This I have in my hand is an ingenious contrivance—a sort of practical rebus, I may call it: here, you see, it looks like an elegant heart-shaped box, portable—for the pocket; there, again, it becomes like a splendid double flower—an ornament for the table; and now"—Mr.
She knew that she was a much more exquisite ornament to the drawing-room there than any daughter of the family, and in reflecting that the gentlemen were aware of that, did not perhaps sufficiently consider whether the ladies would be eager to see themselves surpassed.
a table ornament To suit the richest mounting.
" She seated herself on a dark ottoman with the brown books behind her, looking in her plain dress of some thin woollen-white material, without a single ornament on her besides her wedding-ring, as if she were under a vow to be different from all other women; and Will sat down opposite her at two yards' distance, the light falling on his bright curls and delicate but rather petulant profile, with its defiant curves of lip and chin.
Pigg know what it was, but Buddy's mother and sister thought it was quite a pretty ornament, and Mrs.
When the general had satisfied his own curiosity, in a close examination of every well-known ornament, they proceeded into the library, an apartment, in its way, of equal magnificence, exhibiting a collection of books, on which an humble man might have looked with pride.
The tradition involves hiding the pickle ornament among the branches, and rewarding the child who finds it with the chance to open gifts first — or, alternatively, that person simply gets good luck for the year.
Each pile contained an ornament along with its matching brothers and sisters from sets purchased many years ago.
The confectioner of the town came out, and set up his booth there; and soon after came another confectioner, who hung a bell over his stand, as a sign or ornament, but it had no clapper, and it was tarred over to preserve it from the rain.
I see well that you are both for use and ornament, my dear young lady.
A Christmas tree ornament that is a mini-replica of the now-famous red hat with Donald Trump's campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again' has sold out on Amazon.
30、Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament.
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament, , And only herald to the gaudy spring, , Within thine own bud buriest thy content, , And, tender churl, mak'st waste in niggarding.
So is it not with me as with that Muse Stirr'd by a painted beauty to his verse, Who heaven itself for ornament doth use And every fair with his fair doth rehearse Making a couplement of proud compare, With sun and moon, with earth and sea's rich gems, With April's first-born flowers, and all things rare That heaven's air in this huge rondure hems.
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding.
I see well that you are both for use and ornament, my dear young lady.
The confectioner of the town came out, and set up his booth there; and soon after came another confectioner, who hung a bell over his stand, as a sign or ornament, but it had no clapper, and it was tarred over to preserve it from the rain.
A flawless jade ornament, or a coarse, gross brick will always remain silent if it is left untouched, but who can draw an equal sign between them?
Daniel Akst, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011 Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind.
