| 单词 | mignonette |
| 例句 | The room faced the yard and overlooked the long, sloping garden, which was filled with flowers: bright red geraniums, sweet-smelling mignonette, and purslane with red, orange, yellow, and pink blossoms. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Please keep in mind the minimum resting time for the mignonette. Serve these delicious oysters on the half shell on ice — and don’t forget lemon wedges on th... 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z For condiments, making a mignonette is simple and requires little more than pantry staples: vinegar, onion, salt and pepper. With restaurants closed, oyster farmers need home cooks to start shucking 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Wash the oysters while the mignonette is steeping, a process which allows the flavors to marry perfectly and soften the shallots. Serve these delicious oysters on the half shell on ice — and don’t forget lemon wedges on th... 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z History goes down easier with a shake of Old Bay seasoning or a splash of mignonette sauce. Satisfy your food, beverage or cultural craving on a Mid-Atlantic trail 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Others agree with a drop of lemon or Tabasco, a dribble of mignonette sauce. Oysters: food of the gods or the devil’s own delicacy? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z With unadorned raw oysters or oysters and mignonette, the classics — Muscadet, Chablis and Sancerre — are all wonderful. To Eat Oysters Better, Treat Them Like Wine 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Sharing the craggy cups are bits of Virginia ham, custardy sea urchin and pineapple mignonette: a riot of pork, sea and fruit that basically negates the need for the oysters to even show up. The Trump Hotel restaurant: Gilded touches on yet another steakhouse 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The monster was dressed in a brightly acid dill-based mignonette and disproved the axiom that larger versions of anything taste worse: It was a briny, exquisite splash of sea in the mouth. In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Much better are the raw Nasketucket oysters, best consumed with All Set’s mignonette. All Set review: Cape Cod inspiration in a Silver Spring locale — at D.C. prices 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Steamed oysters, zapped with tomatillo mignonette and served with fried saltines, are a swell change of pace from fried or grilled bivalves. Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z They slurp at oysters that come with an excellent cocktail sauce and an apple-ginger mignonette, or sip sweet pea soup with lemon cream, an English daydream in an American’s head. Restaurants: The National Bar and Dining Rooms 2011-05-11T05:15:26Z The cuisine is from New Orleans and includes a Sazerac mignonette alongside oysters, fried green tomatoes and blackened catfish with corn maque choux. Michael Chernow Focuses on Fish at Seamore’s 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z When there is, the connection extends beyond Erickson and her team and to the customers eating the wood-fired roast chicken with sorrel pesto or Totten Virginica oysters with champagne mignonette laid before them. Renee Erickson has four Seattle restaurants, and now a cookbook 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z It is best to refrigerate the cleaned oysters and allow for the mignonette to be ready. Serve these delicious oysters on the half shell on ice — and don’t forget lemon wedges on th... 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Oysters, for instance, are smoked over hay, garnished with fresh ginger and served with both a smoky cocktail sauce and a brown butter mignonette. Live Oak, reviewed: Smacks of good Southern home cooking 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps that would be a good combination, and even better with an Amontillado-derived mignonette. The When and Why of Amontillado 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z She and David McQueen, the restaurant’s director of operations, had also provided sliced lemons and a mignonette of shallots and vinegar. Murray Bartlett of ‘The White Lotus’ Shucks His Oyster 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Combine all ingredients except the oysters and lemon wedges and let them sit for at least 30 minutes—this is your mignonette. Serve these delicious oysters on the half shell on ice — and don’t forget lemon wedges on th... 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z In the same vein, he urges oyster-eaters to try them first unadorned before adding any mignonettes or cocktail sauces. To Eat Oysters Better, Treat Them Like Wine 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z If you must embellish further, a tray of house-made condiments includes cocktail sauces, shallot mignonette and a killer mango-habañero sauce that I would rather spread on toast than eat with oysters, but that’s just me. Boisterous Ballard Annex serves seafood in classic style 2013-06-20T21:58:20Z Think of the mignonette as a life ring. Review | At two hotel restaurants, there’s room for improvement 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Place a few tiny shucked oysters in each jigger, and drizzle with a bit of mignonette, a classic chilled sauce for raw oysters, made with red wine vinegar, shallots and cracked black pepper. Try these 2 savory appetizers while you sip the classic martini that won as Seattle’s best 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Salads, dry-aged steaks and oysters on the half shell with craft beer vinegar mignonette share a menu with classic and original cocktails. Restaurant news: The Shelby is now open, Sunset Junction Coffee Shop is closing 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Small plates include ceviche, tostadas and a variety of oysters with mezcal mignonette. D.C. area restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead, Election Day, Thanksgiving 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z On my next visit, I will investigate the Hudson Valley foie gras with vanilla quince and smoked macadamia nuts, or perhaps the chilled Kusshi oysters with a yuzu and passion fruit mignonette. Review: The Cottage Aims for Complex Food in a Simple Setting 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Also Kumamoto oysters with a cucumber mignonette, garden vegetable crudités; a Carolina Creek shrimp cocktail; and, oddly enough, fruitwood smoked kielbasa with sauerkraut and whole grain mustard. Thomas Keller does country club with his pop-up Napa restaurant Ad Lib 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z I like to add a little finely minced lemon zest and a shot of Tabasco to spice up my mignonette, then freeze it ’til icy before topping the oysters. Try these 2 savory appetizers while you sip the classic martini that won as Seattle’s best 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Shown in photo gallery above: Small field-grown arrangement of white panda and pastel anemones, Queen Anne's lace, statice, wax flower, Australian rosemary, wild cucumber and garden mignonette, $75, including the Weck glass jar. Shower your Valentine's Day love with California-grown blossoms 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z They're served with pickled shallot mignonette sauce, house cocktail sauce, shaved horseradish and plenty of lemon wedges. Happy hour: lobster rolls and $1 oysters at Blue Plate Oysterette 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The menu includes oysters with Champagne mignonette, chicken liver pate and a celery, kohlrabi and walnut salad, followed by roasted chicken with capers and parsnip puree, and more. Seattle chef's new 'A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus' celebrates seasons; dinner at L&E Sunday 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z A mignonette sauce was overly sour, so test it before dunking that delicate oyster. A Review of Vox in North Salem 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z And three oysters for $5 is always a good deal, served with plenty of lemon and mignonette. Happy Hour: $7 Smoked Negronis and oysters aplenty at Harlowe 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Two-ring arrangement of white panda and pastel anemones, sweet peas, Queen Anne's lace, statice, wax flower, Australian rosemary, wild cucumber and garden mignonette, $100, including a custom-made Silver Lake Farms two-ring holder and jars. Shower your Valentine's Day love with California-grown blossoms 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z He sat down and rested from his walk while he looked out over the handsome grounds and inhaled the odor of violets and mignonette. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z Its Egyptian name is Khenna, its Arabic name Al Khanna, its Indian name Mendee, while in England it is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, where it is naturalized, Jamaica mignonette. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The spot is beautiful, and overgrown by a luxuriance of wild mignonette and other flowers in the late spring. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z We call him the mannikin of the North with Southern principles—Van's mignonette. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Besides tufts of wild mignonette, henbane reared its downy foliage and evil-smelling creamy blossom. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z And as she bent to say good-night And heard me say my prayer, She seemed a bit of mignonette, She was so sweet and fair. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z Sow in the last week mignonette, and hardy annuals, in a warm border, for subsequent transplanting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Once I put together a rose, some sprigs of mignonette and heliotrope in wax, and gave them to my dear old friend, Henry Ward Beecher. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z I am densely ignorant—only just barely know dahlias from mignonette—and shall never be able to work it in any way. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z "This mignonette has only the grace of sweetness." Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Reseda, rē-sē′da, n. a genus of polypetalous plants, the mignonette family. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Sow mignonette, stocks, &c., in pots; sow sweet peas and a few hardy annuals on a warm border. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In the front lawn are placed some flower beds containing roses, carnations, and mignonette. Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children 2012-01-22T03:00:23.673Z Vivian came quickly down the garden path between the bordering beds of sweet alyssum and mignonette. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z "The mignonette, the lilies, are overflowing with pollen." The Children's Life of the Bee 2012-01-10T03:00:15.617Z And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Sow seeds of sweet alyssum, candytuft, daisies, mignonette, pansies, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In the south, in the Julianehaab district, even flowering plants, such as aster, nemophilia and mignonette, are cultivated, and broccoli, spinach, sorrel, chervil, parsley, rhubarb, turnips, lettuce, radishes grow well. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The flowers in the fruit garden and by the paths were old-fashioned favourites, wallflowers and mignonette, stocks and roses. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The white silk curtains waved in the soft air, bringing in wafts of mignonette from the window-boxes. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z I linger as I pass the mignonette, And what surprise could clearer be than this: To find my sweet rose waiting with a kiss! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Annuals that have been sown in the greenhouse or hotbed may be planted out, and seeds of such sorts as mignonette, sweet alyssum, Phlox Drummondii, portulaca, &c., may be sown in the beds or borders. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The Italian violets grow sweeter as we climb the Alpine slopes; the mignonette blooms with greater perfection and perfume as we approach the shores of the lowlands of the Mediterranean. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z And she looked at the mignonette she had sown, and the unfinished annuals, and the sweet peas which she had raised in the frame, and which would be out in another fortnight. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z “Perhaps she meant José’s blood,” remarked Mollie from behind her nosegay of honeysuckle and mignonette. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z There a bed of rue was set With an edge of mignonette, And the spicy bergamot Meshed the frail forget-me-not. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z In the little room below, the lamp was lit; for the glow fell warmly upon the gravel path, shell-bordered, and upon the tufted mignonette, sea-pinks, and feathery southernwood. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z White lilies, tiger lilies, and tall lupins were in the middle; carnations, white and scarlet geraniums round them, with brilliant blue salvias, mignonette, fuchsias, and many other lovely things. The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People 2011-08-10T02:00:18.760Z There were clusters of low-growing mignonette, which gave out a faint perfume exactly suited to the solemn shades which prevailed, and here and there bits of ground enameled with blue-eyed violets. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The sun, the red evening sun, shone in at the window, and on the sill were pots of pinks and mignonette that filled the air with fragrance. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The thought of thee is like the woods in spring, With silver-grey and silver-green o'erset; The thought of thee is what the four winds bring Over the banks of wild-blown mignonette. The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z She was kneeling at the open window with her elbows on the broad stone sill, and her cheeks were almost touching the sweet little mignonettes. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Stocks, red-hot-pokers, larkspur, polyanthus, peonies and dahlias caught the eye which was lured back to the humbler beauties of mignonette, forget-me-not, love-in-idleness, and a generous profusion of roses. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z She went off to a flower-bed, tore some mignonette up by the roots, tossed it from her, and came back again. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z She looks about, then her eyes take a startled, anxious expression; she steps hurriedly forward to kneel beside a woman lying among the fragrant mignonette. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z Not one is lost;—by old sea walls, And over beds of mignonette, And through lost lanes,—when darkness falls, In loveliness they sparkle yet. The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z Along the paths pansies laughed at the sun, and mignonette scattered its scented summons to bee and butterfly. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z You can feel her approaching you by a sudden perfume of mignonette. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z Dolly didn't answer; she was sniffing, with her face buried in a green pot of mignonette. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The sweet perfume of mignonette and roses float through the long, handsome rooms, from the lovely vases fixed around in such sweet, artistic profusion. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z I believe I’ll use the mignonette tonight, it is so fragrant and unconventional.” The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z Better look to it, dearie, before the ugly thing quite overtops the mignonette and the pinks! Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Silently she took the mignonette out of her bag and crushed it in her hand. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z He shook his head as he walked into the parlour—a sunny apartment, redolent of mignonette, boxes of which stood outside the windows. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Persian berries and weld, a species of wild mignonette, are both excellent dye-stuffs, but their employment is now limited. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Roses there were, and lilies, and fox-gloves, and mignonette, and a great many other flowers that had long names, which Violet could not remember. Violet: A Fairy Story 2011-04-07T02:00:17.290Z Who wouldn't rather have mignonette growing in the window? Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Then she slipped her hand slyly through the open doorway and dropped her bunch of mignonette into the room where the countess was sitting. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z In that pleasant room at the parsonage, with its sweet-scented mignonette boxes, and vases of freshly-cut flowers, sat the Reverend Mr. Freeman at breakfast, with his wife and visitor. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z The carpellary leaves are sometimes united in such a way as to leave an opening at the apex of the pistil, so that the ovules are exposed, as in mignonette. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Robert and I walked out to her grave, and strewed it with mignonette. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Limp, soiled muslin curtains reminding one of the train of an old ball-dress, hang before the windows where are glass hanging-lamps, and flower-pots of painted porcelain filled with mignonette, cactuses, and catnip. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Her effort with the mignonette had plainly proved a failure. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z The quenelles are boiled till done, in broth in which you put a few sprigs of mignonette. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z The winter winds have dispersed the down of the traveller's joy; and the penetrating breath of the mignonette has long ago died off the air. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z There was exquisite taste in the selection—a moss rose bud—a white rose half blown, with dark green myrtle leaves,—and a sprig of mignonette. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z The fragrance of the roses and mignonette, which Fritz had brought home with him to perfume the air a little, floated sadly through the small room. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z There was no sign of the ghostly inhabitant; no perfume of mignonette. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z On the window-sill was a pot of mignonette in a saucer. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z There is still lingering mignonette; plenty of Japanese anemones, their pure white faces pearled with the heavy autumn dew; single dahlias also, variously bright. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The sun was hot; the scent of mignonette and acacia from the courtyard mingled with the pungent smell of smoke from the factory. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z The flowers in the balcony before our windows, scarlet carnations and fragrant mignonette, are drooping, because mamma has forgotten to water them, and mamma herself looks as weary as the flowers. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Wrapped up in her handkerchief, carefully concealed in her purse bag, was a handful of mignonette, which she had gathered from Mrs. Ewing’s garden only that morning. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z The little house was as calm and peaceful looking as usual, the windows all open, the mignonette boxes on their sills in full bloom; the white shades gently stirring in the wind. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Another pause, while Margaret looks blankly across the garden, and Freddy inhales the smell of the mignonette, and scratches Mink's little smirking gray head. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z I went to the mignonette beds I have made—mignonette and nasturtiums; mignonette for scent and nasturtiums for beauty, and I hope you like nasturtiums—and standing still again, again heard only crickets. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Besides all these pleasant things, the garden was full of roses, mignonette and tall mallow. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z I threw some mignonette in the room, trying to make her think I was the ghost, but she didn’t notice it. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z The box border is practically a thing of the past, having been replaced by flower borders of mignonette and sweet alyssum, which afford a fine setting for the beds. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Then he made a fire of sweet spices and sandalwood, jasmine, and mignonette; and into the fire he put the wonderful dress. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z The blue blur of ocean, the dear green smell of mignonette, the rush of wind through the poplar trees were tonic memories to you. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z From the garden below the fragrance of mignonette was wafted up; the brook murmured aloud; a thin white veil was spread over the valley, with here and there a dim speck of light. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Weld is the dried plant Reseda luteola, a species of wild mignonette, formerly largely cultivated in Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z At Bar Americain in Manhattan, for instance, the lover’s lineup will include oysters with mint mignonette; spice-rubbed filet mignon with hash browns and steak sauce; and red velvet cake. 2010-02-10T06:04:00Z As we write these notes there steals over the senses a delicious memory of atmospheric sweetness, daintily impregnated with mignonette, lilies, lemon verbena, and roses, at that pleasant resort on Wellington Bay. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Faded spray of mignonette, Can you ever more forget How you lay that summer night, In the new moon's silvery light, Dreaming sweet in tranquil rest On my true-love's snowy breast? The Coast of Bohemia Perhaps she had shunned the gloomy church and preferred to remain outside in the graveyard, now fragrant with monthly roses and mignonette, hearing my music through the half-open door. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History When these little bees emerge they are generally to be found on wild mignonette, bramble flowers or those of the wild parsley tribe. Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects Then on a fine spring morning he paid a visit to the old woman who sold penny packets of seeds, and bought nasturtiums, mignonette, Virginia stocks and candytuft, twelve pansy roots and twelve daisy roots. Sinister Street, vol. 1 You don't feel your own weight at all in the open air like this--and besides, there's the sweet smell of the mignonette in the garden. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Plant, I beg you, mignonette to encircle my arrowroot fields. Sonnets from the Patagonian She stooped and gathered a sprig of mignonette, then a bit of rosemary from Mrs. Irving’s garden. The Master's Violin Sunflowers and mignonette in long front garden; bow-window, and regiment of geraniums drawn up in pots on little table. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 He was disappointed that neither the daisies nor the pansies smelt sweet, and when the mignonette bloomed, he almost sniffed it away, so lovely was the perfume of it during the blue days of June. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Around a little, slender, drowsily-splashing fountain in the middle bloomed a glorious wealth of roses; and the neighboring flower-beds, filled with all kinds of garden-stuff, were enclosed in thick borders of mignonette. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. To these I prefer musk, and mignonette, and heliotrope. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Then she gathered another sprig of mignonette, another leaf of rosemary, bound them together, and held them very far away, out of reach of temptation. The Master's Violin Here is a mignonette tree, forty feet high, and every part is full and fragrant with flowers, as is the little mignonette in our flower-pots. To Cuba and Back The morning wind is blowing from the east and spreads the fragrance of the grape in blossom,—a delicate fragrance, like that of mignonette and mulled wine. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity "Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers—gray heliotrope, And sweet white clover, and shy mignonette—Comes faintly in, and the silent chorus lends To the pervading symphony of peace." Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins Two nautilus shells holding their burden of giant mignonette shielded her from the air; but it broke at times fragrantly from the scented forest of blossoms. Love's Usuries Timidly, Iris put the rosemary and mignonette, bound together by a single blade of grass, first upon one gate-post and then upon the other. The Master's Violin "I expect you'll enjoy being in London," she said, slowly shredding the flowers from a spray of wild mignonette. Plashers Mead A Novel A few growing plants are a great attraction in the house, and you can have geraniums and mignonette all winter if you will begin to care for them now. Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895 Even before she lighted her short-armed gas-jet, however, a sweet, insidious, hothouse fragrance greeted her faintly through the must, as the memory of mignonette clings to old lace. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Below them, as they sat on the stone balustrade of the terrace, stretched Judith's immaculate gardens, redolent with the soft perfume of sweet pea and mignonette. Thirty Here bloomed together in delicious profusion roses—white, red, and pink—sweet-william, dahlias, peonies, mignonette, and heart's-ease, while the labyrinth which wound in and out among them was the pride of Miss Betsey's heart. Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 Yes," Roland rejoined, "give me a mignonette too, and as often as we smell them, we will think of each other. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Half decayed rose petals lie sprinkled on the wet earth, and the mignonette and daisies lie flat on the ground all mouldy and limp. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself She has seeds for her kitchen garden, also sweet peas, mignonette, sunflowers, hollyhocks, and pansies. Seeds of Pine One in pale rose came from the clover, and a third in soft green with dusky wings; but a bright face flew out of the mignonette. Lulu's Library, Volume II Dear, dear! how could one ever begin to tell of the loveliness and perfume of just one old-time garden, mignonette, fuchsias, heliotrope, and geraniums sending out their strong, delightful tints and fragrance with the rest? Maid Sally On the evening of his return, Sonnenkamp ordered the gardener to place the next day Manna's favorite flower, the mignonette, in every part of her room. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine And I know that, in the same mood, she dowered the vulgar horseweed with the breath of the mignonette. The Land of Long Ago Sprinkle some finely minced herbs, mignonette pepper, and salt over them. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode He tried the buttercups and dandelions, the violets and mignonette, the lilies and the honeysuckles, but all shut their doors against him and told him to go away. Lulu's Library, Volume II Instinctively they had drawn aside, behind a screen of pomegranate and mignonette trees in the patio; but their privacy, Charles felt, had been uncomfortably invaded. The Bright Shawl I must have some of your mignonette," said the other lady, "for the sake of the smell, and a bunch of those roses too. Better than Play Past the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms. Portia or By Passions Rocked Beat this together in a marble mortar, and take a pint of large oysters cut small, two anchovies, a shalot, a bouquet garni, a little mignonette pepper, and the yolks of four eggs. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode A vase with a bouquet of the flowers she loved, mignonette, heliotrope, roses, geraniums, was presented to her. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind In the knot of ribbon that fastened her narrow linen collar, she had arranged a sprig of mignonette, that now dropped upon the cushion as she bent over it. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part It was already full of pots of mignonette seeds and fairy-roses, cyclamen and lilies of the valley, which she was hoping to bring on to sell through the winter, when flowers would be scarce. Better than Play The stocks and mignonette are filling the air with perfume. Rossmoyne And suddenly I knew that the flowers in her hands were hyacinths, hyacinths and damp fern and mignonette. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon It was cold enough sometimes; but lately it has been so mild that I walk slowly by the balconies to smell longer the mignonette which fills them. Ellen Middleton—A Tale In front of the window a piece of plank had been rudely fastened, and here stood two wooden boxes containing a few violets, mignonette, and one very luxuriant rose-geranium. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part There were roses too, and 'boy's love,' mignonette, stocks, and pinks. Better than Play And I'll have mignonette, please, 'cause mother loves it, and Faith too. Anxious Audrey There is a box of mignonette in the window and a factory of dried rose-leaves, which make the atmosphere a trifle heavy, but very pleasant. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Large nosegays of flowers were placed upon the table, and now and then the air from the garden dispensed the delicious perfume which it had stolen from a bed of mignonette. Ellen Middleton—A Tale Coreopsis, mignonette, featherfew, nasturtiums, lilies, sweet peas, geraniums, all the simple garden flowers are used now in place of the hothouse products. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "Tuppence the roses, and a penny the mignonette, ma'am," said Bella. Better than Play The jar with the big campanulas stood in the corner; the mignonettes breathed softly an atmosphere of fragrance; her muslin work was in Chatty's hand. A Country Gentleman and his Family The mignonette which she had given him withered, dried; its perfume vanished, its blossoms turned gray. The Bondboy Have you ever noticed the delicious odor which comes from beds of mignonette, mint, or sweet alyssum? Eighth Reader Palms, ferns, mignonette, mosses and clusters of leaves lend themselves to the nicest effects against the whites of the table-cloth and china. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "And there is my threepence," said the mignonette lady. Better than Play Geraniums, phlox, mignonette, roses, snapdragons, and pansies made the beds gay, while at the back of them great bushes of Michaelmas daisies and chrysanthemums stood erect, neatly tied up to stakes. The Making of Mona The colonel talked of it, but Joe wondered if the mignonette in her garden was dead. The Bondboy The brown hive-bee, on the other hand, moves busily and quickly among the stocks, sweet peas, and mignonette. Eighth Reader The guests are seated at small tables, each table being decorated with a different kind of flower—the iris, marguerites, sweet peas, roses, mignonette, etc. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Tom picked out one of stocks and 'boy's love,' and one of pinks and mignonette, and a bunch of roses. Better than Play A sweet-brier bush stood near the window, great clumps of stocks, mignonette and verbenas lined the path to the gate. The Making of Mona But since that dun morning when she had given him the mignonette, and he had drawn her unresisting body to the barrier of his prison door, she had visited him no more. The Bondboy His windows are ornamented with mignonette and choice flowers in China vases, but outside may be discerned some iron-work intended to be serviceable as a fire-escape, for he has a horror of fire. Select Poems of Thomas Gray "I sowed a big bed of mignonette down by the arbour, and Mitchell and I set out a good lot of plants." Tante Stooping here and there, she carefully trimmed the rank-growing geraniums and the clusters of chrysanthemums, cut off the straggling branches of the mignonette and removed every passing bloom of harebell, heartsease, and heliotrope. Name and Fame A Novel These taller flowers were intermixed with mignonette, musk, and many dear old home favourites; while all one side of the garden was taken up by a bush-house full of splendid palms. