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...she could find, resisting the impulse to transfer superfluous flowers and wreathes from other graves to those of the dead more barren and impecunious... ...end. Anyone thinking there is something romantic about this uncomfortable attire, our distinguishing feature, is a few bricks shy--Oh...stop that Fr... ...is hand into her own. Sister Mary Elizabeth was putting a Christmas wreath on the door and slapping Sister Connie’s fat hand. “Get out of the ... ... “Get out of the way, you. I may be 78 years old but if I can’t put up a wreath on my own that’s the time you choke me and send me off to happier p... ... bloody bodied woman being stuffed in the trunk; of him dressed in formal attire at that inconclusive inquest as to what had happened to his wife; o...

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...stern-looking gentleman, clad as for a solemn festival in grave and costly attire, but with a great bloodstain on his richly wrought band; the second,... ...s and disconsolate, in a rusty black silk gown, and with a turban of cloud-wreaths on its head. The custom of the shop fell off, because a story got a... ...h and old-maiden-like misery arising from a sense of un- seemliness in her attire. Thus, she was fain to shrink deeper into herself, as it were, as if... ...her would it be seemly in Judge Pyncheon, gen- erally so scrupulous in his attire, to show himself at a dinner- table with that crimson stain upon his... ...ntaloons, of roomy width, and might be pronounced scrupulously neat in his attire, but for a broad crimson stain across his snowy neckcloth and down h...

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...nd simply as though all the rosettes and lace, all the minute details of her attire, had not cost her or her family a moment’s attention, as though sh... ...her head, among her black hair—her own, with no false additions—was a little wreath of pansies, and a bouquet of the same in the black ribbon of her s... ... in lilac, and that her charm was just that she always stood out against her attire, that her dress could never be noticeable on her. And her black dr... ...e of protection towards Kitty. With a flying, feminine glance she scanned her attire, and made a movement of her head, hardly perceptible, but understo... ..., on turning, after the departure of her guests, to the consideration of her attire, was very much annoyed. She was generally a mistress of the art of... ...er to go to greet his mother and put down the flowers, or to finish making the wreath and go with the flowers. The governess, after saying good morning, ... ...hile had long ago been quite ready, and in her white dress and long veil and wreath of orange blossoms she was standing in the drawing room of the Sht... ...d making a sign to Levin, walked back again. The priest lighted two candles, wreathed with flowers, and holding them side ways so that the wax dropped... ...epan Arkadyevitch was telling his sister in law his joke about divorce. “The wreath wants setting straight,” she answered, not hearing him. “What a pi...

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... the back hall to the parlor. The room was awash with candlelight. A gilt wreath filled with a ring of fat beeswax candles drew the eye to the cent... ...passion to encircle her, tugging her free of her own self-control. Daniel wreathed her face in light, soft kisses, as if he sought the reality of h... ...esperate to be loved, she would put aside herself for it? Silky black curls wreathed her face, and he remembered her frizzy blond wig and her painte... ...ut he gave her none. Clutching a large brocade pillow to cover her wispy attire, Morgan skittered along the edges of the room to hide behind the ... ...ble wardrobe. Over the years, a dozen or more clippings which detailed the attire of Daniel’s wife at this party or that had found their way into Mo... ...Gertie opened it to reveal a round, red-faced maid with steam-frizzled hair wreathing her starched, white cap. “Excuse me, ma’am. Miss Gable’s b... ...d.” Ronan took another slurp of cocoa. Raising his fingers to his lips, wreathed in chocolate and cream, he pinched them together. “Mmmmm. Mmm...

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...92 Coleridge: Poems An Ode in the Manner of Anacreon 1792 As late, in wreaths, gay flowers I bound, Beneath some roses Love I found: And by h... ...hin the petals of a Rose A sleeping Love I spied. Around his brows a beamy wreath Of many a lucent hue; All purple glow’d his cheek, beneath, Ine... ...rtstring with delight; No more shall deck thy pensive Pleasures sweet With wreaths of sober hue my evening seat! Yet dear to [My] Fancy’s Eye thy v... ...e soul of Love! O’er Disappointment’s wintry desert fling Each flower that wreath’d the dewy locks of Spring, When blushing, like a bride, from Hop... ...string with delight — No more shall deck your pensive Pleasures sweet With wreaths of sober hue my evening seat. Yet dear to Fancy’s eye your varie... ...parts Coleridge: Poems Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and... ...tesies which had been dictated by the same affection to the same object when attired in feminine loveliness or in manly beauty. ELIZ What a ...

