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... figures , animals , birds , trees , and other objects can be imitated , so that with a little practice the eye becomes familiar with the shape of each , and , as it is very quickly done , it is little or no tax on the patience of the ...
... figures , animals , birds , trees , and other objects can be imitated , so that with a little practice the eye becomes familiar with the shape of each , and , as it is very quickly done , it is little or no tax on the patience of the ...
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... figure in this position , riding a galloping horse ( fig . 1 ) . Rider ( fig . 6 ) . This attitude is for your leaping horses ( fig . 3 ) ; he is holding his horse well up to assist it over the gate or fence ; you will also require four ...
... figure in this position , riding a galloping horse ( fig . 1 ) . Rider ( fig . 6 ) . This attitude is for your leaping horses ( fig . 3 ) ; he is holding his horse well up to assist it over the gate or fence ; you will also require four ...
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... completed the drawings of your figures , cut them out carefully with a pair of scissors , using a penknife for the FIC . 7 . FIC.8 inside portions ; when finished , cut two slips of SOLDIERS MARCHING OUT OF A FORT . 47.
... completed the drawings of your figures , cut them out carefully with a pair of scissors , using a penknife for the FIC . 7 . FIC.8 inside portions ; when finished , cut two slips of SOLDIERS MARCHING OUT OF A FORT . 47.
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... figures upon , allowing an inch between each figure , and not broader than half an inch ( fig . 9 ) ; turn up the feet of the sol- FIC.9 . diers to make them stand , and cut several slips of cardboard the shape of fig . 10 , and cut ...
... figures upon , allowing an inch between each figure , and not broader than half an inch ( fig . 9 ) ; turn up the feet of the sol- FIC.9 . diers to make them stand , and cut several slips of cardboard the shape of fig . 10 , and cut ...
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... figure represent the parts that are cut out of the wood ; and each piece marked a is supposed to be facing the reader , while the pieces marked b are the right side of each piece turned over towards the left so as to face the reader ...
... figure represent the parts that are cut out of the wood ; and each piece marked a is supposed to be facing the reader , while the pieces marked b are the right side of each piece turned over towards the left so as to face the reader ...
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African Wanderers amusement attached Author bait ball BARBARA HUTTON bend birds block boat bottle bottom bowsprit boys brass centre Chromolithography cloth elegant coloured Illustrations corner cross-trees cylinder deck dotted lines Edition electrical Engravings fasten Fcap feather FIC.I fish fold four front G. A. HENTY gaff gilt edges glass GRIFFITH AND FARRAN half hand HARRISON WEIR hook horse inside kite larvæ length magnet main-mast mast methylated spirit Model Yachts paint Paper Boards pass piece of paper piece of wood portion PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH PUZZLE rigging ropes round rowlocks sails scissors shape shellac Shillings Shillings and Sixpence side silk slips small hole spritsail square stand stout string strips Take a piece Thomas Dunman THOMAS HOOD thread top-mast TOY-MAKER tube upper vessel W. H. G. KINGSTON wire yard young
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