...word; no Italian ; hut then her English was i racy, unhackneyed, proper to the thought to a ¿egree that only original thinking could give. ! She had not much reading, except of the Bihle and Shakspeare, and Richardson's novels, in which she was learned ; hut then her powers of ohservation...

...lace. That was her only accomplishment, and a rare artist she was— muslin and net were her canvass. She had no French either, not a word ; no Italian...by the leisure and opportunity afforded for their developement, at a time of life when they are most acute. She had nothing to distract her mind. Her...

...lace. That was her only accomplishment, and a rare artist she was — muslin and net were her canvass. She had no French either, not a word ; no Italian...by the leisure and opportunity afforded for their developement, at a time of life when they are most acute. She had nothing to distract her mind. Her...

...were her canvass. She had no French either, not a word ; no Italian ; but then her English was racj, unhackneyed, proper to the thought, to a degree that...by the leisure and opportunity afforded for their developement, at a time of life when they are most acute. She had nothing to distract her mind. Her...

...lawn," till the delicate creation vied with the snowy tracery, the fantastic carving of hoar-frost, the richness of Gothic architecture, or of that which...She had not much reading, except of the Bible, and Shakespeare, and Richardson's novels, in which she was learned ; but then her powers of observation...

...Gothic architecture, or of that which so much resembles it, the luxuriant fancy of old point lace. That was her only accomplishment, and a rare artist...She had not much reading, except of the Bible, and Shakespeare, and Richardson's novels, in which she was learned ; but then her powers of observation...