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Ovid describes Arachne as 



" One at the loom so exquisitely skill'd 

 That to the goddess she refused to yield. 

 Low was her birth, and small her town, 

 She from her art alone obtained renown." 



" Providence/' says Moore, " would only 

 enter mankind into the useful knowledge of 

 her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our 

 leisures." 



