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" Grace, since the weather did cut off all exercises abroad, how she passed the time within ? She said that all day she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious, and continued so long at it till very... "
Black's Tourist's Guide to Derbyshire: Its Towns, Watering Places, Dales ... - Page 34
1857 - 155 pages
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The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: Drawn from the State Papers, Volume 1

George Chalmers - 1818 - 540 pages
...to, or could relish, from her good cousin, " She said, that all the day, she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of " the colours made the work seem less tedious ; and she continued so long till even " pain made her give over ; and with that l?id her hand upon her left...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 688 pages
...exercise abroad, how she passed the time within ? She said, that all the day she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious ; and she continued so long till even pain made her give over ; and with that laid her hand upon her left...
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Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2

Henry Glassford Bell - 1831 - 382 pages
...exercise abroad, how she passed the time within ? She said, that all the day she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious ; and she continued so long till even pain made her give over ; and with that laid her hand upon her left...
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The gem of the Peak; or, Matlock Bath and its vicinity

William Adam - 1838 - 300 pages
...avocations, in which we find the following remarks : — " All day she wrought with her nydill, and the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious, and contynued so long at it till very pyne made her to give over." Though early, on coming in sight of the gates, we found many had preceded...
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The History of Chesterfield: With Particulars of the Hamlets Contiguous to ...

Rev. George Hall - Chesterfield (England) - 1839 - 566 pages
...attendants, when detailing the Queen's usual avocations, says "all day she wrought with her nydill, and the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious, and contynued so long at it, till very pync made her to give over." Sculptured in stone. The right and left portions of this front have each...
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The art of needle-work, from the earliest ages [by E. Stone] ed. by the ...

Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 pages
...unfavourable weather, she passed the time within. She said that all that day she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious ; and she continued so long at it till very pain made her to give over. s " Upon this occasion she entered...
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The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of ...

Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - Embroidery - 1841 - 424 pages
...unfavourable weather, she passed the time within. She said that all that day she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious ; and she continued so long at it till very pain made her to give over. " Upon this occasion she entered...
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The Gem of the Peak; Or, Matlock Bath and Its Vicinity: An Account of Derby ...

William Adam - Derbyshire (England) - 1843 - 490 pages
...avocations, in which we find the following remarks : — " All day she wrought with her nydill, and the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious, and coniynued so long at it till very pyne made her give it over." ENTRANCE TO CHATSWORTH. Though early,...
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Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots: Now First Published from the ..., Volume 2

Mary (Queen of Scots), Agnes Strickland - 1845 - 504 pages
...exercises abroad, how she passed the time within. She said that all the day she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious, and continued so long at it till very pain did make her to give it over; and with that laid her hand upon...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 22

Child rearing - 1846 - 288 pages
...said, that all the day she wrought with her needle, * Goodall, Tol/ii. p. 313. 1 Chalmers, vol. ip 327. and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious; and she continued so long till even pain made her give over ; and with that laid her hand upon her left...
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