| 单词 | broider |
| 例句 | Above the mail was a short surcoat of black, but broidered on the breast in silver with the token of the Tree. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And I too made him gifts: a good bronze blade, a cloak with lining and a broidered shirt, and sent him off in his trim ship with honor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No paltry dignity that, sir, to be chief magistrate of the city of London, and ride to court in a gold and scarlet dress, and broidered ruffles! Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z A monkey mowed and gibbered on the back of her chair; and a parrot, vieing in brilliance with the broidered birds on the wall, hung by its claws from a ring above her head. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in 34 blue clothes and broidered work and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar among thy merchandise. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z This sun-dial is a literal exemplification of the words of Emerson:— "A calendar Exact to days, exact to hours, Counted on the spacious dial Yon broidered Zodiac girds." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Her wise maidens answered her; nay, she answered herself: 'Will they not find spoil and divide it; one or two maidens to each, spoil of broidered robes for Sisera?' The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z Although there was no cash in silken fob or broidered pocket, the Elect denied themselves no luxury. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z A tantalising cousin was Miss Doreen to him; suggesting broidered capes and becoming ruffles when amiably disposed, which, when with pain and grief he got them made, received no notice from her whatsoever. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Glint of the glittering wings of dragon-flies in the light: Silver filaments, golden flakes settling downwards, Rippling, quivering flutters, repulse and surrender, The sun broidered upon the rain, The rain rustling with the sun. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z An awning of fine blue linen, broidered with deer, in memory of beloved Nara, cast a shadow upon the mats of the summer-house, which were further shaded by a natural cascade of wisteria. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Syria is thy merchant, because of the number of the wares of thy skill; they make thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z The horseman again bent his head, and then, replacing his hat, shook the broidered reins and galloped off in the direction he had chosen for his equestrian amusement. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Sara's nature was one which needed sun and flowers, hourly solicitude and broidered blanketing, yet here was she cast upon a rocky coast, battered by cold winds, which threatened to become each day more easterly! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z You'd know him for my husband dear By broidered kerchief on his spear. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The man's attire was strange and incongruous, for though his garb was that of a peasant, the cloth from out of which his sharp eyes peered was of silk broidered with silver. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z And a cream—very pale cream waistcoat, broidered in with rose. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Gray mosses broider it where the sun lies, and dark green where the water drips. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z He wore a rich robe of red fur broidered with gold, and his beard was bound with a cord to preserve it. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z I have lost my fine rare purse, made of silken cloth and broidered with rich pearls! The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z I shall never know whether or not there would have been room on the corner of that gravy and egg broidered napery for my stupendous total. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The knight took the child, wrapped him in a piece of broidered silk, and went with him towards the water. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Sometimes the satin was broidered with silver wheat, sometimes with pearls, but the blueness of it never faded or lost favor. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The Miserable had that day on his body a fine dress of blue cloth, on which was broidered in two colours his ugly arms. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Others were also clad in the fashion of landsknechts, but in blue, in green, in scarlet, in azure, in crimson, slashed, broidered, blazoned at their own caprice. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z ‘Her bed has not been slept on, and her silken wrapper is still in its broidered case.’ The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z She drew a small piece of blue cloth from the bosom of her dress: it was pinked and broidered, and had the image of the Holy Virgin painted on one side of it. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Cecil Castlemaine spoke no word, but she stretched out her hand and took it—her own costly toy of cambric and lace, with her broidered shield and coronet. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Here and there upon the suit was broidered the Lord Chamberlain's coat of arms in gold thread, and when all was finished Deb looked at herself and felt she was a gorgeous and satisfying sight. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z He will have a pack full of such pretty toys as maidens love,—broidered veils, pomanders, perfumed gloves, girdles—nothing costly enough to tempt robbers—and these wooden poppets of ours. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z He wore a white fur coat with gay-coloured broidered facings, a black fur cap, and high boots--the holiday garb of the Podolian peasant. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z The child looked upon her face; perchance, in his master's delirium, he had caught some knowledge of the story that hung to that broidered toy. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z His broidered cuffs and collar were wrenched out of all shape. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z And, certes, they were all apparelled in gowns of white silk, broidered with gold of special design. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z She was dressed in stuff of silk but scantly broidered with gold, and all wrapped about in a short mantle; in great fear was she lest she be seen. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elisha was that which covered thee. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Love deprives him of his sleep, and for love he writes sonnets and attires himself in smart clothes, broidered over with flowers like a May meadow. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z It was a gray gauze: on the hem of it he noticed an inscription broidered in dark letters. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z But on the day following the joust, the esquires and the gentlefolk, but not the waiting-men, apparelled them, whatsoe'er it cost, in satin, broidered with silver. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z "Did you 'broider this cloth, Aunt July?" asked Mrs. Doggett when the old negress was folding the cloth. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z He wore silk stockings—always; and shoes with cut-steel buckles, whilst frills of broidered lawn encircled his wrists and cascaded above his waistcoat. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Or did you meet a pretty page, Sat swinging on the gate; Sat whistling, whistling like a bird— Or may be slept too late— With eaglets broidered on his cap, And eaglets on his glove? Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z “And his robe that was broidered with peony flowers—my peony flowers.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z In the midst of the throng there sat upon a dais a woman in shining raiment of cloth of silver, broidered with roses that had caught their colour from the rose tint of her face. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z Then there were horns of ivory and ebony; emeralds, purple and broidered work, fine linen, coral and agate. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z The Andalusian jacket—broidered with tags, and short so as to show the scarlet waist-sash—tight trousers, and shoes of untanned leather, are likewise common. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z A gallant figure, too, in coat of mauve velvet with white satin knee-breeches and buckled shoes, broidered waistcoat and fine lace ruffles. A Blot on the Scutcheon Then they would have thrown over her a mantle broidered with plum blossom and pine, but she would have none of it, saying, “No, no, I burn.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z His dress was of rare stuff and I supposed very costly, being all slashed and broidered, and tagged with gold. Idonia: A Romance of Old London Fine linen and broidered work from Egypt she spread for sail. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Her queenly figure clad In broidered raiment glad, Complete and passing sweet, Hath set the sylvan zephyrs mad. The Coast of Bohemia In fur of fox, 'neath 'broidered robe, Thither our prince is come. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches All there saw him clearly, his bright eyes, his sword, and his dress broidered with flowers. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z In the quietest chamber of the house, he was laid upon a costly bed, one of rare wood with feet of ivory and with purple coverlets curiously broidered with gold. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z The Assyrian guests, with austere, black-bearded faces, were seated along the walls upon benches of jasper; they had on garments of a light olive colour, broidered at the edges with designs of red and white. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity And the worthy Jesuit chuckled softly, saying to himself, "There are things in this world which are cheap even at the loss of my best broidered kerchief!" The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Miss Gainor envied him the gold buckles of the broidered garters and shoes, and made her best courtesy to the stately figure which bent low before her. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington As a traveler leaves the plain he will ride up a steep and narrow pathway, broidered with grass and flowers, through scenery which is neither colossal nor overwhelming, but infinitely beautiful and picturesque. The Bible Story My young Gaul and his young freed-woman stain with their blood the couch broidered with narcissi. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The usual trappings, the fancy reins and broidered saddlecloths, she had the stableman leave off; she didn't want to call attention to the fact that she was Ewyo's daughter. The Buttoned Sky There are drapes of feather-cloth deftly made, There were plumes and plushes of richest craft, There were broidered robes where the colors played, Like the hands that made them, dainty and daft. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation If, happily, there were not proof to the contrary, we might be apt to imagine that the women of those days came into the world only “to ply the distaff, broider, card, and sew.” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee. The Bible Story He loved his young freed-woman and shared with her his bed of broidered purple. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels It is written out, broidered with his dull rhetoric, and spoilt a little. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages No: Heaven but faintly warms the breast That beats beneath a broidered veil; And she who comes in glittering vest To mourn her frailty, still is frail. Household Papers and Stories Some of them wore soft felt hats, some appeared in coats of velvet or satin, frogged, broidered, or trimmed with fur; others were enveloped in Spanish cloaks, and the array of caps was quite miraculous. Home Life of Great Authors Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning. The Bible Story An artist sits with his back to us and on his canvas he broiders the image of his good wife. Ivory Apes and Peacocks There is something broidered on his— By my soul, it is the Red Hand of Tyr-owen! Nuala O'Malley Here is a new cloak which my mother broidered; give it to the priests who will sing Masses for my soul. Legends & Romances of Brittany Then, with crimson gems aflame Through the door the three kings came, And the black Ethiop unrolled The richly broidered cloth of gold, And pourèd forth before thee there Gold and frankincense and myrrh! Collected Poems Volume One I clothed thee with broidered work, and shod thee with badger-skins. Needlework As Art High in his gilded chariot, decked in robes Of broidered purple, and with laurel crowned, Rode the triumphant conqueror, in his hand The emblems of his power. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 Chanting, and with a regal sweep Of their ’broidered garments up and down The strand, came the mighty waves of the deep, Dragging the wave-worn drift from its sleep Along the sea-sands bare and brown. Poems Light was that robe as mist; and not a gem Or ornament impedes its wavy fold, Long and profuse; save that, above its hem, 'Twas broidered with pomegranate-wreath, in gold. