The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... round the lofty summits of the mountain , closes in less and lesser circles , till , as the last faint gleam of evening is lost in the dark horizon , it drops into its eyrie . The moon and the stars keep their eternal watch ; the beacon ...
... round the lofty summits of the mountain , closes in less and lesser circles , till , as the last faint gleam of evening is lost in the dark horizon , it drops into its eyrie . The moon and the stars keep their eternal watch ; the beacon ...
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... round the loud - whirring spindle her threads : She winds - till the bright - polish'd presses are full Of the snow - white linen and glittering wool : Blends the brilliant and solid in constant endeavour , And resteth never . " J. H. ...
... round the loud - whirring spindle her threads : She winds - till the bright - polish'd presses are full Of the snow - white linen and glittering wool : Blends the brilliant and solid in constant endeavour , And resteth never . " J. H. ...
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... round great haire hath been of ancient time highly commended and accounted of in tapestrie worke : for even Homer himself witnesseth that they of the old world used the same much , and tooke great delight therein . But this tapestrie is ...
... round great haire hath been of ancient time highly commended and accounted of in tapestrie worke : for even Homer himself witnesseth that they of the old world used the same much , and tooke great delight therein . But this tapestrie is ...
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... rounded , without any intermixture of silk or woollen . Tarquinius Priscus had also a vest of this gorgeous description , as had likewise Agrippina . Gold thread and wire continued to be made entirely of metal probably until the time of ...
... rounded , without any intermixture of silk or woollen . Tarquinius Priscus had also a vest of this gorgeous description , as had likewise Agrippina . Gold thread and wire continued to be made entirely of metal probably until the time of ...
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... round it a border of olive - leaves most beautifully worked . Another had golden emblems , with our Saviour , surrounded with archangels and apostles , of wonderful beauty and richness , being ornamented with pearls . In these ages ...
... round it a border of olive - leaves most beautifully worked . Another had golden emblems , with our Saviour , surrounded with archangels and apostles , of wonderful beauty and richness , being ornamented with pearls . In these ages ...
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