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... novation of a new kind of knocker, without any face at all, composed of a wreath depending from a hand or small truncheon. A little trouble and atten... ...arge draughts of Barclay’s best, and puffing forth volumes of smoke, which wreathed heavily above their heads, and involved the 66 Sketches by Boz ro... ...orseback? Can our friend in the military uniform ever appear in threadbare attire, or descend to the compara- tively un-wadded costume of every-day li... ...the addition, perhaps, of a lady’s pink dress covered with spangles; white wreaths, stage shoes, and a tiara like a tin lamp reflec- tor. They have be... ...resaid gentleman for the time being. At the present moment, this elegantly-attired indi- vidual is in the act of entering the duplicate he has just ma... ...tuation would once have aroused. In the next box, is a young female, whose attire, mis- erably poor, but extremely gaudy, wretchedly cold, but extrava... ... either side of the fireplace. They were all cleanly—many of them decently—attired, and there was nothing peculiar, either in their appearance or deme... ... was that Mr. Wilkins presented himself, one Monday afternoon, in his best attire, with his face more shining and his waistcoat more bright than eithe...

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... novation of a new kind of knocker, without any face at all, composed of a wreath depending from a hand or small truncheon. A little trouble and atten... ...arge draughts of Barclay’s best, and puffing forth volumes of smoke, which wreathed heavily above their heads, and involved the 66 Sketches by Boz ro... ...orseback? Can our friend in the military uniform ever appear in threadbare attire, or descend to the compara- tively un-wadded costume of every-day li... ...the addition, perhaps, of a lady’s pink dress covered with spangles; white wreaths, stage shoes, and a tiara like a tin lamp reflec- tor. They have be... ...resaid gentleman for the time being. At the present moment, this elegantly-attired indi- vidual is in the act of entering the duplicate he has just ma... ...tuation would once have aroused. In the next box, is a young female, whose attire, mis- erably poor, but extremely gaudy, wretchedly cold, but extrava... ... either side of the fireplace. They were all cleanly—many of them decently—attired, and there was nothing peculiar, either in their appearance or deme... ... was that Mr. Wilkins presented himself, one Monday afternoon, in his best attire, with his face more shining and his waistcoat more bright than eithe... ...tment was small, the door was closed, the smoke powerful: it hung in heavy wreaths over the room, and at length found its way behind the curtain. Cymo...

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...iety of wry mouths indicative of anything but satisfaction. The whole were attired in such motley, ill-assorted, extraordinary gar- ments, as would ha... ...e usual acknowledgment, and glided away . She was neatly, but very quietly attired; so much so, in- deed, that it seemed as though her dress, if it ha... ...e paper said,) upon the stage at Winchester,—when that young lady herself, attired in the coal-scuttle bonnet and walking-dress complete, tripped into... ...- chiefs, and uttering shouts of ‘Bravo!’ Mrs Borum and the governess cast wreaths upon the stage, of which, some flut- tered into the lamps, and one ... ...er and louder. At length, when the phenomenon picked up one of the smoking wreaths and put it on, sideways, over Miss Snevellicci’s eye, it reached it... ...hus spake Sir T umley), Mrs Wititterly had gone to sleep. She then hastily attired her- self for walking, and leaving word that she should return with... ... exchang- ing the habiliments of a melodramatic empress for the ordi- nary attire of matrons in the nineteenth century . And with the assistance of th...

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...ness. And this she gathered from the people’s eyes: This too the women who attired her head, To please her, dwelling on his boundless love, Told Enid,... ...his noble prince who won our earldom back, So splendid in his acts and his attire, Sweet heaven, how much I shall discredit him! Would he could tarry ... ... And so descended. Never man rejoiced More than Geraint to greet her thus attired; And glancing all at once as keenly at her As careful robins eye th... ...ny such be mine—I fly to thee. Save, save me thou—Woman of women—thine The wreath of beauty, thine the crown of power, Be thine the balm of pity, O He... ...ace: then he found a door, And darkling felt the sculptured ornament That wreathen round it made it seem his own; And wearied out made for the couch ... ... for all the land was full of life. And when at last he came to Camelot, A wreath of airy dancers hand-in-hand Swung round the lighted lantern of the ...

