When she came to the two lines she liked best in it, Perhaps in those wooded islands That gem the proud bay's breast— she looked up sidewise at him to see if he admired them.
The pearl he admired was in itself of great price and truest purity, but he was not the man who, in appreciating the gem, could forget its setting.
Overcast enough it was my nature often to be; of a subdued habit I was: but the dimness and depression must both be voluntary—such as kept me docile at my desk, in the midst of my now well-accustomed pupils in Madame Beck's first classe; or alone, at my own bedside, in her dormitory, or in the alley and seat which were called mine, in her garden: my qualifications were not convertible, nor adaptable; they could not be made the foil of any gem, the adjunct of any beauty, the appendage of any grea
Work or suffering found her listless and dejected, powerless and repining; but gaiety expanded her butterfly's wings, lit up their gold-dust and bright spots, made her flash like a gem, and flush like a flower.
" And busily, in my own mind, I ran over the list of our inmates, seeking this paragon, this pearl of great price, this gem without flaw.
The house was just covered with ivy and there was a most delightful old garden—"and," added the Story Girl, with the joy of a connoisseur who has found a rare gem, "the sweetest little story connected with it.
All brought such contributions as they could muster, and all were eager about a certain tableau which was to be the gem of the whole, they thought.
Suppose it should be discovered hereafter that a gem of art has been amongst us in this town, and nobody in Middlemarch awake to it.
Gem Tours & Travels, an Indian travel agency, announced $2,000 tours to the US including a vaccine shot, NBC News reported.
Don't let anything or anyone let you doubt how beautiful you are because you are a gem like no other.
42 carat gem the following year after its discovery.
There are more than 71 carats, including a particularly large gem at the center.
Lucara had originally hoped to get at least $70 million for the stone, describing it as the biggest gem quality diamond found in more than a century.
Bidding for the gem, which was found by De Beers at a mine in Africa in 1999 and cut over a period of two years, began at $56m.
Distinguished by its distinctive characters and clarity of tone, Ties is a gem.
Pictures from the scene of the recovery show local politician U Tint Soe standing next to the giant gem as it towers above him.
Santa was so embarrassed and didn't know what to say to Frosty, his cutest gem.
However, in dismissing all of what they have to say, you may miss a gem or two.
The gemology institute in the capital Colombo has certified that the gem weighs 1404.
They were the gem of ancient Chinese culture.