There, too, she descried Stiva, and there she saw the exquisite figure and head of Anna in a black
velvet gown.
It was not till after dinner that I discovered some one had cut a square foot of
velvet from the centre of my best camera-cloth.
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's
velvet lining that the lamplght gloated o'er, But whose
velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore!
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's
velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose
velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore!
In one room, which looked like a lady's sitting-room, the hangings were all embroidered
velvet, and in a cabinet were about a hundred little elephants made of ivory.
Altogether, the box was the most ordinary box in the world, with its red hangings, its chairs, its carpet and its ledge covered in red
velvet. After, feeling the carpet in the most serious manner possible, and discovering nothing more here or anywhere else, they went down to the corresponding box on the pit tier below.
In London King Henry and his fair Queen Eleanor held their court, gay with ladies in silks and satins and
velvets and cloth of gold, and also brave knights and gallant courtiers.
"And an embroidered crimson
velvet coat," said Clara, laughing, "and a gold brocade waistcoat down to your knees."
In other respects his costume was plain, and his hair evenly cut enough for customers, who were not close observers, to take him for a mere tailor's apprentice, perched behind the board, and carefully stitching cloth or
velvet. Nevertheless, this man held up his head too often to be very productively employed with his fingers.
Sir Nigel was still in his
velvet dress of peace, with flat
velvet cap of maintenance, and curling ostrich feather clasped in a golden brooch.
She lighted the gas, and, as she removed the little
velvet hat, she felt her lips still tingling with the kiss.
Tupman, that it is your intention to put yourself into a green
velvet jacket, with a two-inch tail?'
Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and
velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
He was dressed in a rich costume of pink silk and purple
velvet, and my grandfather thought he would see what he could do.
The countess was to wear a claret-colored
velvet dress, and the two girls white gauze over pink silk slips, with roses on their bodices and their hair dressed a la grecque.
