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When one takes Orders, he swears to renounce Satan, his gauds and his works—that is to say, the piano. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
They lay there, in meaningless embrace, moaning long harmonies in thirds, hats decorated with penny gauds, eating nuts and "rock" and chocolate, hardly moving when passers-by all but strode over them. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z
Earth's goods and gauds give every man the slip; But wealth of thought and richer wealth of love, Must pass for coin in any world above. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z
Yet, wretched ruler o'er these empty gauds, A part remains to play, and I will play it. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z
It lies no weight upon her breast— It speaks no warning to her heart— It lends no guiding light—at best Is but a gaud in Folly’s mart. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z
No damage else, sagacious of true ore; Wit learned in the laurel, leaves each wreath O’er lyric shell or tragic barbiton,— Though alien gauds be singed,—undesecrate.” Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z
Thine is it that our drama did not die, Nor flicker down to brainless pantomime, And those gilt gauds men-children swarm to see. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z
Did the man think he coveted his useless little gauds?—useless in their present extremity, though some of them doubtless valuable enough if they could be sold. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z
As it was characteristic of the Gascon, it may be interesting to give its contents: 'Away, thou hollow world, with all thy vain pomps and glittering gauds! Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z
We are just home from our dinner at the Portuguese Embassy, so I have got out of my gauds and into my tea-gown, and will finish this long letter. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z
The Pharisee glanced at the young man's garments,—simple robes without fringes, without gaud, and white as the snows of Hermon. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
The new theatre, which was usually called the Th��tre Gu�n�gaud, the street of that name being close at hand, opened its doors on July 9 with a performance of Tartuffe. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z
Now, that the ending gaud, with its alternative forms got, caud, cot, is present in French names as well as in English will be clearly seen from the following. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z
The accurate origin of the various senses which this word and the substantive “gaud” have taken are somewhat difficult to trace. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z
Masterman, sitting in his office, heard the lapping of the rising tide, and saw it carrying away the broken gauds of the pageant of which he had dreamed. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z
Parvenus may pass with ease With these gauds to heights the leal Buy with brain or stainless steel. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.103Z
We were not long in suppressing these gauds, though we did our duty in them as gallopers for several days. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z
There is another stem gaud, supposed to mean Goth, very liable to intermix. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z
Shall this mindless wretch enjoy in his sleep a jewelled gaud while his poor old grandfather is thirsty? The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z
“I am bound for Kioto, and the Mikado’s Palace, to sell my gauds to the ladies of the Court.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z
“No; too much gaud and glitter for that.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z
Had they not succeeded, they would have hacked off the limbs in their impatience to possess themselves of these gauds, so precious to them. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z
Not you, nor all the gauds that Fate bestows, Can make me swerve so little from my dream. Sonnets and Songs 2011-01-29T03:00:22.093Z
My sisters soon ceased to pine for the impossible, and contented themselves with other antique gauds. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z
“Father,” said the young man, when he had got away with it, “before we set out for home we must buy some gauds for the young woman there, my wife, you know.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z
“If you are not minded to use the gaud in that way,” he growled hesitatingly, “I must devise some other manner of meeting your wants.” The Great Mogul
What artist would desire a more charming subject for his picture than a pretty girl before her glass, trying in which position these delicate gauds best become the face they will adorn. Household Organization