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...iety of wry mouths indicative of anything but satisfaction. The whole were attired in such motley, ill-assorted, extraordinary gar- ments, as would ha... ...e usual acknowledgment, and glided away . She was neatly, but very quietly attired; so much so, in- deed, that it seemed as though her dress, if it ha... ...e paper said,) upon the stage at Winchester,—when that young lady herself, attired in the coal-scuttle bonnet and walking-dress complete, tripped into... ...- chiefs, and uttering shouts of ‘Bravo!’ Mrs Borum and the governess cast wreaths upon the stage, of which, some flut- tered into the lamps, and one ... ...er and louder. At length, when the phenomenon picked up one of the smoking wreaths and put it on, sideways, over Miss Snevellicci’s eye, it reached it... ...hus spake Sir T umley), Mrs Wititterly had gone to sleep. She then hastily attired her- self for walking, and leaving word that she should return with... ... exchang- ing the habiliments of a melodramatic empress for the ordi- nary attire of matrons in the nineteenth century . And with the assistance of th... ...ssure. Through all the spring and sum- mertime, garlands of fresh flowers, wreathed by infant hands, rested on the stone; and, when the children came ...

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...let me crown, our bridal,” quoth Grace, plac- ing on her sister’s head the wreath of white roses. “Treacherous child!” cried Rachel, putting up her ha... ...d thanks followed, and the mother looked critically at the position of the wreath, and Rachel for the first time turned to the glass and met a set of ... ... practical and intellectual as she had been in the habit of supposing. The wreath of white roses, which she wore for the first time, certainly had a p... ...at on her head, looking fearfully girlish, thought her cousins, though her attire was still rigidly black. “Oh, I am so glad to see you; Don is so muc... ...ney to spend upon adornments, her blue silk dinner dress, and her birthday wreath, should and must do duty; and as to her mother’s giving her finery, ...

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...r as Etretat, lifting my eyes suddenly, I perceived some- thing singularly attired standing on the crest of 85 Selected Writings the declivity; it lo... ... they let her lie. Behind her, a soldier was carrying a parcel of feminine attire, and the officer said, rubbing his hands: ‘We will just see whether ... ...ng his way, I felt the stones, the crosses, the iron rail- ings, the metal wreaths, and the wreaths of faded flowers! I read the names with my fingers...

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...re them, th’ unwieldy Elephant 345 To make them mirth us’d all his might, & wreathd His Lithe Proboscis; close the Serpent sly Insinuating, wove ... ...ce, and Clouds began To darken all the Hill, and smoak to rowl In duskie wreathes, reluctant flames, the signe Of wrauth awak’t: nor with less d... ...the great first-Movers hand 500 First wheeld thir course; Earth in her rich attire Consummate lovly smil’d; Aire, Water, Earth, By Fowl, Fish, Be... ... Saile; 515 So varied hee, and of his tortuous Traine Curld many a wanton wreath in sight of EVE, To lure her Eye; shee busied heard the sound ... ...ugh his veins, and all his joynts relax’d; From his slack hand the Garland wreath’d for EVE Down drop’d, and all the faded Roses shed: Speechles...

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...ers of sedge, and bur-reeds like German morgensterns, while above the long wreaths of dog- roses projected, the sweet honeysuckle twined about, and th... ...long with a wondrous swimming grace, as her dainty feet twinkled, her arms wreathed themselves, and her eyes shone with enjoyment. If she could only h... ...nce, inclosed by arches of trellis-work on which roses were trained, their wreaths now bearing a profusion of blossoms of every exquis- ite tint, from... ...f geranium.” And through the back drawing-room door came Babie, in walking attire, declaiming— “’Tis Cecil, by the jingling steel, ’Tis Cec... ...showed ill-humour. She was vexed with Esther for her taste in bridesmaid’s attire (hers was given by her uncle); sarcastic to Cecil for his choice of ... ...ld neither stoop, lift, nor use his right arm, he was reduced to making up wreaths and bouquets, with Lina to supply him with flowers, since he was th... ...es. Out came at last one of the choice dark green books, with a clema- tis wreath stamped on the cover, and it was put into Barbara’s lap. “How pretty...

