 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...is described, and that which is sung : " Mark it, Caesario ; it is old and plain. The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids who weave their thread with bones, Do wont to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age."... | |
 | Meteorology - 1831 - 896 pages
...countries? William Lea — who died at Paris of a broken heart. And why did he die of grief and penury? Because the people of his own days were too ignorant...to accept the blessings he had prepared for them." Not content with thus establishing the truth of his general position, by examples drawn from articles... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1838 - 348 pages
...his invention, though approved, was discountenanced, upon the plea that it would deprive the poor, the knitters in the sun, And the free- maids who weave their thread with bones, of their subsistence. And after having met with similar disappointments in France, William Lea died... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 226 pages
...fondamento? Perdettero forse alcuni individui il loro impiego a causa dello uso del telaio da calze? "The knitters in the sun; And the free maids who weave their thread with bones," come Shakspeare descrive le contadine del suo tempo, han dovuto cambiare la qualità del loro lavoro;... | |
 | Orville Dewey - Ethics - 1847 - 406 pages
...his invention, though approved, was discountenanced, upon the plea, that it would deprive the poor, " the knitters in the sun, And the free maids who weave their thread with bones," of their subsistence. And after having met with similar disappointments in France, William Lea died... | |
 | Orville Dewey - Ethics - 1847 - 392 pages
...his invention, though approved, was discountenanced, upon the plea, that it would deprive the poor, " the knitters in the sun, And the free maids who weave their thread with bones," of their subsistence. And after having met with similar disappointments in France, William Lea died... | |
 | 1851 - 370 pages
...ILLUSTRATED Ехшштон ; so that we shall enable tho lady in her parlour successfully to competo with the " Knitters in the sun And the free maids who weave their thread with bones." In the south-west gallery, Class 19, will be found the gem of the Exhibition, in so far as needlework... | |
 | Charles Knight - Industrial arts - 1856 - 592 pages
...Because the people of his 336 HOSIERY MANUFACTORE. own days were too ignorant to accept the blessings ho had prepared for them. We ask with confidence, had...knitters in the sun, And the free maids who weave thclr thread with bones," as Shakspeare describes the country lasses of his day, had to change, their... | |
 | Charles Knight - Capitalism - 1859 - 526 pages
...countries ? William Lee — who died at Paris of a broken heart. And why did he die of grief and penury ? Because the people of his own days were too ignorant...the terror of the stockingframe any real foundation ? Wrere any people thrown out of employment by the stocking frame ? " The knitters in the sun, And... | |
 | Charles Knight - Capitalism - 1866 - 464 pages
...countries ? William Lee — who died at Paris of a broken heart. And why did he die of grief and penury ? Because the people of his own days were too ignorant...free maids who weave their thread with bones," as Shakspere describes the country lasses of his day, had to change their employment ; but there was far... | |
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Lee — who died at Paris of a broken heart. And why did he die of grief and penury ? Because the people of his own days were too ignorant to accept the blessings he had prepared for them. We ask with confidence, had the terror of the stockingframe any... 