And I have already induced them to substitute a crucifix for their foolish gauds, which had only a meaning in their own deranged brains, Joseph. Deep Moat Grange
There is no gaud or glitter, but ever the suggestion of home and all that home means. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898
Ask not for gauds nor gold, Nor fame that falsely rings; The foolish world grows old Caring for all these things. Later Poems
Since ye gave me blame herein"— Toll slowly— "That a bridal such as mine should lack gauds to make it fine, Come and shrive me from that sin. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II
The red and white tassels and favours of cowrie-shells the Tibetans hang about his neck are as incongruous on the poor beast as gauds and frippery on the heroine of a tragedy. The Unveiling of Lhasa
Within, all trace of the ridiculous gauds of a former time had disappeared. Deep Moat Grange
"Good brother," said the Professor of Eloquence sententiously, "if you do not mend your ways, you may find yourself where you will have little time and less inclination for such like gauds!" The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion
These gauds of the fashionable world have no real attraction for her. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
I shall never settle down into a steady-going ‘Affliction Female’ if you dangle worldly gauds before my eyes. A Question of Marriage
His little bowed, shrivelled figure was undecked by gauds of any kind, but his eyes were keen and bright, and searching as ever. The White Shield
Sumptuary laws were passed again and again, their very repetition showing how helpless was legislation to cope with the conditions confronting it in the matter of feminine love for gauds. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10)
Well, my pretended station and rank were the mere gauds and properties that gave force to my opinions. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance
I have tried it, I. I tell you, friend, your justice is a lie; Your comfort is a lie, your peace a fraud; Your trust a folly and your cheer a gaud. King Cole
A pair of beads of white porcelain with eight gauds of gold and a tassel of Venice gold. Ten Girls from History
But, according to the legend, they could not have won such advantage had it not been for the love of gaud of Tarpeia, the daughter of one of the captains of Romulus. Roman Women
In Virginia the women were free, untrammelled by public sentiment, to indulge their taste for gay apparel, to trick themselves off with all the gauds and gewgaws that fashion could invent. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10)
At the head sat cruel Queensberry, with a face louring with hate and guile—or so it seemed, seen through bars of oak and underneath gauds of iron. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
But he would say, 'Go back; return to the humble home you quitted; put away all the glittering gauds that are clinging to and clasping your very heart. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
Thus reflecting, I could not help saying to myself, how gladly would I have parted with all these gauds for a homely, ay, or even a ragged, suit of native frieze. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas
The best proof of it was that she was here, far from their wearying inanities and hollow gilded gauds by deliberate choice. The Song of the Wolf
It is evident that the family of Benjamin Franklin himself were somewhat addicted to gauds and fripperies. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10)
Then from several doors the soldiery came rushing in, and in short space Sandy, after levelling a file with his gaud of iron, was overpowered by numbers. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
Unlike civic maces, swords and caps of maintenance, these gauds are without significance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher"
St. Hugh said he was no judge of such gauds, and therefore sent the king a thousand marks, declaring, if he would devour the revenue devoted to the poor, he must have his wilful way. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries
The external pomps and trappings of life, titles, stately houses and far-spreading parks, all those gauds and vanities with which sumptuous wealth surrounds itself, had throughout his life a singular fascination for him. Studies in Contemporary Biography
He had warned her against these gauds which were captivating her spirit, and now, in the moment of her peril, she would remember his warnings. Lady Anna
The next lines to those quoted above are: One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, That all with one consent praise new-born gauds. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877
I know it now: wert thou not placed To catch the eye of him To whom, through glistening tears, earth's gauds Worthless appear, and dim? My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education.
