| 单词 | family jewels |
| 例句 | L.V. carefully kept the letters for him in a large envelope, as if they were the family jewels. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the plate, the family jewels, the old servants, and pictures of the country place, with its park, great house, lovely grounds, and fine horses. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I got a recessive gene on my fifth chromosome and some very rare family jewels indeed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "It not only burned his chest but it gathered around the family jewels," Macdonald says. Kevin Macdonald: "I didn't understand Hollywood" 2011-03-17T21:30:00Z Blind Truss: Puts control of the family jewels outside of one’s hands. Style Invitational Week 1256: Picture this — a caption contest 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z In Paris on holiday, a half-dozen Pleydells are drugged, and family jewels are stolen. Review | Escape reality with these delightful old-time thrillers. You’ll forget 2020 is almost here. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z This sturdily made undergarment enables a gentleman's family jewels to withstand cricketing injuries, Dowager's umbrellas and even unwanted shrapnel. How to Downton up your life 2013-05-01T09:43:25Z “It’s a balance between the masculine and the feminine, referencing folk Creole family jewels and the gangsta world,” he said. A Fashion Visionary Reframing Creole Identity 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Her luck at the track ran out just as her health began to deteriorate; in a tawdry turn, she secretly dispatched her lover to pawn her husband’s family jewels — twice. Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Legacy Left to Byron’s Wife and Daughter 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Williams Colby's testimony before the Church Committee became pivotal when he revealed the CIA's "family jewels," a series of clandestine and illegal activities such as secret prisons, warrantless wiretaps and assassination plots. Film looks at life of ex-spymaster William Colby 2011-10-14T23:51:59Z Our West Midlands political editor added that both the stadium and the library would feel like "family jewels". Could 'bankrupt' Birmingham sell assets to raise funds? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Harry smuggled out the family jewels, because he knew they were never going back, but he led Ilse to believe that they would be heading home soon. Henry Winkler Breaks the Curse of Stardom 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z However, some viewed the privatizations as akin to giving away the family jewels for almost nothing in return. Author of Polish market reforms defends legacy amid backlash 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z He won his first match on a technicality after getting slugged in the non-royal family jewels three times. Meghan Markle's estranged half-brother wants to go to Archie's christening 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Patriotic Mexicans donated everything from the family jewels to chickens to help the government get rid of the foreign companies. Mexico’s president-elect promises to clean up the environment — and build a new oil refinery 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Even this administration understands that, for now, allying with Moscow to combat cybercrime would be like hiring a burglar to protect the family jewels. Opinion | Working with Russia on cybercrime is like hiring a burglar to protect the family jewels 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z “Short cuts are kind of like the family jewels,” said Roy Rivers, a former winner. Dipsea: A Trail Race Where ‘You’re Either the Hunter or the Hunted’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z They're out to steal our technology patents, our family jewels the Chinese eye with lust. Why China’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs Is So Muted 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The CIA first shed light on this illegal wiretap with the publication in 2007 of the agency’s infamous “family jewels,” a compilation of covert and illicit operations. Opinion | When the CIA bugged my dad in our Prince George’s home 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “It’s important to get it right, and ‘Star Trek’ is the family jewels,” he said, Variety reported. Jason Isaacs to play captain on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’: Report 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z People would hang on to their phone lines like family jewels and hand them down to relatives. In India, a Clash at the Top of the Tata Empire Gets Ugly 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Nothing more can cure his ego than a slap upside the head followed by a few well timed blows to the solar plexus and then a swift kick in the family jewels. José Mourinho’s United, and His Methods, Go Under the Microscope 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z He’s shown us the family jewels of the nuclear weapons program. What to expect from North Korea's Party Congress: Millennials, maybe some 'dead' men, but no HBO 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z A holster that leaves the gun pointing directly at the family jewels, what could possibly go wrong? Smartypants: the fart-filtering future of underwear 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Some family jewels do well in a prominent setting. The Heirloom Challenge: Working Inherited Furniture into Your Décor 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Mrs. Colby supported her husband when, after his testimony about the “family jewels,” he was removed from office by President Gerald R. Ford. Barbara Colby, wife of CIA spymaster, dies 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Most people aren’t touring the house in hopes of walking off with your family jewels, but I certainly wouldn’t want to leave any enticements. How To Protect Your Belongings During An Open House 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Talk about raising the stakes: if Carmel, Indiana can’t solve its debt problem, the mayor may have to say goodbye to his family jewels. City Council Jokes it Will Castrate Mayor if Debt Not Resolved 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z An Agatha Christie fan who bought a trunk from the novelist's estate only to discover it contained family jewels, is selling the diamonds at