The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical TapestriesHenry Colburn, 1841 - 405 páginas |
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... fashion it should somewhat differ from their own . And then arrives the moment when the garment is committed to its envelope ; and the mother , weeping to part from her little ones , yet longing to see her absent boy , receives their ...
... fashion it should somewhat differ from their own . And then arrives the moment when the garment is committed to its envelope ; and the mother , weeping to part from her little ones , yet longing to see her absent boy , receives their ...
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... Fashion in those days was not quite the chame- leon - hued creature that she is at present ; nor were the fabrics on which her fancy was displayed quite so light and airy : their gold was gold - not silk covered with gilded silver ; and ...
... Fashion in those days was not quite the chame- leon - hued creature that she is at present ; nor were the fabrics on which her fancy was displayed quite so light and airy : their gold was gold - not silk covered with gilded silver ; and ...
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... fashion in the present day , with every variety of rich stuff , stamped leather , & c .: but many were likewise em- broidered with different coloured wools , with silk and gold thread . The couches too , which in the daytime had a rich ...
... fashion in the present day , with every variety of rich stuff , stamped leather , & c .: but many were likewise em- broidered with different coloured wools , with silk and gold thread . The couches too , which in the daytime had a rich ...
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... fashion , as they did fashion , their pyramids , their tombs , their sphynxes , their mighty reservoirs , and their colossal statues . And we can hardly suppose that such ever - visible objects should not , during the time of their ...
... fashion , as they did fashion , their pyramids , their tombs , their sphynxes , their mighty reservoirs , and their colossal statues . And we can hardly suppose that such ever - visible objects should not , during the time of their ...
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... fashion and custome at Rome , that when maidens were to be wedded , there attended upon them a distaffe , dressed and trimmed with kombed wooll , as also a spindle and yearne upon it . The said Tanaquil was the first that made the coat ...
... fashion and custome at Rome , that when maidens were to be wedded , there attended upon them a distaffe , dressed and trimmed with kombed wooll , as also a spindle and yearne upon it . The said Tanaquil was the first that made the coat ...
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Página 37 - So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes, And made their bends adornings ; at the helm A seeming mermaid steers ; the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands, That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthron'd i...
Página 37 - Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Página 309 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear...
Página 21 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Página 25 - And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willinghearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold : and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. 23. And every man, with whom was found blue,...
Página 15 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched, and echoing walks between...
Página 192 - that that's the fashion at present among my tribe j sure all my brother puppies smoke now, and a man might as well be out of the world as 'out of the fashion, you know.
Página 25 - And all the 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. 26. And all the women whose hearts stirred them up in wisdom spun goats
Página 395 - Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...
Página 18 - Then Peter arose, and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.