"Handwork" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ones!" bubbled Adrienne. "It is we who must be proud of you. I would that ma mere could see these frocks. She would, of a certainty, rave with the delight. Ma mere, you must know, is the true Frenchwoman who appreciates highly the beautiful handwork ...
— Jane Allen: Right Guard • Edith Bancroft
... that period if they had had it. The first attempts at paper-making resulted in a crude, coarse product that was regarded with great scorn by the rich; and as for printed matter, the educated classes considered it a great drop from handwork and too common a thing ...
— Paul and the Printing Press • Sara Ware Bassett
... preparation of iron, a number of fields are opened to activity, imparting to life a new form. Iron utensils help the building of houses, vessels and weapons; with the preparation of metals arises skilled handwork, a more perfect knowledge of weapons, and the building of walled cities. Architecture, as an art, then rises; mythology, poetry and history find support and expansion in the ...
— Woman under socialism • August Bebel
... quite as important as the positive element, both in the production of the particular procedure and in the transfer to other fields. Third, the identity may be of still more general character and be in terms of attitude or ideal. To learn to be thorough in connection with history, accurate in handwork, open-minded in science, persistent in Latin, critical in geometry, thorough in class and school activities; to form habits of allegiance to ideals of truth, cooeperation, fair play, tolerance, courage, and so on, may help the learner to exhibit these same attitudes in other ...
— How to Teach • George Drayton Strayer and Naomi Norsworthy |
