| 单词 | embroideress |
| 例句 | The embroideress wore a scarlet sash at her waist, and this remark of her ex-admirer so flustered her that she could not reply. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Valentina, also an embroideress, and also with red hair, was not so pretty; her eyes were smaller, her skin less delicate, her nose less regular, and she was smaller of stature. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Different qualities of this material will be suggested to the embroideress by her needs; but, before passing to other things, I should not omit mention of the charming linen woven at Langdale. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z This task completed, she held out no longer; they bore the embroideress too to her rest, and granted her her last petition, to be buried at the feet of him she loved. Barbarossa and Other Tales They are, however, by far the best embroideresses in chenille,—silk and gold. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The orchestra struck up the opening bars, and the youth, without turning his eyes from the door, encircled the waist of the embroideress and dashed rapidly into the centre of the room. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The embroideress avoided meeting the girl's eyes, perhaps from fear of embarrassing her, or because she herself felt embarrassed without knowing why. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Lady Welby, herself an accomplished embroideress, had the courage to face all the difficulties of such an undertaking. Needlework As Art Idle she was not, she never lacked occupations; her reading, her music, her sewing, for she was a skilled embroideress, more than filled her leisure hours. East of the Shadows "The Crucifixion," "The Nativity," "The Flight into Egypt," "The Holy Family" were not only supposed to show the skill of the worker, but also the proper frame of mind the embroideress possessed. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework She was apprenticed to an embroideress; for all kinds of embroidery were in much greater use then than now. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago Do�a Paula declared she must have done so; the embroideress wept, and there was a regular scene. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Having so much time to spare, and so little variety of occupation, Christie was a more skilful embroideress than many older women. All's Well Alice's Victory Four embroideresses worked on it for three years and three-quarters, and it seems to have cost a sum equal to about £3000 of our money. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Why, then, had this skilful embroideress deliberately threaded her needle with a shade of brilliant blue silk? A Book of Quaker Saints She is an excellent dressmaker and embroideress; very poor, and quite willing, I am sure, to go into the country. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Both looked at the embroideress, who raised her head, and seeing that the conversation was about her, she made a face. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z She finally, it seems, became in a degree tranquillized, found her way to Paris, and there she supported herself by her extraordinary skill as an embroideress. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales In Paris, in the year 1295, there were ninety-three embroiderers and embroideresses registered as belonging to the trade. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving As an embroideress there were few more delicately trained eyes and defter hands than hers in England. The History of David Grieve She had been an embroideress for thirty years, but her sight failed and she was obliged to give up work. A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; There is no embroideress in the town to hold a candle to Martina. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z He was so little near what he dreaded, at present at least, that the scarlet jacket was tossed down again, and gave him no dreams of his fair and titled embroideress. Under Two Flags Her mother had stitched and embroidered them herself; she had lavished on them all the delicacies of her art of embroideress, and all the embellishments of a robe for the good Virgin. Notre-Dame De Paris She was laid by for three months; work was slack for her husband; her own earnings, for she was a skilled embroideress working for a great linen-shop in the Rue Vivienne, were no longer forthcoming. The History of David Grieve "He must have had some trouble yesterday," was the thought that constantly arose in the embroideress' mind as she saw some change in the features of the "Black Gentleman." A Second Home |
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