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...ld al- ready, for the Bargeton arms are blazoned thus: the first or, three attires gules; the second, three ox’s heads cabossed, two and one, sable; t... ...rvaded by the sweet influences of early married days, still crowned by the wreath of orange blossoms and the bridal veil; days when the springtide of ...

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... simply as though all the rosettes and lace, all the minute details of her attire, had not cost her or her family a moment’s attention, as though she ... ...r head, among her black hair—her own, with no false additions—was a little wreath of pansies, and a bouquet of the same in the black ribbon of her sas... ...n lilac, and that her charm was just that she always stood out against her attire, that her dress could never be noticeable on her. And her black dres... ...f protection towards Kitty. With a flying, feminine glance she scanned her attire, and made a movement of her head, hardly perceptible, but under- 95... ... turning, after the departure of her guests, to the con- sideration of her attire, was very much annoyed. She was generally a mistress of the art of d...

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..., to a sensitive observer, there was some thing exquisitely painful in it. Her attire, which indeed, she had wrought for the occasion in prison, and h... ...of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind ... ...e a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause, with all its wreathed intervolutions in open sight. His face darkened with some powe... ...one ornament — the scarlet letter — which it was her doom to wear. The child’s attire, on the other hand, was distinguished by a fanciful, or, we may ... ...d a native grace which does not invariably co exist with faultless beauty; its attire, however simple, always impressed the beholder as if it were the... ...sted of some ponderous chairs, the backs of which were elaborately carved with wreaths of oaken flowers; and likewise a table in the same taste, the wh... ...ll the brilliant picturesqueness of her beauty, in its adornment of flowers and wreathed foliage, but more refined and spiritualized than the reality. T... ..., in considerable numbers, among whom, likewise, were many rough figures, whose attire of deer skins marked them as belonging to some of the forest set...

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...f unusual air, seemed to have passed through the jail, vanishing in a tiny wreath of smoke from the cigar. Still, in his captivity, like a lower anima... ...y errand; not empty-handed, but with his offering of cigars. He was neatly attired in a plum-coloured coat, with as large a collar of black velvet as ... ...ke sofa with the block upon it, and the figure in the widow’s dress, as if attired for execution; the fire topped by the mound of damped ashes; the gr... ... secret messages importing that she was not in parlour condition as to her attire, and that she solicited a sight of ‘her child’ in the kitchen; there... ...orms, were like so many whispers of the perils of the place; never-resting wreaths and mazes of mist wandered about, hunted by a moaning wind; and sno... ... he appeared. He then presented himself in a refulgent condition as to his attire, 635 Little Dorrit but looking indefinably shrunken and old. Howeve...

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...ng idly and proudly at ease in the glass of his mind, decked with a wanton wreath, as he dropped a hint, generously vague, just to show the origin of ... ...rl. “What is in me, he sees on her.” It decked her pride to think so, as a wreath on the gravestone. She encouraged her imagination to brood over Clar... ...TON FINISHED her stroll with Crossjay by wind- ing her trailer of ivy in a wreath round his hat and sticking her bunch of grasses in the wreath. She t... ...to dream, I mean.” De Craye wound his finger spirally upward, like a smoke-wreath. “Are you for Irish scenery?” “Irish, English, Scottish.” “All’s one... ...ay lay at his length, with his head resting on a doubled arm, and his ivy- wreathed hat on his cheek, just where she had left him, com- manding him to... ...nt to the schoolroom, where he discovered Clara, beautiful in full evening attire, with her arm on young Crossjay’s shoulder, and heard that the hard ... ... the Pope’s parti-coloured body-guard just now. In my youth their singular attire impressed me. People tell me they have been re-uniformed: I am sorry...

