The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 67
... labour ; yet in after ages the arch- bishop of Canterburie's pall was sold for five thou- sand florenes : * so that the Pope might well have the * A florene is 4s . 6d . Golden Fleece , if he could sell all his lamb's NEEDLEWORK OF THE ...
... labour ; yet in after ages the arch- bishop of Canterburie's pall was sold for five thou- sand florenes : * so that the Pope might well have the * A florene is 4s . 6d . Golden Fleece , if he could sell all his lamb's NEEDLEWORK OF THE ...
Page 68
... labour bestowed on them was almost incredible . It was no uncommon circumstance for three years to be spent even by these assiduous and indefatigable votaries of the needle on one garment . But it is only casually , in the pages of the ...
... labour bestowed on them was almost incredible . It was no uncommon circumstance for three years to be spent even by these assiduous and indefatigable votaries of the needle on one garment . But it is only casually , in the pages of the ...
Page 123
... labours of those days were not confined to merely good - appearing garments : the skill of the needle - woman - for doubtless it was solely attri- butable to that - could imbue them with a value far beyond that of mere outward garnish ...
... labours of those days were not confined to merely good - appearing garments : the skill of the needle - woman - for doubtless it was solely attri- butable to that - could imbue them with a value far beyond that of mere outward garnish ...
Page 124
... labour to that end ; there- fore are you to be commended above all other . ' Certes , knight , that promise shall hold while I live . ' God grant you life to complete it ! ' quoth the old man and because you have summoned a great court ...
... labour to that end ; there- fore are you to be commended above all other . ' Certes , knight , that promise shall hold while I live . ' God grant you life to complete it ! ' quoth the old man and because you have summoned a great court ...
Page 165
... labours of Penelope , of Helen , and Andromache , are proverbial , and this mode of giving permanency to the actions of illustrious indivi- duals was not confined to the classical nations . The ancient islanders used to work - until the ...
... labours of Penelope , of Helen , and Andromache , are proverbial , and this mode of giving permanency to the actions of illustrious indivi- duals was not confined to the classical nations . The ancient islanders used to work - until the ...
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