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A queen who presented England with a threadless needle, fell in love with some foreigners, was unsuccessful in her love and naval affairs, and finally became a mummy through the auspices of an adder.

From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Gordon, Irwin Leslie

I was so helpless, so alone to do, so threadless of action, that—I prayed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various