She wore a gray dress, sprinkled over with twinkling little Indian gauds and bits of finery such as the squaws love. The Rustler of Wind River
Alas! time, taste, and the moth have shared in the destruction of these gauds. Needlework As Art
Her lofty despising of the world and the vain and selfish people therein had been only a kind of scornful regret for the treasures wrested from her, the glitter of fashion, the gauds of society. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
She had gone very hungry, many a time, with that gaud in her possession. The Peace of Roaring River
These are but the gauds of a beautiful woman. The Pirate Woman
And indeed these German places seem to take kindly to this part, for they rival each other in modern amusements and gauds set out to lure the light-minded. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877
There it lay, a glittering gaud; but he had seen a piece of glass that threw out colours as divinely. The Prisoner
Then, earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a prim-rose, whose pale shades Must sicken when those gauds are by? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848
A gaud she had worn in her dusky hair— A paper rose. Out of the North
Upon one polished forearm a bracelet was pressed, a gaud formed from one immense emerald cut in a fashion that forced one to doubt the existence of such a cutter in mortal form. The Pirate Woman
From that careworn Queen, Who doffed her crown, and placed it on the rock, Murmuring, 'Farewell forever, foolish gaud,' To him the humblest hearer, all made vow To live thenceforth for God. Legends of the Saxon Saints
Then there was the trim foot with its fine shoe and steel buckle, all gauds of worldliness to be sure, but they would attract a man's eye. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
Such household gauds were commonly concentrated at the spot where the bride and her maids would stand. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South
Under the cross-light of retreating day and incandescent globes, the parade of women, 72 all in bright-colored silks and gauds, moved solid, unbroken. The Readjustment
I know full as well as he that his Mistress Sylvia in rags would be more to him than I would be if I were decked in the gayest gauds the town could offer.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905
The two belts, the exclusive attribute of the marriageable female, are the part richest in light: to glorify her wedding, the future mother dons her brightest gauds; she lights her two resplendent scarves. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
And your jewell'd gauds surrender Half their glories to the day; Freely did they flash their splendour, Freely gave it—but it dies away. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
Sums which would adorn our cities with pleasure-gardens, with libraries, with galleries of art, are spent on perishable gauds that have not even beauty to commend them. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)
Ye tinsel gauds, ye base embroideries, ye female fripperies, have but our scorn. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice
And all the time I never took my eyes from the boat; but feasted on it as a beggar-child feasts in imagination on the gauds of a groaning table. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea
Her eye never once left the glittering gaud. The Convert
There was no peril for him in such gauds. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life
What matter the gauds I thought to purchase? the dainty plume to deck my cap?” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844
Those who communicate with Europeans display beads, rings, bracelets, and other gauds instead. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2)
Why do no gauds those limbs adorn Where priceless gems were meetly worn? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
You will have very resolutely to look away from something else if, amid all the dazzling gauds of earth, you are to see the far-off lustre of that heavenly love. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
The wants of the rich, their 'toys and gauds,' 'were made to relieve the sufferings of the poor,' and the 'ceaseless abuse of aristocracy is therefore absurd.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
They want nothing of the modern gauds of the present. A Little Girl in Old Quebec
To which he replied that with the gauds of worldly success he had no concern. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic
“O Ráma, Ráma!” cried the dame, And shrieked in terror Lakshmaṇ's name, As, struggling in the giant's hold, She dropped her gauds of gems and gold. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
But much good do they the Queen’s Grace, poor child! and I pray God she rest not content with gauds of this earth.” Mistress Margery
He had better and fairer things than such poor gauds for her. The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel
Snug as mud to argue, Must argue on gauds. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
It excludes boasting; it is pure, peaceable and loving; it is far removed from the glare and gaud of the world, it is full of Calvary, Olivet, and Pentecost. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI.
There was lacking no pomp of War, War who must have gauds with which to hide his naked horror. The Long Roll
The gauds we had brought, gay beads, bright kerchiefs, and the like with these we won our way to their goodwill. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa
An image, decked in all the glare of gaud and tinsel, looked out of a glazed niche in the opposite wall. The Rifle Rangers
Terry ate under the sorrowing eyes of the faithful woman, and when he finished he presented her with the only gaud that remained to him, the gold medallion from his fob. Terry A Tale of the Hill People
Men may make of their lives a cloister or a camp and be content; but women, whatever else of gaud and glitter they may have, yet require love and tenderness and gentle sympathy beside. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV