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 History attests the main incidents and characters of Kinmont Willie as true to the facts; and tradition has broidered the story with incidents which the ballad itself does not record. The Balladists Famous Scots Series He drew aside his broidered vest, And there, like slumbering serpent's crest, The jeweled haft of poniard bright Glittered a moment on the sight. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems Then drest in their best, In their gold broidered vest, It is known as a fact, That they act with much tact, And they lisp out 'How do?' Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements But on the heights the warm radiance from the west pours its full flood, lighting up all the flowerets of delicate pink flax and golden chrysanthemum and blue campanula with which the grass is broidered. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit If he could see her now in the empty chair, a rose behind one ear, a silk shawl broidered with grey birds in flight, as on the evening when they first met.… The Education of Eric Lane The little girl's sash was of many-flowered brocade, with scarlet broidered pouch hanging at her right side. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories Her hat was wound around with a green veil, and her gauntlet gloves were of yellow buckskin broidered with black. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia It appears from the Holy Scriptures, that it was chiefly from Egypt that cloth made of this fine flax was brought: “fine linen with broidered work from Egypt.” The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Over the bed hung a tarnished canopy broidered with a coronet, which, from the strawberry leaves and the pearls raised above them, I took to be the coronet of a count of English origin. The Maids of Paradise "The princes of the sea" have "come down from their thrones, and" laid "away their robes, and put off their broidered garments." Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge It rests the eye and brain to gaze at those cool green levels, broidered with silvery rivulets, and watch the water stealing among rushes and tall rustling reeds. A Vanished Hand Then I got mamma's new scrap-basket, trimmed with roses, what Mrs. Simmons 'broidered for the church fair and piled all of the kid's toys into it. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Dame, it is seven crowns for the hood I wrought, and three more for a girdle was owing aforetime, and now four for kerchiefs broidering: it is fourteen crowns in all. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Like torches lit for carnival, The fiery lilies straight and tall Burn where the deepest shadow is; Still dance the columbines cliff-hung, And like a broidered veil outflung The many-blossomed clematis. A Bird-Lover in the West “And there’s your broidered gauntlet, that you gave somewhat easily, my Lady Barbara.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Even the chimney tops are broidered over with graceful designs and covered with a fine basket work in metal. In Château Land Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handyworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature It struck so cold to my heart that I had hard work to keep my broidering in a straight line. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers The skeleton reclined upon a sheet of pure gold, extending the whole length of the body, which had been wrapped in a mantle broidered with gold and studded with precious stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The white robes of the altar servants, broidered vestments of the priests and pallid torches of a hundred candles belonged to the Rome of Caesar Borgia and not to the Rome of Caesar Nero. The Orchard of Tears Caesar, before whom Albinik and Meroë cast down their eyes for fear of betraying their hatred, had exchanged his armor for a long robe of richly broidered silk. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death The rough brown walls took the shine and broidered themselves with a thread of golden tracery. Judith of the Cumberlands He had for girdle a belt, broidered in Babylonian fashion with many varied colours. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura The rich bring to their lord pearls, carvings of ivory, white chargers, and costly broidered garments. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Fair broidered cloths, gardens and villages, Chariots and steeds and slaves. Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. Here we look on our inviter, Belted with a belt of woollen, Woven by the Sun's fair daughter, By her beauteous fingers broidered, In the times ere fire existed, And when all unknown was fire. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes They dined by the latticed window; two candles lighted them; old Anne served them—old Anne of Fäouette in her wide white coiffe and collarette, her velvet bodice and her chaussons broidered with the rose. Barbarians It had four posts, and a broidered veil was drawn all round it. He It matters not how small and commonplace our efforts seem, the rice and the pigeons of the poor showed Kublan Kahn his subjects' loyalty as fully as the ivory carvings and the costly broidered garment. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Lightly lying on soft couches, beautiful with 'broidered gold, Friends with friends, they shall be served by youths immortal, who shall hold. Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. Thou hast this day gotten gold, eggs, cheeses, and a little blue purse broidered with silver. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country Two country hinds in 'broidered smocks next followed, Each trundled him a cart-wheel by the spokes, Oblivion now their names hath well-nigh swallowed, For they were Stiles and Nokes. Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series I saunter up the walks; My sandals wetted through With dripping flowers and stalks, That line the avenue; My broidered mantle all bedabbled with the dew! The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 She girdled with her broidered zone, And many a chain about her thrown, Showed like a female monkey round Whose body many a string is bound. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Ezekiel in chapter twenty-seven, verse seven, in telling of the glories of Tyre, says: “Of fine linen with broidered work Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign.” Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them The filling of a dower chest was one part of it, and the setting of infinite stitches, each as perfect as a tiny pearl, in much "fair and broidered raiment" was another. Mary Ware's Promised Land I should have thought thy daughter might have put her fancies aside; for what harm can there be in broidering flowers? Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century The Pagans arm themselves, and least of all The Emir would th' advance delay—He wears A hauberk saffron—'broidered round the sides, And clasps his helm with gold and gems inlaid. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier Those grassy spots display the hue Of topazes and sapphires' blue, And, gay with flowers of every dye, With richly broidered housings vie. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Art is better than austerity, and silken robes and 'broidered chasubles are preferable to horsehair and rope. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators When he went to the tourney she gave him a red sleeve "broidered with great pearls," which he bound upon his helmet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 “But I am sure the woman who can broider like this, is clever enough to make a row of harebells and ferns!” Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century “I think you should have lost your time in very deed, and your labour belike, if you spent them on broidering gowns and stitching on buttons, when you had enow aforetime.” The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Some had hunting-shirts bleached to a brighter hue, and broidered with gayer colours. The Scalp Hunters The Earl of Northumberland hath a blue coat, broidered with gold, and a footcloth of the same. Mistress Margery Four linen wimples; two pairs of cloth boots, two of slippers; two corsets; three of those broidered kerchiefs, one better than the others; four pairs of hosen. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him “To broider for my Lady,” said Belasez, in a low, clear, musical voice. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail.... A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole And”—with an oath—“if she hath put in my blue taffata, broidered with seed-pearl, I would I might serve as a kitchener!” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada To think of all this bit of broidered velvet has seen,—what joyous sights! Paul Patoff Completely worn out at last with his restless striding to and fro, he falls into the old state chair with its broidered blazonry and gilt escutcheons. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy She stopped in mid-waltz; touched my friend on the broidered chevron with taper fingers, and sweetly said: "Captain, may I trouble you to dismount?" Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Therewithal the Tyrians are gathered full in the wide feasting chamber, and take their appointed places on the broidered cushions. The Aeneid of Virgil But they do not know the secret of that broidered kerchief,—the secret of that terrible death-clasp, which she never, never can forget. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 They wandered round to the back by a path that skirted the house, a path all broidered with rose-bushes. The Dictator He makes his way through the crowd, passes on through the orange trees, in the niches between which stand the now deserted seats rich in broidered tapestry. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Every fresh cap that was exploded, every new flag that was broidered, was duly chronicled by the rabid press. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death And now all the army was advancing on the open plain, rich in horses, rich in raiment of broidered gold. The Aeneid of Virgil And when the time comes, one of the broidered India scarves that were had of Staveley, for summer wear; but that anon. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Methought I saw the nether end of a mitre, broidered on the sleeve of the shorter man, where his cloak was caught aside upon the settle knob. All's Well Alice's Victory A few tapers burn around, and black draperies broidered with silver flow closely round the tombs. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And the flags for their pet regiments—though many a bitter tear was broidered into their folds—were always given with the brave injunction to bear them worthily, even to the death! Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death It is an honest task to shame the 'broidered youth from meditation on waistcoats and the display of polka steps into manly pursuits. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry To sew by degrees, And ’broider the long clothes and neat little coat! O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems A wickedly cynical saying to have broidered on one's case, even if you have found ladies' commissions troublesome and productive of much inconvenience. Belles and Ringers The notion that flowers broider or ornament the ground is common in poetry: comp. Milton's Comus The diamond points were the eyes of thousands of tarantula spiders with which the curtain was broidered. Brood of the Witch-Queen Now and then, as I watched, a knight fell, and a horse tore away riderless, his gold-'broidered trappings floating on the wind. Set in Silver So she shall go with a lifter's dower, my turquoise studded rein, My broidered saddle and saddle-cloth, and silver stirrups twain.’ Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys Her lily fingers that so well Could paint a scene—in aquarelle— Or broider plush with leaves and vines, No more of real labor knew Than waxen petals of the dew On native eglantines. Poems Vol. IV Sometimes they were broidered with gold, sometimes they were all white, especially in the day of expiation. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Now in those days, like fair ladies outvying one another in wearing gowns broidered with flowers, the towns of Italy made it their pride to cover the walls of their Churches and Cloisters with paintings. The Well of Saint Clare See, Miss Daisy 'That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.' Melbourne House It is the stuff of nature broidered by nature. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary First ride Æneas and Achates; in the rear Troy's nobles, led by Pallas, in the pride Of broidered scarf and figured arms, appear. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor It was a fair and noble maid, She dwelt in her father's hall; Both linen and silk did she broider and braid, Yet found in it solace small. The Feast at Solhoug "In like manner also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shame-facedness, and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array." A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister A thin robe of white silk broidered with gold at once clothed and revealed her graceful and gracious figure, even as a glove covers but does not conceal the hand upon which it is drawn. The Black Douglas His linen was the most spotless broidered and embossed stuff; �rom the crimson scarf round his waist protruded the shagreen and silver handle of a long dagger. Romance Rich housings, wrought in many a purple fold, And broidered rugs adorn them; o'er each breast Hang golden poitrels, glorious to behold. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Several other notables of Losnitza, similarly broidered and accoutred, and mounted on caracoling horses, accompanied us; and we formed a cavalcade that would have astonished even Mr. Batty. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. To hold on her knees Both darlings! to feel all their arms round her throat Cling, struggle a little! to sew by degrees And 'broider the long-clothes and neat little coat! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation A couple of serving-men went behind him, with the Douglas arms broidered on their coats. The Black Douglas Sad Demeter had in a single night Removed her sombre garments! and mine eyes Beheld a 'broidered mantle in pale dyes Thrown o'er her throbbing bosom. Poems of Passion A Lycian case of arrows, bridles twain, All golden—Pallas holds them,—and a vest 190 And scarf of broidered gold his parting thanks expressed. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The leggings and moccasins were beaded and quill broidered, and the skirt was fringed and trimmed with tiny hawk's bells. Montlivet Kenkenes undid his cloak and untying his broidered sandals, wrapped them in his mantle and bound the roll, crosswise, on his back. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt There came a guest with heart so full, that though a page to the Throne, He did not grudge with his broidered coat to wipe off the dust, and read. More Translations from the Chinese She spread across the cover itself and its written sentence her last remaining broidered and laced handkerchief. The Other Girls Now all the host were marching on the meads, Well-horsed, and panoplied in golden gear, With broidered raiment. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I will broider in thy saddle colors fair to see, Sleep, my child, my little darling, sleep, I sing to thee. The Haskalah Movement in Russia It was screened by a slowly swaying curtain of broidered linen, which was tied at its upper corners to brass rings sunk in the stone frame of the door. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Then a little after it was upon the fringes of the coverlet, and it crept up moment by moment across the leopards and lilies that were broidered in gold and blue. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary Mother and son each wore the red rose broidered upon their state robes, and the boy had stuck the crimson blossom in his velvet cap. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young Dark blue and foreign purple clothed his breast, Golden his casque and bow; his mantle's fold Of yellow saffron knots of gold compressed, 874 And buskins bound his knees, and broidered was his vest. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I will broider a bodice—the most beautiful; and you shall give it. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Mistress Anne's small, worn face had dropped so low over her frame that it at last lay upon it, showing white against the silken roses so gaily broidered there. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality He laid the smiling infant, wrapped in its broidered tunic, close by the foot of an oak, and then hurried away that he might not hear its cries. Hero Tales Over these she wore a shirt of buckskin, broidered with beads of many colors, and a necklace of elk teeth, wound twice about the throat. Judith of the Plains Great Jove, to whom our Moorish tribes, reclined On broidered couch, the votive wine-cup drain, See'st thou or, Father, are thy bolts but blind, Mere noise thy thunder, and thy lightnings vain? The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I thought of the "darkness 'broidered with luminous eyes," and I walked forward rapidly, self-assertively. The Green Eyes of Bâst They were ushered into a spacious room, hung with armor and broidered tapestry. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century Thus five days passed, and then the shepherd, who could not forget the babe, came cautiously to the spot to see if, mayhap, even its broidered cloak had been spared by the beasts. Hero Tales Its robes were heaven's blue, lined and broidered in living flame, and its crown was one vast jewel, glistening in glittering glory that made the sun's own face a blackness,—the blackness of utter light. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil Rich presents, too, he sends for, saved of old From Troy, a veil, whose saffron edges shone Fringed with acanthus, glorious to behold, 757 A broidered mantle, stiff with figures wrought in gold. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor But it seemed to me that for one fleeting moment "luminous eyes" indeed "'broidered the darkness!'" The Green Eyes of Bâst Nor yet with broidered hangings strew my path, To awake the unseen ire. The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes Sainfoin reared its long fine filaments; clover unfurled its clear green leaves, plantains brandished forests of spears, lucerne spread out in soft beds of green satin broidered with purple flowers. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Rather ask, does not such a thought come over thine own broidering? The Mississippi Bubble There, entering too, on broidered seats recline The Tyrians, crowding through the festive court. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Here was the unholy tryst, and I pictured the distant woods "peopled with gray things, the branches burdened with winged creatures arisen from the pit; the darkness a curtain 'broidered with luminous eyes...." The Green Eyes of Bâst Rugs for the feet and yonder broidered pall … The names ring diverse!… The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes She answered, "Lady, never"; and she took And spread her broidered robe before her face. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. "See, Miss Daisy—'That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.'" Melbourne House, Volume 2 One, where the belt chafes, and the strong clasp bites The broidered edges,—comeliest of the band, And sheathed in shining mail—the steel-head smites, And rives the ribs, and rolls him on the sand. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Quite near, on the slope of the little wood, the bushes and the bare branches are broidered with drops of water. Light The beautiful velvet and silk closes, broider by silver and gold! The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California Nay, but first Spread o'er these gifts this mantle—fair it is And richly broidered, made to grace a queen— To cover all from sight and keep them hid.— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes She came wrapped closely in a cloak of silken fabric fine and fair called sisclaton; it was red with a border of silver and had a golden lion broidered on it. The Troubadours Besides these, there are trumpeters in crimson cassocks, mounted on goodly horses, and having their clarions adorned with silken pennons, on which the royal arms are broidered. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance I see a room whose curtains invest it with broidered light. Light And I know thy foot was covered 5 With fair Lydian broidered straps; And the petals from a rose-tree Fell within the marble basin. Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics Each lifted up a broidered cross, While crossing blades profaned the sign; Monks blessed the fraticidal lance, And sisters scarfs could twine. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War Hannchen!" she cried, merrily, "come and teach me that trick of the broidering needle. Red Axe Leaning heavily upon the lady, at the end he won to her maiden's chamber, where there was a fair bed covered with a rich dossal of broidered silk, edged with fur. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France But just as they had almost deciphered the secret, the broidered shadow disappeared under a bush, leaving them in new perplexity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 I have tried to broider it with gold, I have tried to hang silver-bells upon the drooping corners thereof. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 To Beowulf gave the bairn of Healfdene a gold-wove banner, guerdon of triumph, broidered battle-flag, breastplate and helmet; and a splendid sword was seen of many borne to the brave one. Beowulf And so the plan abode to be altered, broidered, and recast in the imagination of my heart. Red Axe So this doleful lady took a fair piece of white samite, broidered with gold, and wrought thereon the whole story of this adventure. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France The motley of the Fool, the scarlet of the Cardinal, and the French lilies broidered on the English coats, are all made occasion for jest or taunt in the dialogue. Intentions Was not round him a cloak of gold tissue broidered with stars?’ A House of Pomegranates "Was not thy daughter dark-haired?" said one of the outlaws; "and wore she not a veil of twisted sendal, broidered with silver?" Ivanhoe The Little Playmate had in her hands the broidered handkerchiefs, the long Flemish gloves, and the little illuminated Book of the Hours which I had given her. Red Axe They arrayed the lady freshly in broidered raiment, and carried her before the Soudan, who was a lusty young man. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Their robes and rings were mine to draw from shimmering trays — Brocades and broidered silks, topaz and tourmaline — Their turban-cloths to wind in proud capricious ways, And fasten plumes and pearls and pendent sapphires in. Poems At the end of the hall hung a richly embroidered curtain of black velvet, powdered with suns and stars, the King’s favourite devices, and broidered on the colour he loved best. A House of Pomegranates Her palfrey was pure white, its bridle was covered with glittering gems, and its saddle draped with cloth of gold, richly broidered. Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Unnumbered waves Have broidered with green moss the marble folds About her feet. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China And there was wine there in well-hooped kegs, and wooden cups fairly carven, and raiment of fine white wool for those twain, broidered in strange but beauteous fashion with the feathers of bright-hued birds. The Well at the World's End: a tale Yestere'en the Virgin Mary came near my stove, in a broidered mantle clad, and said to me, 'Here, hide 'neath my veil the child whom you one day begged from me. Les Misérables For hours on end the man sat idle, head bowed down, hands plucking aimlessly at small broidered garments. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Day by day she sang to him while she broidered her web with gold; and her voice was like a golden strand that twines in and out of silence, making it beautiful. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew To-day fresh colours break the soil, and butterflies take wing Down broidered lawns all bright with pearls in the garden of the King. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China He was clad gaily in an orange-tawny coat laced with silver, and broidered with colours. The Well at the World's End: a tale Their leader, clad in a robe broidered with palms, gold crown on head, made his solemn entry into the city. Saint Augustin It was almost all pure gold, and studded with diamonds; and she got besides a noble steed, with a gold broidered saddle-cloth and a golden bit. Popular Tales from the Norse Furthermore, she took to her broidering again, and fell to doing a goodly pair of shoon for Atra, since she had worn those borrowed ones somewhat hardly. The Water of the Wondrous Isles Yes, these remain, and, Canaris! thy arms— The sculptured sabre, faithful in alarms— The broidered garb, the yataghan, the vest Expressive of thy rank, to thee still rest! Poems He was clad in a gown of blue silk, broidered with roundels beaten with the Bear upon the Castle-wall. The Well at the World's End: a tale And first Pierre came to the ante-room of the /bussolanti/, mere ushers clad in red velvet broidered with the papal arms, who conduct visitors to the door of the ante-room of honour. The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5 He surely would have walked on broidered robes. The House of Atreus Straightway, then, before she went out into the streets again, she fell to getting together what she had of fine broidered work and of fair script, and to finishing what she had unfinished. The Water of the Wondrous Isles She was in a suit of fine blue satin at the last Birthnight, sprigged all over with white, and the petticoat robings broidered in the manner of a trimming wove in the satin. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty I see the silver sheen Of thy broidered, floating vest Cov'ring half thine ivory breast; Which, O heavens! Poems 1817 No—Heaven but faintly warms the breast That beats beneath a broidered veil; And she who comes in glittering vest To mourn her frailty, still is frail. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes So rode they two-and-two until the great courtyard blazed with flashing steel and broidered surcoats. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn He drew aside his broidered vest, And there, like slumbering serpent's crest, The jewelled haft of a poinard bright, Glittered a moment on the sight. The Canadian Elocutionist She shall be led unto the King in broidered work: the virgins, her companions, that follow her shall be brought unto thee. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Then he smiled inwardly at the thought, "'Tis not for nought I have dwelt but among princes in my reading, and taught my tongue some slight trick of their broidered and gracious speech withal!" The Prince and the Pauper, Part 2. She took a 'broidered cloth, And 'neath its folds she sweetly fell asleep. Malayan Literature Her bosom throbs 'neath gems and snowy lace, And robes of broidered satin, velvets, grace Her beauty with their pearly folds that fall Around her form. Babylonian and Assyrian Literature We recall how, sitting between her mother and grandmother, the future Queen had broidered altar cloths. A Versailles Christmas-Tide Put on thy golden girdle with the mighty emerald clasp And thy lotus broidered robe. The Miracle and Other Poems Her garb was stiff with broidered gold Twined with mysterious fold on fold, That gave no hint where, hidden well, Her dainty form might warmly dwell,— A pearl within too large a shell. Poems The chambers all He searched, and came to Bidasari's couch, And, lifting up the curtains, saw her there, Asleep beneath the 'broidered covering. Malayan Literature Thy saddle shall be broidered with the stars of the empyrean,—and then thou wilt destroy it! Three short works The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul. Then she frowned, and 'neath her sombre draperies her foot fell a-tapping; a small foot, dainty and slender in its gaily broidered shoe, so much at variance with her dolorous habit. Beltane the Smith It falls into a smooth, glassy sleep, stirred only by the night-wind, which, coming down the cañon, makes it croon and mutter in ripples along its broidered shores. The Mountains of California These were curiously adorned, broidered, and inwrought with flowers, many and brilliant as those in a western prairie. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The maidens, too, were richly dight in broidered cloaks of blue, and rare stuffs brought from far-off Araby; and each sat on a snow-white palfrey geared with silken housings, and trappings of bright blue. The Story of Siegfried She to the left, on the contrary, was clothed in a black robe round which was broidered the shape of a blood-red snake, whose head rested upon her breast. The People of the Mist If I mistake not, these are true pearls and diamonds with which it is broidered. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 She makes silk purses, broiders stools, Sings sweetly, dances finely, Paints screens, subscribes to Sunday-schools, And sits a horse divinely. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe Her hair, he observed, must never be cut, neither broidered except according to his strict guidelines. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs "I saw it with the white dragon displayed," replied Wilkin; "I could not but know it, since it was broidered in my own loom." The Betrothed She wore a silken brocade with little broidered roses here and there, a bodice of the same, cut square over a girl-like neck, white, and not yet filled up. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker She knew it well; she had broidered the purse herself. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 And all these Shepherd-folk wore over their hauberks white woollen surcoats broidered with green and red. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale How brave you must be, not to cry about it, and go round in horrid pain, as you do, and dress so nicely, and see people, and work 'broidering, and make calls! A Garland for Girls This coat opened in front, showing a broidered woollen skirt, but over the bust it was tightly buttoned and surmounted by a stiff ruff of Brussels lace. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch By the time she drew her broidered shawl round her broad shoulders, she felt that she was about to perform a deed of high morality. The Fat and the Thin He had a golden saddle made for him, with a saddle-cloth broidered in gold and silver, and the bridle was studded with diamonds and precious stones, all taken from the King's treasury. Mother Goose in Prose See, this kerchief is hemmed by little Dolly, and here are a pair of bands and cuffs to match, that Nanny and Bessy have been broidering with their choicest stitchery.' The Chaplet of Pearls Seated in a chair hewn from the rock was the Hesea, wearing a broidered, purple mantle above her gauzy wrappings that enveloped her from head to foot. Ayesha, the Return of She They saw the purple hangings of the Babylonian broidered pictures, the wild beasts, and the ships mounted upon wheels. Pearl-Maiden It has been held aloft too long in the sunshine of a dream, and the lily broidered on its web is but a withered flower. Innocent : her fancy and his fact "It is my birthday, Your Majesty," replied the Prince, as he slowly obeyed his father and sat beside him upon the rich broidered cushions of the throne. Mother Goose in Prose She would have followed Bacon to the death, and sat up all night to broider herself a kerchief. The Heart's Highway Heliodora's robe was of hyacinth blue, broidered in silver thread with elaborate designs. Veranilda By her grandfather's command she was arrayed in her richest robes fashioned and broidered after the Grecian fashion, having her hair gathered into coils upon her head and held with a golden net. Pearl-Maiden Some time previous, he had been a denizen of Papeetee, where the native language is broidered over with the most classic sailor phrases. Omoo Blue was the charger's broidered rein; Blue ribbons decked his arching mane; The knightly housing's ample fold Was velvet blue, and trapped with gold. Marmion Rough planks well matched together Lined not the spacious hall, But 'broidered golden leather Was stretched along the wall. Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance Her dress, however, was splendid of its kind, some rich thing of flowing broidered silk with a veil of wondrous lace. Love Eternal Ha! how nimbly he bound it together with the thong of his shield, a narrow broidered band, and rowed to a wood down the river. The Fall of the Niebelungs The crater was threaded with the lightnings of the Metal People; was broidered with them; was a Pit woven with vast and changing patterns of electric flame. The Metal Monster Then he took out the copper kettledrum and beat it with the broidered strap, whereupon up came the dromedaries. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 To the right was a similar shelf, on which lay some broidered coverings. She "Here is the white medicine-man's magic wine," he screamed, pointing to the blood that ran down the broidered frontal. Love Eternal The hilt was of gold, the scabbard of red broidered silk. The Fall of the Niebelungs There was a hearth also with what was rare, a chimney, upon which burned a little fire of logs, while the walls were hung with tapestries and broidered silks. The Virgin of the Sun He went, and presently reappeared with a wondrous garment of silk broidered with gold, such as nobles of high rank wore at festivals. The Wanderer's Necklace The Doge beckoned to an officer in a broidered tabard, who with bows, without needing to fetch any book, described the crest and arms of Cattrina in full particular. Red Eve Therewith from her breast she loosed the broidered girdle, fair-wrought, wherein are all her enchantments; therein are love, and desire, and loving converse, that steals the wits even of the wise. The Iliad Then came his brother Dankwart, to whom the Margrave's daughter gave richly broidered apparel, that afterward he wore merrily among the Huns. The Fall of the Niebelungs Here were no gold or silver or broidered cloths, or gems, or other rich and costly things such as these people love, but rather those that are suited to a soldier. The Virgin of the Sun Mine was of some fine white stuff, with a red cross broidered on the right shoulder. The Wanderer's Necklace For 'I clothed you with broidered work, and shod you with badgers' skins, and girded you about with fine linen, and I covered you with silk. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 We went down long passages, past soldiers who stood at watch in them still as mummies in their coffins, till at length we came to some broidered curtains. Moon of Israel Coverlets of bright stuffs from Arras were there, and testers of silk of Araby, the goodliest that could be, broidered and shining with gold. The Fall of the Niebelungs By way of answer Kari with a little smile stripped himself of his broidered tunic and other garments and stood before us naked to the middle. The Virgin of the Sun Our goods and lands are doubly taxed, and, if we should go into the towns of Lower Egypt, we must wear garments on which the Cross is broidered as a badge of shame. The Wanderer's Necklace She was seated alone at the far end of this hall, beneath the window-plate, clad in her white robes of office, richly broidered with emblems of the moon. Elissa Having examined the writing that was on the ring, they bowed, dropping their sword points and we passed through the heavy curtains broidered with gold into the resting-place of Cleopatra. Cleopatra The Queen was decked in Royal attire, her shining limbs were veiled in broidered silk; about her shoulders was a purple robe, and round her neck and arms were rings of well-wrought gold. The World's Desire The young queen took up a piece of tapestry, and began to broider with an affectation of tranquillity her trembling fingers contradicted. Louise de la Valliere For the rest, she was a royal-looking and lovely woman in the flower of her age, and splendidly attired in robes broidered with gold, over which she wore long strings of rounded pearls. The Wanderer's Necklace Next we would depict the litters blazoned with armorial bearings, from between the broidered curtains of which peeped out the swan-like necks and the haughty faces of the blond ladies of the castles. Burlesques Yes, surely, the slave-women who keep chambers own such toys as this, of the very finest silk, worth twice its weight in gold, and broidered, too, in many colours. Cleopatra "Oh, my husband, my husband!" cried another, young, of gentle birth, and fair, who bare a babe on her left arm and with the right clutched her lord's broidered robe. The World's Desire A tattered cloak may be thy dole, And thine the roof that Jesus had: The broidered garment of the soul Shall keep thee purple-clad! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 The pretty broidered shoe is no longer anything but an instrument of torture which eternally crushes the heart of the mother. Notre-Dame De Paris From the noble's broidered hammer-cloth, or the driving-seat of the common coach, each driver assailed the other with floods of ribald satire. Burlesques I placed a cap on my head, about which were broidered images of the stars, and in my belt a scribe's palette and a roll of papyrus written over with magic spells and signs. Cleopatra Then sadly and noiselessly they stole in amongst the people and laid their corn wands down amongst the trays, and laid their white broidered garments thereon, as mothers lay soft kilting over their babes. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest Beside him lay a feathered headpiece and a sword attached to a richly broidered baldrick. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks; They traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, And with fine linen, and coral, and rubies. History of Phoenicia Kim marked down a gaily ornamented ruth or family bullock-cart, with a broidered canopy of two domes, like a double-humped camel, which had just been drawn into the par. Kim She folded the chill hands upon the breast whence Passion's breath had fled, and straightened the bent knees beneath the broidered robe, and by the head set flowers. Cleopatra Judging from its stains and scars and other accidents, the whole of the hundred-and-nineteenth psalm had been a special favourite; while the hundred-and-forty-third also was all broidered round with shorthand symbols. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) All founts, all rivers seaward rolled Their pleasant summer livery wear With silver studs on broidered vair, The world puts off its raiment old, The year has changed his mantle cold. Ban and Arriere Ban Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, That it might be to thee for an ensign; Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thy awning. History of Phoenicia Beyond it a man sat upon a broidered cushion, who was inhaling the fumes of the tobacco weed from a gilded pipe of wood after the Indian fashion. Montezuma's Daughter For Antinous his henchman bare a broidered robe, great and very fair, wherein were golden brooches, twelve in all, fitted with well bent clasps. The Odyssey Done into English prose A wide blue cloak, a squat and sturdy throng Of curt blue coats, a mutch without a speck, A white vest broidered black, her person deck, Nor seems their picked, stern, old-world quaintness wrong. Poems Before the door, which communicated with the cubiculum, hung a curtain richly broidered with gold flowers. Last Days of Pompeii These were garments and robes of all kind and value; the broidered mantle of the gallant, the hood and veil of my lady, and the rags of the peasant. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Berengaria will give thee another broidered with her own hand, and rich as ever dallied with the wind. The Talisman His long hair, which was parted in the middle, as we could see beneath the edge of the pearl-sewn and broidered cap he wore, also his beard were snowy white. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot He has donned his sky-blue coat, made for the occasion; white silk waistcoat broidered with silver, black silk breeches, white stockings, shoe-buckles of gold. The French Revolution Oh! wise Penelope Would ne'er have stayed to broider on her hearthstone, If her Ulysses could have writ such letters! Cyrano De Bergerac |
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