auction. Crime writer's lost jewels auctioned 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z This hotel had a bidet and when I asked my father naively what the toilet looking sink thing was for he explained it was "for washing your family jewels". Bidets: The imaginative ways you use them 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z "I'm not being flippant, I'm just being very careful because every time I say something about the DIA it's another three weeks of, 'Orr the Luddite is getting ready to sell our family jewels.'" Detroit looking at art it could sell, emergency manager says 2013-08-08T01:49:01Z In a CBS interview, Winslow Wheeler, who monitors defence spending at the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington think-tank, described the projects as the US military's "family jewels". Obama to confront Chinese president over spate of cyber-attacks on US 2013-05-28T18:02:02Z They were his family jewels, his mother's jewels, the jewels of the women of his house; and she panted to restore them to his hands. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z They are family jewels," Myra said, "and my father and mother both prize them very much. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Macquarie's Thong also raised the possibility that Elpida might raise cash by selling rights to its technology -- essentially parting with the family jewels. Japan's Elpida to seek equity tie with Micron: report 2012-01-20T16:17:20Z “It is believed that the recovery of the original charter would make the Fontenelles very wealthy, especially as the family jewels, worth millions of francs, are said to have been lost with the important document.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The contents of the strong box containing the family jewels was examined, even to the numbering of the loose gems and pearls that formed part of the wealth belonging to Pantulu. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z She had with her certain family jewels of almost priceless value. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z The CIA’s 10th director was best known for revealing the “family jewels” — a compilation of the agency’s assassination attempts, drug testing on unwitting humans and eavesdropping on war protesters. A film by the son of CIA spymaster William Colby has divided the Colby clan 2011-11-19T22:22:44Z The family jewels, my father's furs and clothes, all that we possessed of any value, were gradually parted with. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z These Fontenelle people have only the legend of the lost channel and the loss of the charter and the family jewels in this section. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z New lengths of muslin of the finest quality were purchased after careful and deliberate bargaining; and many of the family jewels were reset. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z They were very handsomely dressed, and wore their family jewels. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z "Before risking other people's money, Portugal should first sell its family jewels, especially its gold reserves," he said. Analysis: Gold sales would not solve Europe's debt troubles 2011-09-02T07:54:44Z The family jewels are not all gone to the pawnbroker's, as is generally believed. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z Although the hinges and lock of the steel box were rusted, it was opened with little difficulty and there were the family jewels and the lost charter! The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z And in a few days little Eva came; but, unfortunately without the family jewels. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Hit back with punchy posts squarely aimed at their family jewels and wait for the high-pitched bleating to start. Bryant's Australia 2011-05-10T12:49:11Z Secondly: that Lady Cottesham shall be at liberty to remove from South Audley Street and Ringham Castle all personal and private effects, excepting those family jewels which have merely been considered her property. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z They are the Blandens' family jewels, they do not belong to me! Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z “I think they had their nerve to send family jewels to America in 1541,” Case cut in. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z He calls them family jewels on purpose to keep me to the veriest trifle in his power. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z It would fill me with joy to meet her in her husband’s ancestral home all covered with the family jewels and do my best to win a gracious smile. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "Our content is the family jewels," he said at the conference. NBCU unlikely to join Apple 99-cent rentals 2010-09-23T13:50:00Z "I thought perhaps someone was escaping with the family jewels." Penny Nichols and the Black Imp “You have no faith in the story of the lost charter and the missing family jewels?” asked Case. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Then, turning to Captain Norton, he said in a whisper, “There are two things in this world, Philip Norton, that I value: my honour and those old family jewels.” The Sapphire Cross All the family jewels, so to speak, hung about her pretty figure. The Woodlands Orchids But now she regretted, far more than her money, the loss of the few family jewels that she had inherited from her thrifty New England grandmothers. Madge Morton's Trust She would be arrayed for the occasion; she would come scented, 231 garlanded, decked with fine mats and family jewels, for marriage, as her friends supposed; for death, as she well knew. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) “If there isn’t any lost channels or charters from French kings or strayed family jewels hiding about here,” Jule commented, “we’ll certainly enjoy ourselves in this camp.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z I value my honour and those family jewels, Captain Norton,” he continued, facing his guest; “and the man who filches from me one or the other does so at the risk of his life!” The Sapphire Cross His mother had given him, on his departure from Caen, a portion of the family jewels. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle I don't mean the parlor, where you and Mrs. Asmodeus display the family jewels on grand occasions, and where Mrs. Jones exhibits the splendor of her beauty and the radiance of her smiles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 "True poems," said Irving, "are caskets which enclose in a small compass the wealth of the language—its family jewels." The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 “Of course,” Clay said, “you are familiar with the Fontenelle land claim and the story of the lost charter and the missing family jewels?” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Paste they were, of course, but none of the women who sat with their eyes upon her even dreamed that they were anything but the family jewels of the princely house of Dornbach-Laxenburg. The Count's Chauffeur If you surprise a burglar, his pockets stuffed with the family jewels, would you first attempt to recover the jewels, or to subdue the burglar? With the French in France and Salonika Depending from it and resting on her forehead, was an oblong emerald; Anne had a few family jewels although she wore no others to-night. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 It was her charge regarding the Carset diamonds that had made Rachael shrink from wearing the family jewels, which justly belonged to her as Lord Hope's property. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals “Perhaps that is a base of supplies for the fellows who are trying to find the lost channel in order to beat Fontenelle to the charter and the family jewels,” Clay suggested. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The Dorset family jewels were rose-diamonds of small value, and the plate was but moderate in quantity, and not very great in quality. Phoebe, Junior "The one stolen contained those I mostly wear," replied Lady Glanedale; "in the other I keep some very valuable family jewels." Malcolm Sage, Detective The beds about Cape May were meant to supply the family table, not the family jewels. Madge Morton's Victory My child, I said they were family jewels, and so they were. Fernley House Or a casket of family jewels?” asked Case, with a wink. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Mrs. Engledew, by the death of a relative, had just come into possession of some old family jewels—chiefly diamonds. The Herapath Property I am unskilled in these affairs," answered Maurice, frankly; "all I ask is that you learn for me where the lady whose family jewels passed through your hands now resides. Fairy Fingers A Novel As a matter of fact, there's one in the same office building with me that I'd trust with the family jewels—if I had any family jewels.” The Servant Problem In the early part of the summer, my aunt, Mrs. Rutherford, had sent to me a pair of very valuable diamond earrings, old family jewels, and an heirloom. Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls “And now, the question is,” went on the captain, “whether the charter and the family jewels are anywhere in the cavern through which the lost stream runs.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z I have had some of them here, trying to sell family jewels for money to throw away on painted women. The Hand in the Dark Ruth was to carry a bandbox and a case supposed to contain the family jewels. The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm They asked me several questions, but I could not reply; and I think they learned from the frightened servants where the family jewels were kept. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War I am a widower; fortunately, Percy is married, and the family jewels really belong to you. The Woman's Way Sissy had five thousand pounds and a small portion of the family jewels, which were very splendid. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Position, money, family jewels, and all that sort of thing. From the Housetops "I suppose you think it would be a very fine thing to be Baroness De Burgh, and go to court with all the family jewels on." A Crooked Path A Novel I went upstairs to get those family jewels I've heard about, and one of the little ones gave the alarm. Prudence of the Parsonage She had the family jewels.I would not like to state the enormous sum Van Twiller paid for this bracelet. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 The great drawing-rooms were filled with great ladies laden down with family jewels of fabulous value. Musical Memories Take this bag, it contains the family jewels. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes I don't imagine you went out and pawned the family jewels. The Judge "Mr. Folliard," said his lawyer, "you have had in your possession very valuable family jewels." Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Her slow rising and falling motion displayed the family jewels to the utmost advantage. Trumps She wondered if he would have let her re-set the family jewels. Balloons The exquisite bridal presents—the diamonds from her betrothed, the ancient pearls, Aunt Winifred's family jewels, the heirlooms of plate—all vanished as utterly as if they had never been. Idle Hour Stories He had sent for the family jewels, and was to have them reset, and Mrs. Lindsay clapped her hands at seeing the diamonds on Aurora's hair. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 He is not one of their family jewels to be locked up in their cases. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time She shall, of course, have all the family jewels immediately, and the dining-room furniture too. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 She had unclasped from around her neck the diamond necklace of old family jewels, and held it in the pool of her rosy palms, as though it were a mass of clear separate raindrops rainbow-kindled. The Mettle of the Pasture And, gentlemen, the family jewels!—all of which had been reset. Dead Men's Money Mrs. Gurrage wore what she told me were the "family jewels." The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel "You have had the keeping of a good many of my family jewels," said he. The Refugees The treasury, which contains the family jewels and plate, is the chief object of tourist curiosity, and they are a collection worth going far to see. Modern India To-night she was ennobled with jewels—the old family jewels of her last husband's family, not of her own. The Mettle of the Pasture Besides this, I would contrive to dispose of my jewels, not the family jewels, but the few I brought with me from home, and those my uncle gave me on my marriage. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall "They are family jewels," said Sir Pitt, again looking uneasy. Vanity Fair Ancient family jewels glittered on slender, young American necks, and above—sometimes somewhat careless—young American brows. The Shuttle But he's got the family jewels all right, to have as long as he lives. In the Bishop's Carriage "They were family jewels, and were worth over a thousand dollars." Cast Upon the Breakers I'm an advocate of marrying for love every time, although a title and a bunch of family jewels thrown in wouldn't worry me. Where There's a Will Oh, his mother was frightened—she was afraid I should have all the family jewels reset. House of Mirth Of course, it is natural that the Ogilvies should have family jewels; but those are exactly the jewels that are almost always set in particular articles of ornament. The Innocence of Father Brown His sister has next supplied him with the small fortune at her disposal: reserving only the family jewels, placed in the charge of her banker and friend at Frankfort. The Haunted Hotel The young Baron Gernsbach was worthy of the seraglio, as he stalked along as Solyman the Magnificent, with all the family jewels belonging to his dowager mother shining in his superb turban. Vivian Grey And the family jewels being reset in Vienna for you and all that! Where There's a Will Among these valuables were the Burgoyne family jewels—quite a treasure, believe me, Mr. Kirkwood. The Black Bag Among the latter was a case of family jewels; and as she opened it, her eyes fell upon her mother's thin wedding ring and with quick reverence she slipped that on and kissed it bitterly. Bride of the Mistletoe It is true she had to return to the earl three-fourths of the jewels she wore; but they were family jewels, and why should she not have some good of them? There & Back And, more than all, the handsomest women in Ireland were decked out in silks and satins and all the family jewels, and they sparkling like the lustres above their heads. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty "You don't mean to say that Lord Fawn wants to keep your brother's family jewels?" The Eustace Diamonds Finally some old family jewels were pawned without her father's knowledge, and ultimately they were lost. Elusive Isabel Dressed superbly, wearing the family jewels, and conveyed in a State sedan-chair, she proceeded to the Palazzo Medici—the house of her fathers. The Tragedies of the Medici He would certainly have to sell some of his family jewels, if he wanted to stay at Saint Moritz. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Other than bad manners and worse morals, the one genuine thing in the whole establishment was, it seemed, the historic collection of family jewels. Red Masquerade Lady Eustace had found all the family jewels belonging to the Eustace family in the strong plate room at Portray Castle, and had taken possession of them as property found in her own house. The Eustace Diamonds You wouldn't catch Bobby Littell going traveling in a party dress and wearing all the family jewels. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm It sported the quaint old sign of the "Marigold," and was supposed to hold sheaves of papers containing noble, nay, royal secrets, as well as bushels of family jewels, in its strong boxes. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 His silver military brushes, his silver shaving set, and so forth and so forth, were in charge of a safe-deposit storage company, alongside some one's family jewels. Man on the Box I want to be invited to their hideous dinner parties and see them sitting round their tables in their awful family jewels 'talking of the sad deaths of kings.' The Head of the House of Coombe Week before I arrived a servant looted the family jewels—heirlooms, all that, you know—chap named Hawkins. Out of the Primitive Jewels, even family jewels, do not count for much beside the dear ones. The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw I gathered she feared you might have impoverished yourself, or pledged the family jewels, or something. Galusha the Magnificent The newspapers would seize upon it; the family jewels would be reset; the long-stored silver resurrected. Saturday's Child The Jerfields had not been prosperous, and curious family jewels had been nearly all the portion of the lady who had married my father. My Young Alcides "Bet Tommy shook your family jewels out of his pockets mighty sudden." Out of the Primitive Those selfish people did not wish their Indian wives to wear the family jewels. The Window-Gazer My lady, would you sell your family jewels? Joseph II. and His Court Lastly the ship, called Ellide, was one of the family jewels. Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance "It's not ring-nonsense, said Jimmy: "there are shelves and shelves of beautiful family jewels. The Enchanted Castle ‘Or heirlooms, or family jewels, they are thought as much of as if their forefathers had glided unobtrusively through the peerage—’ ‘Ever since the first edition.’ The Hand of Ethelberta They took—at least, Mr. Vermilye did—all the property of Lord Luxmore's that he could lay his hands upon—family jewels and money to a considerable amount. John Halifax, Gentleman "You are not wearing your family jewels, Anna," said he. Joseph II. and His Court Rather abruptly, but apparently starting from some suggestion in the book, she said to him: "By the bye, has Mr. Arnold ever said anything to you about the family jewels?" David Elginbrod At last he came to a metallic box, which he surmised, from its weight and general appearance, contained the old family jewels. That Mainwaring Affair They are caskets which inclose within a small compass the wealth of the language—its family jewels, which are thus transmitted in a portable form to posterity. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon All the family jewels—from the very bottom of the caskets! it is magnificent, thoroughly Russian—Muscovite! The Secret of the Night "This is a magnificent emerald, and the largest I have ever seen," said Chateau-Renaud, "although my mother has some remarkable family jewels." The Count of Monte Cristo As the cash would be inadequate, however, for my needs, I decided after considerable deliberation to take the family jewels, though not without apprehension that they might lead to my detection, as they finally did. That Mainwaring Affair "Mr. Mainwaring deposited a large sum there when he last came out from the city, and," he added more slowly, "the old family jewels were kept in the safe." That Mainwaring Affair |
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