tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me; — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good, heavy silks are never... Household Friends for Every Season - Page 52by James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 327 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pages
...not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me; — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good, heavy silks are...drive So fast that folks must stop and stare; An easy gait—two forty-five — Suits me ; I do not care; — Perhaps, for just a single spurt, Some seconds... | |
| A. Wolfromm - 1900 - 240 pages
...Some, not so large, in rings, A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do* for me — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire (Good, heavy silks are...might* desire Some shawls of true Cashmere — Some narrowy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. . . Thus humble let* me live and... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1901 - 264 pages
...Some narrowy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. l would not have the horse l drive So fast that folks must stop and stare : An easy gait — two, forty-five — Suits me ; l do not care ; — Perhaps, for just a sniffle spurt, Some seconds less would do no hurt. Of pictures,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1902 - 352 pages
...— I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy silks are never dear); — 1 own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere,...stare ; An easy gait — two, forty-five — Suits me ; 1 do not care : — • Perhaps, for just a single ipurt, Some seconds less would do no hurt. Of... | |
| Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1906 - 360 pages
...if you have seen silk crape consider whether he has described it well in the last two lines: My dame should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy silks...of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. Do you know how marrow looks, and hence know the meaning of marrowy? Do you know the value of Cashmere... | |
| Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1903 - 360 pages
...you have seen silk crape consider whether he has described it well in the last two lines : My dame should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy silks...of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. Do you know how marrow looks, and hence know the meaning of marrowy? Do you know the value of Cashmere... | |
| Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1903 - 360 pages
...you have seen silk crape consider whether he has described it well in the last two lines : My dame should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy silks...of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. Do you know how marrow looks, and hence know the meaning of marrowy ? Do you know the value of Cashmere... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1903 - 108 pages
...silks are never dear ;)* I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere, — K Some mariwwy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded...stop and stare ; An easy gait — two, forty-five — 40 Suits me ; I do not care ; — Perhaps, for just a single spurt, Some seconds less would do... | |
| 1903 - 820 pages
...Some, not so large, in rings, A ruby, and a pearl or so, Will do for me — I laugh at show My dame should dress in cheap attire, (Good, heavy silks are...I might desire Some shawls of true cashmere. Some narrowy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. I would not have the horse I drive... | |
| Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1536 pages
...was first applied to a European texture. [Its use in English dates from 1633, according to the NED] " I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere — Some narrowy старев of China silk, Like wrinkled skins, or xcalded milk." OW Holmet, ' ConttnbufHt.'... | |
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