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The most abundant specimens of the floral kingdom one meets with here are red and white roses, very finely developed, pinks of all colors, violets, mignonette, heliotrope, scarlet and white poppies, pansies, and forget-me-nots. Aztec Land According to Dr. Howard, "It feeds upon peas, beans, tobacco, pumpkin, squash, okra, and a number of garden flowering plants, such as cultivated geranium, gladiolus, mignonette, as well as a number of wild plants." The Story of the Cotton Plant A light morning wind stirred the curtains and the scent of mignonette floated in from the dewy garden. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 In little Annie's garden Grew all sorts of posies; There were pinks, and mignonette, And tulips, and roses. Pinafore Palace Now and then we cross the mouth of some little lonely side-valley, full of mignonette and cyclamens and tall spires of pink hollyhock. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit He could almost smell the heavy odor of mignonette. A Breath of Prairie and other stories The room was scented with a bunch of wall-flowers and another of mignonette, which Stella had brought in that morning from the market. The First Violin A Novel On the evening breeze wafted in the scent of mignonette and flowers, and the low sleepy clucking of the hens, about to go to roost. The Carroll Girls I never saw such fine big stalks of mignonette. A Dear Little Girl at School We are already making delightful plans for flower beds, hanging baskets, and window boxes, filled with nasturtiums, sweet-peas, and mignonette. Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Now then," she said, "a little gentle breeze is coming in at the window, and the roses and pinks and mignonette will smell more sweetly still as the night advances. The Time of Roses There were also great bowls of mignonette and large glass vases filled with sweet peas. The School Queens Then you could grow mignonette and lots of things there. The Carroll Girls We shall have mignonette a little later, for our flowers are coming on finely. A Dear Little Girl at School Gladiolus, anemones, roses, and mignonette fill the air with fragrance. Round the Wonderful World There were roses, too, and fragrant little knots of heliotrope and mignonette. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series Rows of mignonette and lobelia bordered the footpath, and sweet, earthy garden smells filled the calm evening air. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Esther was shelling peas, Penelope was filling flower-pots in which to plant some mignonette seeds she had bought at Mrs. Vercoe's that morning. The Carroll Girls The marshes were green and filled with exquisite flowers and mosses, little white and purple bells, some of them the most beautiful turquoise-green rising from tufts of verdure like mignonette. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse How come you to change the proper characteristics of mignonette? Say and Seal, Volume II Delicious breaths of roses and mignonette floated in as the party gathered about the breakfast table. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series Her humor reminds me of a bed of mignonette, with its delicate yet permeating fragrance. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition We can recall the beauty of the rose, the perfume of the mignonette, the flavor of the orange, or we can imagine new combinations of these delights. What a Young Woman Ought to Know Rose leaves, mignonette, and sweet-scented clover, make fine perfumes, managed in this way. The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner "Do you understand how the sweet fragrance of mignonette can give new enjoyment to a summer's day?" Say and Seal, Volume II See, myotis, heliotrope, hare bells, and mignonette, a bed of perfume, and there lies my old servant. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders It is to the hundreds upon hundreds of flower-pots, in which grow roses and geraniums and mignonette and a score with old-fashioned but forever beloved names. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad For the first time he came directly to her window; she saw and heard him, knew he was waiting behind the mignonette and heliotrope, and went on serenely sewing. The Gay Rebellion Christina entered by the barnyard and came up through the kitchen garden where rows of cauliflower and cabbage and tomatoes alternated with pansies and mignonette and scarlet salvia. In Orchard Glen "Well—" said the doctor,—"it is impossible to trace the limits of the influences of mignonette." Say and Seal, Volume II She ran down the path to meet him, brushing the dew from the border of mignonette with her light gown. 'Lizbeth of the Dale He managed to slip his head out between the edge of an awning and the mignonette and geraniums of a window-box. The Invader A Novel So the girl had little to do there at her sunny open window, where mignonette and heliotrope and nasturtiums bloomed in pots, and the big bumble bees came buzzing and plundering the little window garden. The Gay Rebellion Here the air was full of delicate scents—lavender insistent; mignonette faint, but penetrating; homely wall-flowers, sweet even as the roses themselves. The Master Mummer Don't be sorry!—" said Faith, looking as fearless and sonsy as any real piece of mignonette that ever shook its brown head in the wind;—"I wouldn't tell you, only you must see it. Say and Seal, Volume II The windows were wide open, the sunblinds were drawn down outside, and the warm air, fragrant with mignonette, streamed in over the window boxes. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius She unlatched the casements and threw them wide, and clean, salt, sweet air came streaming in, bringing the fragrance of mignonette and wallflower and sweetbriar, and the aromatic smells of the larch and pine. The Dop Doctor He came every day; and every day, at sundown, she sat sewing by the window behind her heliotrope and mignonette waiting. The Gay Rebellion She must perhaps forego her dinner in order to possess that pot of mignonette, but she trips lightly away with it in a happy mood. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands "All the flowers rejoice," said the mignonette, "and the cricket jumps out of the way." Say and Seal, Volume II The air is heavy with a dozen different odors—of ripening fruit, mignonette, wild roses, and—sweetest of all perhaps—clover from the great sloping fields outside the orchard wall. Only an Irish Girl Their odour, in delicacy and earth-purity, is something that one cannot express his gratitude for—like the mignonette. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation That evening, as he stood at her window, the barrier of mignonette fragrant between them, he said rather abruptly: "Are you ill?" The Gay Rebellion There was her mignonette seed not yet sprouted. Nine Little Goslings Even in the middle of summer there was a shadow around her house, which could be recognised by a glass bowl of goldfish near a pot of mignonette at a window. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man And then—oh, wonderful, exquisite marvel!—plucked a sprig of mignonette, smelled it, and placed it in his buttonhole. Colorado Jim I was sitting here one fall night, a South Wind straight from the great water, and the mignonette came in and lingeringly passed. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Between them, along the barrier of heliotrope and mignonette, the little dusk moths came hovering on misty wings; the sun had set, but the zenith was bright crimson. The Gay Rebellion She darted out, and filled the boys' hands with pinks and mignonette, pansies and geraniums. "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus The peculiar scent as of tobacco and ale and the salt of the sea, and, faintly, the breath of mignonette and geraniums, struck out the long intervals since Harry had been there before. The Wooden Horse A continuous flower-bed ran all round the house close to its walls, planted full of geraniums, heliotrope, nasturtiums, mignonette, and pansies. A Little Country Girl She wore a great bunch of mignonette stuck in the waistband of her green cloth dress, and her small hat had a flat wreath of the same flower. Ladies-In-Waiting In the wide low windows there were two banks of bright autumn flowers, pompons and dwarf roses, mignonette and veronica. Vixen, Volume I. There was a delicious recess in the deep window, with a seat and a table in it, and a box of mignonette along the sill. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster There were long borders of dripping, storm-dashed flowers in front of them, and mignonette run to seed, and dahlias filled with moisture to their brims. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir Above all the fragrance came the unmistakable sweetness of mignonette. American Cookery November, 1921 When his mother died, he wandered into the garden, sought the familiar corner, and flung himself on the bed of mignonette to cry his heart out—the lonely heart of an eight-year-old boy. Ladies-In-Waiting Separated from the street by either a white picket fence or a row of lilac bushes, grow in their seasons nasturtiums, pinks, larkspur, mignonette, sweet peas, and forget-me-nots, in neat rows. The 1926 Tatler This, an ace of hearts, was discovered by the Padre, face upwards, in a bed of mignonette, and he was vehement in claiming a fresh deal, on the grounds that the card was exposed. Miss Mapp I went to another of my tailors, and he was in an upper room, with open windows and surrounded by mignonette boxes, playing the piano in the bosom of his family. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 She went to the florist at St. Lorenz Place, taking with her a garland of carnations and mignonettes she had made the day before. The Goose Man What marvel such a garland rare Should breathe sweet odors on the air, Like mignonette? Ladies-In-Waiting Under the sunny walls run straight170 wide borders, where the bees make merry among pinks and lilies, mignonette and gilliflowers, and the walls themselves are tangled with old-fashioned roses and honeysuckles. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science The garden was a very pleasant place, with rhubarb and sunflowers, sweet peas and mignonette, planted here and there among the rows of vegetables, just as Jeremiah's fancy suggested. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Many are sheltered by box hedges, and none but has its garden—in which flowers other than hollyhocks, mignonette, larkspur, stock, and bachelor's buttons are considered slightly nouveaux venus. Tutors' Lane The sunny air came softly in through wide-open latticed windows, bringing with it the scent of mignonette. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy I never knew a woman to wear a bunch of mignonette before.” Ladies-In-Waiting Outside in the garden Mrs. Bruce was drawing Dorothea's attention to the scent of the violets and mignonette, and her gay voice caused Betty to sigh heavily. An Australian Lassie He cut a great bunch of mignonette; and Rose, proffering her request for lavender, received a nosegay as big as she could hold in both hands. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls The flowers that she carried when she answered the final curtain-call, curiously enough, were damask roses and mignonette. Days Off And Other Digressions You may plant your field with flower-seeds, sow tulips, marigolds, mignonette, &c., those will look very well in June and July, but how about September? Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet Her neck looked deliciously white and young, rising from its transparent chiffons, 61 and her bunch of mignonette gave a note of delicate distinction. Ladies-In-Waiting Inside the gate was a garden, and all its beds were defined by upended stout bottles—weedless, sweet-scented beds wherein grew such blooms as daisies, and violets, stocks, sweetpeas, sweet williams, lad's love and mignonette. An Australian Lassie She took up a posy of velvet pansies and sweet-peas, set round with mignonette, and put it lovingly to her lips. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls This mignonette is the chief source of the perfume which fills my cell. The Basket of Flowers It was lovely now with clove pinks, sweet williams, mignonette, and a dozen more old-fashioned blossoms, as she looked up from her letter to rest her eyes lovingly upon it. Chicken Little Jane I put the pinks in my room and pinned on the mignonette because it matched my dress. Ladies-In-Waiting Their destiny is to be the sweet, elusive fragrance of oblivion—the thyme and mignonette of things that were. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Roses, and dew, and mignonette, The sun is in the steep blue sky, Sweetly the morning star is set.' Songs of Childhood The demure Quaker is like the peculiar fragrance of the mignonette. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy “I’ll pick some pansies and mignonette for mother,” she said half aloud, “she loves them so.” Chicken Little Jane It was laden with a delicate perfume that came from a huge bunch of mignonette on the table. Ladies-In-Waiting There were great roses and sweet elysium, mignonette, peppermint pinks, crêpe myrtle, riotous vines and creepers. Sally of Missouri The young lady’s answer was to stoop down and gather a handful of flowers, gowans, sweet peas, violets and mignonette. Janet's Love and Service It is hard to believe so many people really like mignonette as profess to do so, it has such a caviare-to-the-general odor. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy It was dark, but there was a sweet smell of mignonette and of roses. 'Me and Nobbles' Look at the mignonette—it isn't pretty, but everybody loves it and plants it, and don't think a garden's a garden without it. The Second Chance From springtime until autumn the presbytery was redolent of mignonette. Balthasar and Other Works - 1909 Not rare flowers, such as she had just been admiring, but flowers sweet and common, pansies and thyme, sweet peas and mignonette. Janet's Love and Service With an anguish which I am utterly incapable of describing, I saw my marigolds and mignonette and roses and peonies and dahlias and pansies and other leafy pets wither and droop and shrivel. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice She leaned back in the hammock, and he continued: "I wish I could water the radishes and mignonette with the tender dews of memory."—"Why?" she asked, clasping her hands together. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 It was the month of roses, and, intertwined with jasmine and mignonette, they formed the chief decorations in the roomy marquee erected for the breakfast under the big old cedars overlooking the river. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn A white hen scratched the earth about the mignonette with such good-will that it all died. Balthasar and Other Works - 1909 A bed of mignonette scented the air agreeably. Priscilla's Spies His hand trembled a little as he touched the bunch of mignonette which he had put on the table. Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls The only thing I had to assure me that it was not all a dream, and that I had really seen her, was the little spray of mignonette, which I carried next my heart. She and I, Volume 1 His presence seemed to carry with it a fragrance of his own, as real as that of the mignonette and roses and sweet-Williams amid which he left them embowered. Brother Copas The holy man had so little distrust of his mignonette that he would often in passing pick a spray and inhale its fragrance for a long time. Balthasar and Other Works - 1909 She waters all the lilies tall, The fragrant mignonette, And hollyhocks beside the wall— Not one does she forget. A Jolly Jingle-Book You may select from the following list: phlox, petunias, China asters, California poppies, sweet peas, pinks, double and single sunflowers, hibiscus, candytuft, balsams, morning-glories, stocks, nasturtiums, verbenas, mignonette. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition She had brought with her into church a tiny spray of mignonette, and this she left behind her on the seat close to where she had been sitting. She and I, Volume 1 Annuals.—African daisy, ageratum, aster, calendula, calliopsis, balsam, candytuft, cornflower, cosmos, marigold, mignonette, nasturtium, petunia, poppy, stock, sweet alyssum, sweet-pea, verbena, zinnia, annual phlox, red sunflower, cut-and-come-again sunflower. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools So much so, indeed, that, the devil aiding, the priest's mignonette soon covered a vast extent of his little garden. Balthasar and Other Works - 1909 Oh, roses I helped to grow, Oh, lily and mignonette, Must you always question me so, "Where is your lover, Nanette?" The Dreamers And Other Poems The flowers were planted without much regularity except for the borders of four o’clock and mignonette. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story July was not yet ended, and roses, lilies, and mignonette breathed their fragrance upon the air. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls It is a big, old-fashioned house, and there is a lovely garden, full of roses and lilies, and phlox and stocks and hollyhocks and mignonette and sweet peas. Mary Gray He stopped, and the two ladies passed close to Charny, who could even recognize the queen's favorite scent, vervain, mixed with mignonette. The Queen's Necklace There were the sweet mignonette and heliotrope, the pink verbena, and the beautiful white scented verbena, the gay phlox, the pure candytuft, bits of lemon blossoms, and the faithful pansies. The Angel Children or, Stories from Cloud-Land His eyes wandered over the delicate, riotous color of the sweet-pea hedge and rested in content upon the mignonette border. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story There was the sweetest smell wafted through the room—the sweet peas, roses, mignonette, seemed to be floating in the air. A Girl in Ten Thousand The edges of the beds—gentle waves that never degenerate to straightness—are thickly bordered with mignonette. The Amateur Garden In among the grasses was yellow coltsfoot; among the pebbles were sowthistle, mignonette, pink bindweed, and great patches of storksbill. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad If meat or fish is to be used as the basis of the sandwich, substitute nasturtium leaves and blossoms, or sprigs of mignonette, for the former flowers. Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes There was an old-fashioned garden of roses and mignonettes and hollyhocks, with crimson ramblers rioting over the wire trellis in front of the broad porch. Steve Yeager She hated the pretty room, and the sweet-peas, and the roses and mignonette. A Girl in Ten Thousand "The pansies are almost gone, but there are plenty of roses yet, and verbenas, and mignonette, and lots of things." A Sweet Little Maid The latticed windows were diamond-paned and their inside ledges filled with flourishing fuchsias and trailing white campanula, and mignonette. Robin The gardener gave Julian a cone from the summer-house, which had fallen on the seat, and mamma got some mignonette, and leaves of laurel and ivy, and we wended our way back to the hotel. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Yellow blossoming sage, and mint, and lavender, and mignonette, sprout in the crevices where snakes and lizards harbour. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series That great jug of sweet peas in the middle is just what he likes, but we might have roses and mignonette as well. A Girl in Ten Thousand The sober mignonette is too great a favorite to be excluded, though it lends little to the effect. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 She became quite active and bustling—picking a spray of honeysuckle and a few sprigs of mignonette from near the doorway and handing them to Robin. Robin In many places the trees meet, and form a green arcade over your head, whilst patches of mignonette, giant plants of heliotrope, and clusters of geranium perfume the air. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath The wide, old-fashioned sofa was drawn close to an open window, that she might feel the soft, cool air on her cheeks, and sniff the fragrance of the mignonette that filled the beds outside. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Wild thyme continues to bloom—the shepherd's thyme—wild mignonette, blue scabious, white dropwort, yellow bedstraw, and the large purple blooms of greater knapweed. Nature Near London The air was heavy with sweet smells, mignonette and alyssum and the fragrance of a thousand of roses, white and pink and red, over by the hedge. August First Place this bunch of mignonette In her cold, dead hand; When the golden sun is set, Where the poplars stand, Bury her from sun and day, Lay my little love away From my sight. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar The sickly seamstress in the narrow city lane tends her box of sicklier mignonette. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Even the sweetness of the mignonette was faintly perceived. The Portion of Labor The little chapel was fairly cool, and through a door very near the altar, open to the garden, came the scent of mignonette on the air. Great Possessions Mozart passed roguishly by in strains of scarlet pimpernel, mignonette, syringa, and violets. Visionaries A red-tiled bungalow is built about a courtyard with cloisters and a fountain, while vines and flowers fill the air with the most delicious perfume of heliotrope, mignonette, and jasmine. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches The garden was the same, sweetening with the ardor of pinks and mignonette, the tasted breaths of thyme and lavender, like under-thoughts of reason, and the pungent evidence of box. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel You stroll to the very door; the goldfinches are hanging upon the wall; the mignonette is in the window. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons Maud sat with her lap full of violets and mignonette, which she was trying to weave into a bouquet, but arrested in her occupation, her weird black eyes looked wonderingly on the visitor. Infelice Aunt Lavinia says that she thinks that it is sold under the name of Miles spiral mignonette. The Garden, You, and I We once planted window-boxes of mignonette and they came up petunias—volunteer petunias at that. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches I planted a lot of mignonette the day before I went away. A Little Mother to the Others We want a good, old-fashioned round bouquet of garden posies, with mignonette round the edge and a rose in the middle; a sure-enough token of esteem—that kind of thing, you know. The Stolen Singer Blessed are they who with humble talents make themselves like the mignonette, creators of fragrance and peace! The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service These three species of mignonette I have found perfectly satisfactory. The Garden, You, and I Dear Sir: The last time I had the pleasure of see you in your place, Villa Collina Ridente, you exclaimed with a melancholic voice, "Only poppies and mignonette came out of the wild flower seeds." The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches There was mignonette beside me, and a clump of southern wood. The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher And no odor of mignonette there is, But the breath of morn on the dewy lawn; And maybe from causes as slight as this The quaint old legend was born. The Haunted Hour An Anthology The scent of roses and mignonette suffused the warm air of evening. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax It is not so fragrant as the common mignonette, but would be most graceful to arrange with roses or sweet peas. The Garden, You, and I I have got a whole row of them along a border, next to which I think I shall have mignonette and scarlet geraniums alternately. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books The charts covered the table; one of them lay on the carpet; and a pot of mignonette had been overturned inside the open window scattering some of the mould. Elster's Folly But tell her, when I'm gone, to train the rosebush that I set About the parlor window and the box of mignonette. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation There was a glimpse of lofty houses, open windows, grapevines rich in purple clusters on the walls, and boxes of mignonette and gayer flowers upon the window-sills. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax In Thee I have the springs, the rills, The mignonette, the daffodils, The Eglantine, the harebell on the hills, The trembling poplar, sighing low And slow. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse The reseda, or mignonette, is planted from seed, as here in England. Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Pimpernel, convolvulus, mignonette, marigold, and pansy were English enough, and in addition to these the ox-daisies of our meadows were almost as common here. Morocco You're wrong, it's not the violet, Nor yet this pure white lily: It is this straggling mignonette,— I know you think it silly,— But hear my story; then, perhaps, You'll freely grant me pardon. The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Miss Fletcher stooped to her border and cut a bunch of mignonette with the scissors that hung from her belt. Jewel's Story Book "The mignonette will be growin' in the gardens, Bobby," she murmured. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes And there was always mignonette and nemophila in window-boxes, so sweet in the evening air? Bluebell A Novel Golden light everywhere; and the sounds of singing birds, and the perfume of the late mignonette and stocks. The Hoyden She turned away her head, gazing down at a fragrant border of mignonette, while he watched her, a smile on his lips. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular "Yes, sir, she told Miss Fletcher where she was visiting, and she gave her a bunch of mignonette and a rose to bring home." Jewel's Story Book A great pot of mignonette perfumed the room with its sweetness. Uncle Max And woodbine, roses, and mignonette breathe as sweet odours as exotics, and belong of right to the cottages of England. Turns of Fortune And Other Tales All this silly little world—all this quintessence of fashion and elegance, long out of date, all exhaled the acrid odour of rose-water and essence of mignonette turned into vinegar. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales He was lying back again, staring out at the respectable imitation of a lawn, at rose beds, carpeted with over-blown mignonette, and a lone untidy tamarisk that flung a spiky shadow on the grass. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India He wanted now just such another,—some mignonette, and geranium, and a single tea-rosebud. What Answer? I was very fond of this balcony seat: the awning protected me from the hot June sun, and the flower-boxes at my feet were sweet with mignonette. Uncle Max She was very much at home here, and loved each flower, from the delicate, fragrant mignonette to the gaily-coloured, boisterous tiger-lily. Jess of the Rebel Trail We pay too much with money, deem A dollar can discharge a debt, Or buy a dress, or buy a dream, Perhaps a spray of mignonette. More Toasts I hastened to gather some flowers for my mother; the mignonette was in bloom, and that was her favorite flower. My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4 Lovely pale flowers blossomed like little moons in the dusk, and over them the breath of mignonette hung heavily. Famous Modern Ghost Stories As to Saint Luke, he may be represented by clumps of mignonette, for Sister Emmerich tells us that while he was a physician it was his favourite remedy. The Cathedral Yet Grey bent longest over her own flower, that every childlike soul loves best,—mignonette. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 What a dainty pet is the mignonette, Whose sweets wide scattered are! Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry She still held the flowers we had gathered in her hand, the lovely sprays of mignonette! suddenly they fell to the floor, and in a strange, hoarse voice, my mother cried: "I must follow him!" My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4 The dinner was quite English in its style, and the table looked bright with tea roses, heliotrope, and mignonette. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Dora first opened the window towards the garden; a delicious odor of jasmine and mignonette was wafted into the room from the flower-beds below. Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country You profess to love botany, yet your sole herbarium has been the mignonette in sewing-girls' windows. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 The September breeze entered from the dim stretch of yard, under the waving elm boughs, and in an instant the room was filled with the fragrance of mignonette. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Rosy's are mignonette, great clusters, a whole armful—I didn't know florists grew such richness—they smell like the summer kind. The Twenty-Fourth of June Afterwards we strolled round the garden, full of English flowers, roses, carnations, mignonette, and sweet peas. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months It was a genuine peasant's garden, with touch-me-nots and mignonette in bloom, and in one place the mallows grew so tall that they formed a lane. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 There were eastern flowers—marigolds, hollyhocks, mignonette—planted in the front yards of our little cabins. 54-40 or Fight Some pots of tulips and mignonette stood on the ledge of his window. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Her apartment was elegantly furnished, and adorned with beautiful vases of mignonette and plants of moss-roses. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 Picture to yourself how the room would look if you scattered flowers about it, roses, tulips, mignonette, flowers of yellow and blue, in the pell-mell confusion of a blooming garden. The Art of Interior Decoration Wild mignonette has grown on the door of Kersa-lion; near the turret is a pointed window flanked by a lion and a Hercules, which stand out in bold relief on the wall like two gargoyles. Over Strand and Field The seminary bell rang out in clear notes, while all the scents of June—the perfume of blossoming stocks, of mignonette and of heliotropes—came over the lofty courtyard wall. Abbe Mouret's Transgression She did not answer; she lay quite still within his arms, her half-closed eyes lingering on the garden—on the white roses, the clustering mignonette, the hovering yellow butterflies. Max "And so you have come, ma mignonette, at the dead of night—at the risk of your reputation—and mine—" Toby made an excruciating grimace, and broke impulsively in upon him. Charles Rex Her voice shook a little as she tied up a bunch of mignonette and told the price of it. Bebee Roses should be freely used, and violets, mignonette, geraniums, and phlox, while the edges of the veranda should have some crotons and ferns in pots. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore The servant having admitted them to a small drawing-room, the hangings and furniture of which were of a mignonette hue, stood awaiting their pleasure, and Helene gave her name—Madame Grandjean. A Love Episode Violets, roses, mignonette, and many others, though very delicious, give me no sexual feeling at all. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Mignonette has such a small and modest little flower that one thinks always of mignonette in terms of green. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. They would arrange flowers in the épergne, she suggested—a few sweet williams and mignonette and a foxglove or two. Halcyone From the monastery garden came a moist fragrance of freshly watered mignonette, and from the church floated the soft singing of men's voices, which seemed very pleasant and mournful in the distance. The Duel and Other Stories Ognev remembers his cautious steps, the dark windows, the heavy scent of heliotrope and mignonette. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories They had tea in the little garden, where mignonette, stocks, and tobacco plants were in flower, and spikes of early gladiolus were just opening. The Darling and Other Stories In choosing mignonette seed remember that there is a great difference in mignonette. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The caterpillars of this insect feed on the leaves of cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, mignonette, and some other plants. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 It is a labyrinth of agave and flowers and shrubbery, among which the path zigzags up the mountain-side; geraniums, and jonquils, and mignonette, and lilies are wild. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter There was a scent of the mignonette, of the tobacco-plants, and of the heliotrope, which were not yet over in the flower-beds. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories After leaving it we walked through the streets of a low-roofed village, then followed a path bordered with wild mignonette and apple trees that wound up the side of a hill covered with vineyards. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 In the beds were asters, celosia, balsam, nasturtiums, marigold, zinnia, carnation, schizanthus, sweet peas, dahlias, gladiolus, candytuft, lilies, scabiosa, stocks, salvia, snapdragon, phlox, mignonette, four o'clocks and petunias. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. If they could only gather broom, heather, shamrock, and edelweiss, they would be able to see clover, alfalfa, arbutus, and mignonette when they came back home. Reveries of a Schoolmaster She gave him a smile that made his heart do a trick, and when he bent over to help her break a piece of mignonette, his hand touched hers…. Mary Minds Her Business You may also see the pink flowers of the Malva plant in abundance, the chaste mignonette and the Australian pea-vine. By the Golden Gate The roses and mignonette and honeysuckle made the air delicately fragrant. A Spinner in the Sun The mignonette was massed at the entrance of the garden for pleasing and subdued effect. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The air round the mignonette was dark with wasps. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts "I wonder…." said she, and they both bent over to pick another piece of mignonette. Mary Minds Her Business The patched window, the dingy blind, the shattered doorstep, the pot of mignonette on the garret ledge, are to him as significant as the lines and wrinkles on a human face. In the Days of My Youth "Marigolds and larkspur and mignonette; phlox and lad's love, rosemary, lavender, and verbena, and many another that you'll not guess till the time comes for blossoming." A Spinner in the Sun Sweet alyssum is good for this purpose and so too is mignonette. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. At night Mrs. Herbert dreamed that they went into the garden, down a long walk to a mignonette bed near the vinery. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts It is said that Miss Mitford, the admired authoress, was the first to discover that the common mignonette could be induced to adopt tree-like habits. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Even here, rough and wild as her surroundings were, she gave much thought to her dress; to-night her blonde harmonious loveliness was properly framed in a toilette of mignonette greens, fresh from Paris. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California The beauty of mignonette, and doves, and gentle things. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East In order to break up extremes of colours you can always use masses of white flowers, or something like mignonette, which is in effect green. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The mignonette was black with innumerable bees, and Wilburd, the gardener, came up and advised Mr. and Mrs. Herbert not to go nearer. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Amelia fixed upon the flaunting rose, Charlotte the modest mignonette. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden And I would have a maid to wait on her, and there'd be mignonette always growing in boxes on the window-sill. The Gate of the Giant Scissors And phlox—Sally, you must have masses of phlox—and candy-tuft, and mignonette, and sweet alyssum—" "And love-in-a-mist, and forget-me-nots, and sweet peas, and hollyhocks. Strawberry Acres The old-fashioned flowers are lovely—sweet William, phlox, old-fashioned pinks, petunia, verbena, zinnia, marigold, mignonette, and poppy are always dear and sweet. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Old-fashioned bouquet of garden flowers in old-fashioned vase—snapdragons, lark-spur, coreopsis, babies' breath, mignonette—old-fashioned stiff little artificial bouquets in white lace paper for favors. Entertaining Made Easy The aroma from its flowers is like that of mignonette; it perfumes the whole atmosphere, and is perceptible to the inhabitants of all the beehives within a circuit of a mile. Among the Trees at Elmridge Often he had lain awake at night, restless with the memory of heliotrope, and phlox, and mignonette, and afternoons quiet except for the sound of bees. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Here the sky is transparent and serene; the soft breeze which even now caresses my face comes through the open window together with the scent of heliotropes, roses, and mignonette. Without Dogma Then mignonette is absolutely necessary to keep the garden sweet. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Do you smell the mignonette, or is it Sweet William? Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel The scent of mignonette, jonquils, and narcissi filled the air. My Brilliant Career We began to have a fire yesterday and to put on some of our winter clothing; yet roses bloom just outside our door, and mignonette, nasturtiums, and a variety of other flowers adorn every house. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss There's the same mignonette box in the middle of the window, and the same four flower-pots, two on each side, that I brought with me when I first came. Nicholas Nickleby Mrs Sparkler, lying on her sofa, looking through an open window at the opposite side of a narrow street over boxes of mignonette and flowers, was tired of the view. Little Dorrit And the next time a woman asks——" "But I didn't say——" "The next time you smell mignonette, think of it as a soporific. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Blumenbach mentions an Englishman whose sense of smell was otherwise very acute, but he was unable to perceive the perfume of the mignonette. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine She encountered negro shanties turned into studios, with orange curtains and pots of mignonette; marble houses on New Hampshire Avenue, with butlers and limousines; and men who looked like fictional explorers and aviators. Main Street One of them did not want to give me some mignonette the other day because she said it would make me sick. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. House of Mirth You see we smelled mignonette, and followed a common impulse. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Now it passed through the beds of violets, now through the mignonette. The Octopus : A story of California We shall provide ourselves with a night's shelter and the means to entertain our friends as well Hasten to collect our wardrobe, mignonette, while I crack my throat to make him hear. A Chair on the Boulevard In the distance was a faint thickening of whitish mist; in the air there was a scent of mignonette and white acacia flowers. The Torrents of Spring Outside was the delicious sunshine, through the open window stole in the perfume of the roses which covered the wall, and mignonette from the trim borders, and stocks from the bed fringing the lawn. The Avenger The mignonette needs a cool soil, only moderately rich, shade part of the day, and careful attention to cutting the flower-stalks before the seeds are ripe. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Then it passed forward beyond the violets, and drew nearer and stood amid the mignonette, hardier blooms that dared look heavenward from out the leaves. The Octopus : A story of California After a few moments of listening to the bees and breathing the mignonette, he said: 'I found a little white bay, just like you—a virgin bay. The Trespasser The lilies were gone, but there was still a strong breath of sweetness, a bouquet, as it were, of mignonette and verbena and sweet thyme and other fragrant blossoms, and the hollyhocks still bloomed. Quaint Courtships There were a scant half-dozen stars overhead, and the thick scent of roses and mignonette came up to her in languid waves. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Some familiar examples of hardy annuals are sweet alyssum, ageratum, calendula, calliopsis, candytuft, Centaurea Cyanus, clarkia, larkspur, gilia, California poppy, morning-glory, marigold, mignonette, nemophila, pansy, phlox, pinks, poppies, portulaca, zinnia, sweet pea, scabiosa. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) A few nights later it left the mignonette behind, and advanced into the beds of white iris that pushed more boldly forth from the earth, their waxen petals claiming the attention. The Octopus : A story of California In the golden glow of lamplight she set small bowls of white and lavender sweet-peas, and mignonette, upon the round table. The Trespasser There were, however, many other flowers of the old-fashioned varieties—verbenas sweet-williams, phlox, hollyhocks, mignonette, and the like. Quaint Courtships It was good to breathe the mingled odor of roses and mignonette that was thick about him. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages When the last mignonette's over, there are the chrysanthemums, and then the Christmas roses, and ever so early in January the winter aconite and the snow-drops, and the violets under the south wall. The Incomplete Amorist Small gravelled walks, well kept, bordered with mignonette, twisted about among the flower beds, and underneath the magnolia trees. The Octopus : A story of California Here's a little mignonette I put in the bottom, so't everybody could have a sprig. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life They gave out a hot, velvet smell, like roses and violets laced with mignonette. Mary Olivier: a Life The rising odor of roses and mignonette, keen and intolerably sweet, had roused unforgotten pulses in his blood, had set shame and joy adrum in his breast. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Everything was represented in her flower garden, from sweet alyssum and mignonette to roses and lilies, just as a little of all sweet qualities mingled themselves in her disposition. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys When he sat down on the mignonette Harriett sent a note round by Maggie: "Miss Frean presents her compliments to the lady next door and would be glad if she would restrain her cat." Life and Death of Harriett Frean Across the well-kept lawn there brooded no shadow of Old-World cedar; no century-old espaliers divided flower and kitchen ground; no box-edging of the early Hanoverian era bordered the beds of roses and mignonette. Charlotte's Inheritance When you smelt mignonette you thought of Mamma. Mary Olivier: a Life A little mystery enhances—eh?—is convenient too—balks intrusion—throws the drapery over the mignonette. Stephen Archer and Other Tales That part of Heaven smelt of mignonette, and a starling was singing there. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice They could see the village street, however, with the quaint church on the level; and light warm airs brought them odours of roses and mignonette from the gardens. The Heavenly Twins A rose, a bunch of mignonette would be to her too gay a posy for the Lord's House and the Lord's Day. Sabbath in Puritan New England It held out its tiny branches, stiffly, like a toy tree, standing no higher than the mignonette. Mary Olivier: a Life Looking over the mignonette, Mr. Joseph Foxley espied her presently talking to the parrot and tending the monkey. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches The strong, sweet, subtle smell of mignonette came wafted to my senses, the odours of jessamine, roses, and myrtle floated to me on the evening breeze. The Uninhabited House Her own room was on the shady side where pots of mignonette died within a week. L'Assommoir Her room was on the shady side, and a pot of mignonette would die in a week on her sill. L'Assommoir She was happy sitting on the grass, drawing the fine, sharp blades between her fingers, sniffing the smell of the mignonette that tingled like sweet pepper, opening and shutting the yellow mouths of the snap-dragon. Mary Olivier: a Life A gorgeous wired platoon of roses, and smilax tuberose and mignonette—Mr. Joseph, Mr. Joseph, what does this mean, who is this for? Crowded Out! and Other Sketches Into the room with the arch-valet and the very tired, elegant modish man she has come like the scent of mignonette through the window. The Harlequinade An Excursion Two or three vases of mignonette and ferns harmonized with the general effect, and gave the room a delightful fragrance. Patty Fairfield I even found the Flora standing yet, Whose plaster crumbles at the alley's end, —Slim, 'mid the foolish scent of mignonette. Poems of Paul Verlaine When you smelt mignonette you thought of Mamma and Mark and the sumach tree, and Papa standing on the steps, and the queer laugh that came out of his beard. Mary Olivier: a Life Not for Mr. Simon P. Rattray did the oleanders blossom in the big green tubs and the wall-flowers and mignonette in the windows. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches But I swear that the air just now was fraught With the odor of mignonette! East and West Poems As he turned into the Rue Chantal he passed a flower-stall aglow with roses from the south and sweet with narcissus and mignonette. The History of David Grieve In the garden the dahlias were still in full splendour, and the perfume of the mignonette rose from the borders of the flower beds. Married They were both unseen but the mignonette's fragrance was wonderfully sweet, and the feeling of confidence, breathing through the words of the old psalm was wonderfully strong. Georgina of the Rainbows An air we can't forget; A sunset's gold that gleams; A spray of mignonette, Will fill the soul with dreams More than all history says, Or romance of old days. Poems And no odor of mignonette there is But the breath of morn on the dewy lawn; And mayhap from causes as slight as this The quaint old legend is born. East and West Poems Those hollyhocks and morning-glories and mignonettes take me back to old times. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories The moon threw her light on the lime-trees in the Park and the perfume of the mignonette rose from the flower beds. Married She was conscious of it only as she was conscious of the nearness of mignonette when its fragrance stole in from the flower-bed under the window. Georgina of the Rainbows The mignonette and feverfew Laid their pale brows together:—"See!" Poems The delicate odor of mignonette, The ghost of a dead and gone bouquet, Is all that tells of her story; yet Could she think of a sweeter way? East and West Poems To the right of the house the enclosure contained a little lawn, a laurel hermitage, a square pond, a modest greenhouse, and half-a-dozen plots of mignonette, heliotrope, roses, pinks, sweet-William, etc. The Caxtons — Complete To the right of the house the enclosure contained a little lawn, a laurel hermitage, a square pond, a modest greenhouse, and half- a-dozen plots of mignonette, heliotrope, roses, pinks, sweet-William, etc. The Caxtons — Volume 02 There were clumps of asters and dahlias to be seen in every direction; some late poppies and some sweet-peas and mignonette made the borders still look very attractive, and the chrysanthemums were beginning to appear. Light O' the Morning In Rika they must feel at home, for the whole air is scented with roses and mignonette. Olivia in India In a garden of roses one does not begin by sighing for mignonette and lilies of the valley. A Florida Sketch-Book His garden boasted, for instance, an example of the baobab, that giant of the vegetable world, but Tartarin's specimen was only big enough to occupy a mignonette pot. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction In front of her house are two long, boarded beds of old-fashioned flowers, mignonette and petunias chiefly, and over the small, very white door with its shiny knob, creeps a white clematis vine. Adventures in Friendship The Madonna lilies stood in groups, lifting up on thin, ragged stems their pure and spotless clusters, and overpowering with their heavy scent the fainter fragrance of the mignonette. Peter's Mother When Mrs. Royle took us to see her flowers, Boggley pulled a sprig of mignonette, sniffed it appreciatively, and handing it to me said: "What does that remind you of?" Olivia in India A sweet and crushed mixture they were, pansies, clove-pinks, mignonette, bleeding hearts, bachelors' buttons, all short stemmed and minus any saving touch of green, but true love offerings for all that. Up the Hill and Over "It is a woman, a perfect little woman, a fairer a sweeter, my own mignonette, than any girl ever seen in this part of the plains since first appeared here human footprint." The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief A delicious perfume of rosemary and mignonette filled the air from the little flower-beds. Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys The shady room was cool and fragrant with the scent of heliotrope and mignonette. Peter's Mother From the garden the scent of the roses and mignonette came to me in the soft Indian darkness. Olivia in India The morning breeze blew softly on his face, sweet with the scent of flowering pinks and mignonette. Up the Hill and Over She broke off the most beautiful blossom, and tying it up with some sprigs of mignonette, presented it to Cousin Harry. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 Your roses and mignonette, the cabbage, beans and beets, the little fountain in the corner are so charming! Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys Another instance is the mignonette of our French neighbours, known also as the "love-flower." The Folk-lore of Plants A window-box of mignonette filled the air with its delicate perfume. The Postmaster's Daughter And over and above these pungently smelling things there are little fields of mignonette. The Child under Eight The air is full of mignonette, roses, and wallflowers. Memories of Hawthorne Yes, those are the same lovely mignonette that used to grow in the castle-garden, Apollonie has transplanted them into her own. Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys But the delicate scent of mignonette left by Elena in his poor dark little room told of her visit. On the Eve Arm in arm they walked very slowly and very silently up one path and down the other, out of the fragrance of mignonettes through that of roses into that of jasmine. Mogens and Other Stories "Please to see, sir; a pretty rose, sir, and these pinks and mignonette, and a bunch of jessamine, sir, and all for one penny." Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded She was dressed in a white little gown that came just below her knees, and a wreath of mignonettes clasped with blue slices of sapphire bound up her hair. Tales of the Jazz Age Yes, yes, the garden is there," Apollonie replied with a profound sigh, "but the great rose and mignonette beds are gone. Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys "Why is my daughter's cheek so pale?" he asked as he came into the sweet, tidy cottage, with its trailing morning glories, and bunches of mignonette. Annette, the Metis Spy There was a little clearing there— A snow white cot—a garden fair— Where useful plants in order set, With bergamot and mignonette. Verses and Rhymes By the Way Now and again Robin paused for a moment to listen to strange delightful chords and to inhale passing waves of something like mignonette and lilies, and apple blossoms in the sun. The Head of the House of Coombe The Religion of Culture has a flavor of thyme and mignonette, and a gleam of old silver plate handed down as heirlooms. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers I only ran away because Apollonie had to tell Mr. Trius so many things and I wanted to see the mignonette. Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys "What makes you think you'll have mignonette there?" he asked, as Susie marked a little furrow with a stick in the soft, warm soil. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) And, leaning on a box of mignonette, she considered him gravely with her little hands folded. Castle Nowhere It was like passing a garden of mignonette in the night, that fleeting perfume of the hands. Red Fleece Once, in an uncontrollable fit of madness, she gave her sister Effie a half-share in her garden tools and an interest in a box of mignonette. Literary Lapses And you will see in those markets, if you observe, that the people who buy vegetables usually buy sprays of mignonette, bunches of violets, roses upon which the dew yet sparkles, or white hyacinths. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists I just know if I plant mignonette, mignonette will grow; and if I plant sweet peas, sweet peas will grow. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) Strong woody knapweed endures it, so does toadflax and pale blue scabious, and wild mignonette. The Life of the Fields All round the great quadrangle of the house acacia trees were in bloom, and the bees were working busily among the mignonette and roses in front of the office door. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life |
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