The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive PeoplesW. Scott Limited, 1902 - 419 pagine |
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The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive Peoples Otis T. Mason Visualizzazione completa - 1895 |
The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive Peoples Otis T. Mason Visualizzazione completa - 1895 |
The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive Peoples Otis T. Mason Visualizzazione completa - 1895 |
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Pagina 77 - So doth the potter sitting at his work, And turning the wheel about with his feet, Who is always carefully set at his work, And maketh all his work by number; He fashioneth the clay with his arm, And boweth down his strength before his feet; He applieth himself to lead it over; And he is diligent to make clean the furnace...
Pagina 222 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.