The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants: With Instructions for the Manufacture of ... Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetiques, Perfumed Soap, Etc...

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Lindsay and Blakiston, 1857 - Cosmetics - 304 pages
 

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Page 155 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page vii - Piesse's Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants : With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosme'tiques, Perfumed Soap, &c. ; and an Appendix on the Colours of Flowers, Artificial Fruit Essences, &c. Second Edition, revised and improved ; with 46 Woodcuts.
Page 164 - According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Page 27 - And the Lord said unto Moses, " Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; these sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall there be a like weight : and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy...
Page 176 - It would be out of place here to enter into the details of the correspondence which followed.
Page 165 - And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning : when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
Page 27 - ... and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy : and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy.
Page 27 - And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Page 42 - Mark well the flow'ring almonds in the wood : If od'rous blooms the bearing branches load, The glebe will answer to the sylvan reign ; Great heats will follow, and large crops of grain. But, if a wood of leaves o'ershade the tree Such and so barren will thy harvest be : In vain the hind shall vex the threshing-floor For empty chaff
Page 27 - ... where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And...

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