"A toy, a mere gaud, your Excellency," said the shrewd interpreter, giving Winslow a title which he would not have employed had there been any one present of higher rank than the New England Colonel. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories
For there is naught on earth, brother, For which I'd wish to live; Not all the glittering gauds of wealth One hour of peace can give. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems
It seemed to her, as she cast it away, a horrible gaud, a thing made of tinsel, yet a thing that could destroy the soul and blind the eyes and numb the heart. The Beach of Dreams
This was a quaint gaud,178 and a far cast It was a high fraud. 3rd Shepherd. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays
Satan: For that rare spirit I would have the gaud you wear, that emblem, that bright ornament. Plays of Near & Far
A mere gaud of a purple stone; but they do say it would be worth a thousand pounds if one had it in London. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories
Lands nor gear I proffer you, Nor gauds to busk ye fine, lassie; But I 've a heart that 's leal and true, And a' that heart is thine, lassie! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
She was living in the moment, so entirely in the moment that these things were tremendous and vivid and compared with them Art, Music, Religion, Ambition, and the gauds of Civilization were as nothing. The Beach of Dreams
The most successful American politicians, beginning with the anti-slavery agitators, have been those most adept at twisting the ancient gauds and shibboleths of Puritanism to partisan uses. A Book of Prefaces
Satan: I do not ask your soul, only that shining gaud. Plays of Near & Far
Where are their hidden treasures and their apparent gauds, their bejeweled thrones and their ample couches? A Traveler’s Narrative
He who is taken up and absorbed in the gauds and pleasures of time and sense has no deep spring of religious experience: 36 Philo, vol. ii. p. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
And as partial payment for answering these questions, the man who answered has exacted a living from the man who asked, also titles, honors, gauds, jewels and obsequies. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists
He had certainly sighed for the gauds which he had left. Phineas Redux
All my jewels and gauds bear away with ye! The Feast at Solhoug
And the man of brains, if lowly born, has a mild indifference, at least, for all the gilt and gaud of royalty. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
And when I find a lovely maid to settle all my cash on, She will be much too beautiful to need the gauds of fashion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917
All was as it might have been twenty or thirty centuries ago, when on the Mediterranean sailed "Phoenicians, mariners renowned, greedy merchantmen with countless gauds in a black ship." The Motor Maid
A Chinese vendor of paper gauds had come into the town, and all the pretty girls were wearing his absurdities pinned on to their head kerchiefs. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia
Where is war's pomp and circumstance,    The gauds in which we prank it? 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse
Passing through an archway, he found himself in the gaud of the flower-market. Mike Fletcher A Novel
Medb: "What thou askest is too much, After slaughtering our fair troops, That we keep but steeds and gauds, All because of one sole man!" The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge
They found—no gauds they were prying for, No ring, no rose, but—who would have guessed?— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864
Love, still a baby, plays with gauds and toys, And like a wanton sports with every feather, And idiots still are running after boys; Then fools and children fitt'st to go together. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris
She, woman-weak, yields to the temptation of all the gauds and baubles that go with his name, and marries him. The Real Adventure
And Margaret felt no shadow of regret at thought of the gauds and fripperies of a fashionable wedding which would not be hers. Pearl of Pearl Island
Tis well to give us diamonds for the head, And silken gauds for festival arraying; But where of dress or diamonds is the use If we mayn’t go and show them? that’s the deuce!” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841
You will do well to let a couple of weeks elapse before you appear in public with those pretty gauds. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
Walls should always be obviously walls, and not flimsy partitions hung with gauds and trophies. The House in Good Taste
The members of the Council in 1862 subscribed £200 for the purchase of a "Mayor's Chain," the first to wear "the glittering gaud," strange to say, being a Quaker, Charles Sturge to wit. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically
Such gauds are wearisome to me; And wilder lures of dice or drink Attract me not; my maddest glee Is to sit still and think. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891
"Nay, I have no sweetheart," I said, "and if I had, she would not wear these gauds." Helmet of Navarre
The endless succession of shops where Fancy miscalled Folly is supplied with perpetual gauds and toys, excite in me no puritanical aversion. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4
Go earn Rome's chain to load thy neck, Her gems to deck thy hilt; And blazon honor's hapless wreck With all the gauds of guilt. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850
She flushed first of all with a natural pleasure, the girl delighting in her gaud. Marcella
Such gauds would cost from four hundred to two thousand dollars. Wolfville Nights
And the woman had selected just that evening to raise the question of rings, gauds, futile ornamentations! The Plain Man and His Wife
All things great may life afford, Praise, power, love, high pomp, fair gaud, Till the banquet be toward Hath this king. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.
