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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 821

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up beforetwo pairs of astonished eyes, not the batteredand riddled flag of her country, but the sacredbuckskins of a revolutionary officer, sacrile-giously and irreparably ruined. For a minute, Ruth held them up, thendropping them on the floor, she threw herself,laughing, blushing, and crying… … A study table covered with a table-cloth,Fig. 97, affords the pupil another rudimentaryexercise in drapery. Fig. 98, a deserted barn, ,, forms a with the rude fences surrounding ittolerably easy exercise. The shepherds dog,Fig. 99, is more difficult, as a slight inaccuracy BROAD LI2srE DRAWING…

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