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... who was to pass the valley, vowed of his own accord to hang a fresh day’s wreath on the rails. He would not hear of money for the purchase, and they ... ... performing in character, were a neutral people, grotesques and arabesques wreathed about the mar- gins of the scene. Venus or Fortune smote them to a... ...e. What with her name and her hair and her build and her singular style of attire, one wonders at her coming into civilized parts. She ‘s utterly unli... ... As he had been little mauled, he could present a face to her, expecting a wreath of smiles for the victor. What are we to think of the contrarious yo... ... inciden- tal gravity, on a morning at breakfast, that this article of his attire ‘was beginning to resemble London snow.’ She was amused; she promise... ... bent inward. They were Protestant graves, not so impressive to him as the wreathed and gilt of those under dedication to Feltre’s Madonna. But whatev... ...he house; it stood. Fifty paces below, a column of opal smoke had begun to wreathe and stretch a languid flag. The ‘rouse’ promised to Lord Levellier ...

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...e loneliest I had ever known. Looking towards the open window, I saw light wreaths from Joe’s pipe floating there, and I fancied it was like a blessin... ...eir unholy interment under the gravel. A frouzy mourning of soot and smoke attired this forlorn creation of Barnard, and it had strewn ashes on its he... ...es. His arms and legs were like great pincushions of those shapes, and his attire disguised him absurdly; but I knew his half- closed eye at one glanc... ...ck. “Here’s Miss Skiffins! Let’s have a wedding.” That discreet damsel was attired as usual, except that she was now engaged in substituting for her g...

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...f unusual air, seemed to have passed through the jail, vanishing in a tiny wreath of smoke from the cigar. Still, in his captivity, like a lower anima... ...y errand; not empty-handed, but with his offering of cigars. He was neatly attired in a plum-coloured coat, with as large a collar of black velvet as ... ...ke sofa with the block upon it, and the figure in the widow’s dress, as if attired for execution; the fire topped by the mound of damped ashes; the gr... ... secret messages importing that she was not in parlour condition as to her attire, and that she solicited a sight of ‘her child’ in the kitchen; there...

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...chivalrous ap- pearance, which is far more easily imagined than described. Attired in this magnificent costume, I first presented myself before Colone... ...et three. He was habited for the evening meal in the costly, though simple attire of the nobleman of the period—and his costume a good deal resembled ... ...d had sup- plied his wrists and bosom with the most costly laces; and thus attired, with an opera-hat placed on one side of his head, or- namented wit... ...didly illuminated to receive them. Servitors, in rich liveries, (they were attired in doublets of the sky-blue broadcloth of Y pres, and hose of the r... ...ffo?” exclaimed a voice from the cavern; and presently, from be- neath the wreaths of geranium and magnolia, appeared an in- tensely venerable, ancien... ...too, that he had seen in the streets numerous other bands of men similarly attired in green. On ask- ing at the cathedral porch the cause of this asse... ...ron was declared conqueror at the ring; and Jemmy awarded him the prize, a wreath of white roses, which she placed on his lance; he receiving it grace... ...ar hit the right place; for it carried off the Baron’s helmet, plume, rose-wreath and all; but his Excellency hit truer still—his lance took Tagrag on...

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...by word Of magic or some fairy’s power, at once Behold me rich in monies and attired 35 In splendid clothes, with hose of silk, and hair Glittering li... ...n 55 But with more shame, for my habiliments, The transformation and the gay attire. Delighted did I take my place again At our domestic table; and, d... ... no doubt yet standing there, an ash, With sinuous trunk, boughs exquisitely wreathed: Up from the ground and almost to the top The trunk and master b... ...ejection taken up for pleasure’s sake, 485 And gilded sympathies, the willow wreath, Even among those solitudes sublime, And sober posies of funereal ... ...novelties in speech, Domestic manners, customs, gestures, looks, And all the attire of ordinary life, Attention was at first engrossed; and thus 85 Amu...

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...ght carrying the child, the other with bowed face crouching by her side. A wreath of immortelles under a glass dome had thus attracted them; and, draw... ...ries of men and scenes, rigging up (it may be) some especial friend in the attire of a buccaneer, and decreeing armies to manoeuvre, or murder to be d...