Antonyms: paste, strass, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, pinchbeck, gaud, bauble, foil stone. Putnam's Word Book
At first some one suggested that it was more beautiful untricked with gauds, but to Fred, unlighted by any human touch its loveliness seemed too cold and impersonal and cruelly pagan. Broken to the Plow
And with her came the maid of Attic stole, Untaught of dazzling schools the gauds to prize, Who breathes in purest forms her calm control, Heroic strength, and grace that never dies! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829
Hail to victory without the gaud   Of glory; zeal that needs no fans Of banners; plain mechanic power Plied cogently in War now placed—       Where War belongs—   Among the trades and artisans. John Marr and Other Poems
When had he ever been able to give her any feminine gauds? Fenwick's Career
Hail to victory without the gaud   Of glory; zeal that needs no fans Of banners; plain mechanic power Plied cogently in War now placed—     Where War belongs— Among the trades and artisans. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
When the second Mrs. Plausaby had come into the house, Mr. Plausaby had been glad to continue the arrangement, in the hope, perhaps, that Isa's good taste might modify that lady's love for discordant gauds. The Mystery of Metropolisville
The glow on Mrs. Robson's face, which Claire had mistaken for youth, seemed now a thing hectic and unpleasant, and gave an uncanny sense of a skeleton sitting among gauds and baubles. The Blood Red Dawn
Winona's assumption of carelessness had been meant to deceive passers-by into believing that she looked upon these gauds with a censorious eye, and not as one meaning flagrantly to purchase of them. The Wrong Twin
His jewellery, even watch and chain, had long since gone: such gauds are not indispensable to a gentleman's outfit. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
Should signs of mortal feud be found; Why seek with such vain gauds to wean Our thoughts from holier relics 'round? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number
In the darkest part of our night, the Northern Light spread its silent solemn banner over us, quivering round the heavens in a million fickle gauds. The Purple Cloud
And as night came on apace, the hills would twinkle with the shameless gauds of evening. The Blood Red Dawn
We tossed to the fish humbugs of wool, silk, and feathers, gauds such as captivate the greedy or the guileless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862
"Ay," said the Knight, "to gnaw the bowels of our nobles with usury, and to gull women and boys with gauds and toys—I warrant thee store of shekels in thy Jewish scrip." Ivanhoe
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin,— That all, with one consent, praise new-born gauds, And give to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than they will give to gold o'erdusted. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author
Where got you that rich gaud for covering, that spangled shell—a tortoise living in the mountains? Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
There is raiment in all these chests which stand by the walls," said the girl, "and jewels and gauds in that bronze coffer. The Lost Continent
She was saying something now about pits, gauds and vanities; and she ended a short profession of faith with an amen so loud and sudden that Laurel, although she was waiting for it, jumped. Java Head
Gertrude's influence, and her own idealism had bred in her contempt for gauds. Delia Blanchflower
Women in his eyes were made for silken gauds and trinkets: it was the price that men were bound to pay them for their society. Sir George Tressady — Volume I
I couldn't see all his savings go for gauds! The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day
It is not my pleasure to advertise my quality by the gauds on my garb. The Lost Continent
Enough, that while the piled embroider'd shoddy gaud and fraud spreads to the superficial eye, the hidden warp and weft are genuine, and will wear forever. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy
In any case, a man of his years should have been thinking of higher things than mere gauds and trinkets. A Man of Means
We busy ourselves not in making wealth, in ruling mobs, in ostentatious rivalries of state, and gaud, and power—struggles without an object. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance
The form of the brain alone, and not the possession of the vile gauds of wealth and rank, constitute man's only right to education—to the glories of art and science. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography
The majestic chamber with its marvellous carvings was filled with a company decked out with all the gauds and colours that fancy could conceive. The Lost Continent
Jack was not given to such meditations, having a robust, transcendental indifference to earthly gauds unless he could fit them into ethical significances. A Fountain Sealed
