Begin on the left = cover the 4th blue thread, which comes nearest to the first brown one, with flat double knots, made over the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brown thread and the light brown one = cover the 3rd blue thread with the 4 brown threads and the 4th blue, which served as the cord in the 1st row of knots
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

In former days, knitting served mainly for the manufacture of stockings, and even now, in spite of machines, handknit stockings, and numberless other useful and ornamental articles, such as shawls, counterpanes, cradle-coverings, gloves, laces etc. are in great request.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Knotting on the threads on to a stuff edge and formation of a flat double knot (fig. 516 ).—Push your crochet needle through the edge of the stuff from the right to the wrong side and catch hold of the loop, formed by the folding in half of the thread that is to be knotted on; pull it out to the right side, put the ends through, and tighten the loop, detail a .
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

All pain rests on the passing away of such an illusion; thus both arise from defective knowledge; the wise man therefore holds himself equally aloof from joy and sorrow, and no event disturbs his αταραξια.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Divide the white threads into twos and make single chains with them, the whole length of the fringe; the thread must be changed 8 times for each chain; then pass the right chain under the left one and join them by a flat double knot.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Fill the empty spaces under the outside shell knots, with 9 flat double knots; under the middle knot make bars of inter-crossed knots, of which a clear explanation will be found in fig.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Pierre Loti's "Iceland Fisherman" is translated by A. F. de Koven.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Schmidt, Fritz. Die Kaffeevalorisation.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The engraving shows, in the first place on the left, a flat double knot made over two threads, completed, and the first crossing of the thread for the collecting knot; secondly, the second crossing of the threads; thirdly how the collecting knot can, if necessary, be continued over 4 threads, and fourthly, how the collecting knot should be made to finish with a flat double knot.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

The present castle replaced an ancient structure that had fallen into ruin, and was supposed to have been built by "Peveril of the Peak;" it was fortified during King John's time, and traces of the fortifications still remain; it was repeatedly besieged and taken by assault.
— from England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook

Sebaat Laab died of a fever in a few days; Kefla Mariam lived, if not to see, at least to hear, that he was revenged, after the battle of Serbraxos, by the disgrace and captivity of Michael.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce

It was not Conservative enough for Dr Koomadhi.
— from The Other World by Frank Frankfort Moore

"In Service to a Goddess, Book 1" "In Service to a Goddess, Book 2" "In Service to a Goddess, Book 3" "In Service to a Goddess, Book 4" "STARDANCER" * FICTION-EROTICA-ROMANCE "ANNE" "Dragonfly Run" "Field Decision" "KIM" "MINDY" * COMING SOON: "ANSEN" "Crystal River Witch" *
— from An Encounter in Atlanta by Ed Howdershelt

“I ain’t tetched der moufs since I iled ’em up for dat Klutchem man.”
— from Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman by Francis Hopkinson Smith

So far Dorise knew nothing of Hugh’s part in the drama of the Villa Amette, but suddenly he was horrified by the thought that the police, finding he had escaped, would question her.
— from Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo by William Le Queux

If the applicant for divine knowledge will purify his nature and be brotherly to his neighbor, then he may gain the greatest profit by a study of Theosophy, for then its teachings will be illuminated by a greater light than intellect itself can ever shed.
— from Universal Brotherhood, Volume XIII, No. 10, January 1899 A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, the Theosophical Movement, Philosophy, Science and Art by Various

"Yes, you, but not fer dose kind of pig.
— from Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious by Edward C. Taylor

Splendid jewels, including the famous diamond known as le Regent, were stolen thence in 1792.
— from Historic Paris by Jetta Sophia Wolff

It is a fact worthy of notice, in this connection, that from Egbert as a royal source every subsequent English sovereign (except the four Danish Kings, Harold II, and William the Conqueror) has directly or indirectly descended down to the present time.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery