The cottages and the village life of rural England (1912)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930, Quinton, A.R · London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 287
e lace-maker at work, doubtless, with her pillow on a stool infront of her, her design in horn parchment laid flat on it, and herbobbins and pins, some with sealing-wax heads, and her deft fingersrapidly moving the bobbins and weaving beautiful patterns thatdelight the eyes of the connoisseur.… … LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,Just earns a scanty pittance : and at nightLies down secure, her heart and pocket light;She for her humble sphere by nature fit,Has little understanding, and no wit;Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such(Toilsome and…
Architecture, Domestic · Villages
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