American SamplersMassachusetts society of the colonial dames of America, 1921 - 416 pages |
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American Samplers Ethel Stanwood Bolton,Eva Johnston Coe,Massachusetts Society of the Colonial D. No preview available - 2018 |
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9 yrs ABIGAIL Adam and Eve alphabets Anna basket of flowers baskets of fruit birds born April Born January born July born June born March Born November Born October Bradbury Bedell Carnation border Catherine Chain and cross-stitch Conventional border County cross cross-borders cross-stitch border Cumberland County design at bottom design in border died Elaborate ELIZA ELIZABETH embroidered Eyelet and cross-stitch Fairmount Park Flat Floral border French knot girls Greek fret border Hannah Harriet hatchment heart Hemstitched edge Henry Henry E Isaac Watts Jane John Lawton Lord Lucy LYDIA Margaret MARTHA Names and dates NANCY Newburyport Newburyport Mass Petit-point Polly queen Rebecca Rose border Salem Salem County SALLY Sampler Plate Sarah Satin and cross-stitch satin-stitch sheep side Simple border Sophia sprays of flowers Stem and cross-stitch stem-stitch stitch Strawberry border tent Thomas thou tulips vase Verse Vine and flower Vine border virtue William wreath youth
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Page 278 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 275 - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 50 - Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Page 122 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Page 308 - All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds shall fail; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
Page 289 - Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God, a God appears ! A God, a God ! the vocal hills reply ; The rocks proclaim th
Page 313 - From avarice and ambition free, And pleasure's fatal wiles ? For whom, alas ! dost thou prepare The sweets that I was wont to share, The banquet of thy smiles...
Page 253 - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
Page 320 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away ; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks on the traveller, faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See truth, love, and mercy in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Page 238 - Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind. Why have I strayed from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...