The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... royal lady was ever more magnificently dowered than the queen of Egypt ; her apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that when Moris , from whom the lake derived its name , and who was supposed to have made the canal , had ar ...
... royal lady was ever more magnificently dowered than the queen of Egypt ; her apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that when Moris , from whom the lake derived its name , and who was supposed to have made the canal , had ar ...
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... royal fraud behold ? While she , laborious in delusion , spread The spacious loom , and mix'd the various thread ; Where , as to life the wondrous figures rise , Thus spoke th ' inventive queen with artful sighs : Though cold in death ...
... royal fraud behold ? While she , laborious in delusion , spread The spacious loom , and mix'd the various thread ; Where , as to life the wondrous figures rise , Thus spoke th ' inventive queen with artful sighs : Though cold in death ...
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... royal purple too unpre tending , unless set off by a rich embroidery of gold . The first embroideries of the Romans were but bands of stuff , cut or twisted , which they put on the dresses : the more modest used only one band ; others ...
... royal purple too unpre tending , unless set off by a rich embroidery of gold . The first embroideries of the Romans were but bands of stuff , cut or twisted , which they put on the dresses : the more modest used only one band ; others ...
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... royal lady felt insulted and deeply hurt , as it was considered ignominious by the Persian women to work in wool . Hearing of her misapprehension , Alexander himself waited on her , and in the gentlest and most respectful terms told the ...
... royal lady felt insulted and deeply hurt , as it was considered ignominious by the Persian women to work in wool . Hearing of her misapprehension , Alexander himself waited on her , and in the gentlest and most respectful terms told the ...
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... royal sisters , but wrought by their own hands . Outré as appear some of the flaring patterns of the present day , the boldest of them must be quiet and unattractive compared with those we read of formerly , when not only human figures ...
... royal sisters , but wrought by their own hands . Outré as appear some of the flaring patterns of the present day , the boldest of them must be quiet and unattractive compared with those we read of formerly , when not only human figures ...
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