , and even with deference : indeed , some historians have gone so far as to say that the women transacted public business , to the exclusion of the men CHAPTER IV Needlework of the Egyptians.
... treated with courtesy , with honour , and even with deference : indeed , some historians have gone so far as to say that the women transacted public business , to the exclusion of the men CHAPTER IV Needlework of the Egyptians.
Page 49
... this robe , Penelope says , " In happier hours her artful hand employ'd . " To invest a visitor with an embroidered robe was D considered the very highest mark of honour and regard . NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 49.
... this robe , Penelope says , " In happier hours her artful hand employ'd . " To invest a visitor with an embroidered robe was D considered the very highest mark of honour and regard . NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 49.
Page 50
... honour and regard . When Telemachus is at the magnificent court of Menelaus- a bright damsel train attend the guests With liquid odours and embroider'd vests . ” " Give to the stranger guest a stranger's dues : Bring gold , a pledge of ...
... honour and regard . When Telemachus is at the magnificent court of Menelaus- a bright damsel train attend the guests With liquid odours and embroider'd vests . ” " Give to the stranger guest a stranger's dues : Bring gold , a pledge of ...
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... white silver chased . As the knights associated these birds with all their ideas of fame , and made their most solemn * De staurace . " E vows over them , the highest honours were conferred on NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES . 73.
... white silver chased . As the knights associated these birds with all their ideas of fame , and made their most solemn * De staurace . " E vows over them , the highest honours were conferred on NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES . 73.
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