Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 214
t is oval in shape, 4^ inches by3^ inches complete, with a chain to use as a chate-laine ; I wonder what German Frau wore this pretty Portable Sun-dials 149 thing at her waist, and held it up and turned it roundto the sunlight three hundred years ago. It wasmade by Hans Ducher in 1595, and is… … Ivory Pocket-dials. English lout of a farm boy said of Shakespeare. Itwas near Stratford, and a friend of mine spoke to thelad who was driving some conveyance for her throughthe country, wondering whether he knew of thegreat man, and what he knew. He may ha beenvery learned and all, drawled the…
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