The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... woman which stamps its value — it is their bearing and effect on the mass . It is the daily and hourly accumulation of minute particles which form the vast amount . And if we look for that feminine employment which adds most absolutely ...
... woman which stamps its value — it is their bearing and effect on the mass . It is the daily and hourly accumulation of minute particles which form the vast amount . And if we look for that feminine employment which adds most absolutely ...
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... women make use of this primitive instrument , or a fish - bone . " Avant l'invention des aiguilles d'acier , on a dû se servir , à leur défaut , d'épines , ou d'arêtes de poissons , ou d'os d'animaux . " And as Eve's first specimen of ...
... women make use of this primitive instrument , or a fish - bone . " Avant l'invention des aiguilles d'acier , on a dû se servir , à leur défaut , d'épines , ou d'arêtes de poissons , ou d'os d'animaux . " And as Eve's first specimen of ...
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... women that were wise - hearted did spin with their hands , and brought that which they had spun , both of blue , and of purple , and of scarlet , and of fine linen . And all the women whose hearts stirred them up in wisdom spun goats ...
... women that were wise - hearted did spin with their hands , and brought that which they had spun , both of blue , and of purple , and of scarlet , and of fine linen . And all the women whose hearts stirred them up in wisdom spun goats ...
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... women had embroidered figures of cherubim in scarlet , purple , and light blue , entwined with gold . They had made also sacerdotal vestments , the " coats of fine linen " worn by all the priests , which , when old , were unravelled ...
... women had embroidered figures of cherubim in scarlet , purple , and light blue , entwined with gold . They had made also sacerdotal vestments , the " coats of fine linen " worn by all the priests , which , when old , were unravelled ...
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... women were 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.
... women were 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.
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