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• Its design is the familiar one known as the "Rose of Sharon"; both the needlework on the design and the quilting are exquisite, the stitches being all but invisible A striking instance of the influence of fairs upon quilt making is shown in the number of beautiful quilts that have been made expressly for display in exhibitions at state fairs in the Middle West. —  Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them
• It is well not to be 'over-exquisite,' to cast the fashion of 'uncertain evils,' but certain ones cannot be too carefully anticipated, nor too sedulously prepared for The manner in which this preparation is to be carried out is distinctly marked here. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• "And Miss Quincy is exquisite--charming An old fool," repeated Mrs. Percival. "Now listen, sweetheart! —  Jewel Weed
• His "Declaration" is ravishingly exquisite, and offers a strange contrast to the "Requiescat," which is a dirge of the utmost largeness and grandeur. —  Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
• That bedchamber of many memories--exquisite and tragic--became intolerable to her. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance

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