The moonlight was streaming in on the poor gauds, which lay wildly scattered over the floor. The History of David Grieve
My brethren, here is our defence against being led away by the gauds and shows of earth's vulgar attractions, or being terrified by the poor terrors of its enmity. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII
These gauds and shows were nothing; sheer away He cut them all, and went down to the hidden heart of the man, and He allocated and ranged them according to that. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
The robe and the glittering gauds of which Phorenice had recently despoiled the merchant, drew the eyes of these people with keen attraction. The Lost Continent
Would'st thou exchange the latter for all earth's gaud and glare? Home Lyrics
These were mingled with the gaud of red peppers. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
Go, earn Rome's chain to load thy neck, Her gems to deck thy hilt; And blazon honor's hapless wreck With all the gauds of guilt. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)
A band still plays mornings in the Pantilles—or did so before the war—but cheaper gauds are offered in the shops. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
And the hearts that throbbed so wildly   For vain pleasure’s dreams alone, For its gilded gauds and follies,   Now at length have calmer grown. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon
His dress was like that of a cow-boy, and was devoid of barbaric gauds. Annette, the Metis Spy
As she mused over what she could throw back, I asked if she had no other gauds to make up the price, and she said, almost within herself, "They are my child's, not mine." The Chaplet of Pearls
Then gripping Sydney by the wrist, he seized the gaud,—Sydney yielding it just in time to save himself from being precipitated into the street. The Beetle
All about on the floor, on chairs, over shelves lay the gauds that had lured them to their capture. Angel Island
Take that gaud and sell it, Master Smith, for whatever it will fetch among the Jews, and add the price to the �1000, lessened by one tenth for your trouble. The Lady of Blossholme
The two belts, the exclusive attribute of the marriageable female, are the parts richest in light: to glorify her wedding, the future mother dons her brightest gauds; she lights her two resplendent scarves. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
One of the girls was next dressed in the gauds taken from the effigy of Death, and with her at its head the procession moved back to the village. The Golden Bough
Into the courtyard came that company, pele-mele, an odd mixture of rags and gauds, yet a very lusty party, vigorous of limb and loud of voice. The Trampling of the Lilies
On, there are those, a sordid clan, With pride in gaud and faith in gold, Who prize the sacred soul of man For what his hands have sold. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1
A sultan's wealth, unless, indeed, they came straight from the New Jerusalem and were an angel's gauds. The Lady of Blossholme
It is very magnanimous in me not to hate her; for she beats me in my own way, in chrysanthemums, and dahlias, and the like gauds. Our Village
Beholding all of which gauds and fopperies, I vowed I'd none of them, and cowering beneath the sheets fell to shouting and hallooing for my lady; but finding this vain, scowled at these garments instead. Black Bartlemy's Treasure
Ah, I know well I struggled like the rest for gauds and honours, but they were only tools for my ambition. The Path of the King
"We are not in a part of the world where our ensigns and gauds ought to be spread abroad to the wind, Mabel Dunham!" he said, with an ominous shake of the head. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
Aye! know that you would be weeping for wonder before you had seen a tithe of these gauds. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story
"No show of force, no gaud of office!" 1492
And here the pomp, the gaud, the more than regal magnificence, of the residence of the Tribune, strongly contrasted the patriarchal simplicity which marked his justice court. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes
These my toys, my gauds, That in the cradle—aye, 't my mother's breast— I puled and lisped at,—'Tis impossible, Tho', faith, 'tis not so, forasmuch as 'tis. Seven Men
His fiddle bow doth cut through the hardest steel, on the helmets he breaketh the bright and shining gauds! The Nibelungenlied
True, bachelors also wear similar gauds, but, in their case, God alone knows who may have manufactured the articles! Dead Souls
Irene wedded to Adrian—Rome married to Liberty—and then, Nina, methinks you and I would find some quiet hermitage, and talk over old gauds and triumphs, as of a summer's dream. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes
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