| 单词 | nosegay |
| 例句 | “Here’s your posy, Mother! Laurie never forgets that,” she said, putting the fresh nosegay in the vase that stood in ‘Marmee’s corner’, and was kept supplied by the affectionate boy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were done, Fern reluctantly contributed her two treasures to the nosegay. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Perched high on her shoulder was a demure nosegay of white rose buds. On red carpet, Grammys stars don white roses in solidarity with women 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z For a fragrant herb nosegay, there are photos of each component; flowering mint, rosemary, marjoram and sage, then instructions on how to clip, spiral and tie the stems. Grow your own bouquet flowers 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The pungent smell would prompt residents to place perfume-soaked rags or “nosegays”— small bouquets of flowers and herbs — over their noses. Bloodletting, voodoo and opium: New Orleans museum spotlights medical methods of the past 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Perched high on her shoulder was a demure nosegay of white rose buds. On red carpet, Grammys stars don white roses in solidarity with women 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Snow, also, is so abundant in the romantic world of this production, at the Kennedy Center Opera House through Dec. 9, that it’s an accessory — the waltzing Snowflakes carry snowball nosegays. Review | Ballet West’s historic, sumptuous ‘Nutcracker’ delights at the Kennedy Center 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In the 1970s, there was a Royal Opera House balletomane who would painstakingly prepare individual nosegays. The Rules and Hazards of Presenting Flowers in Ballet 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The outdoor table was set with pink monogrammed linens framed by nosegays of fragrant pink roses. Dede Wilsey Is the Defiant Socialite 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Zoller walked down the aisle carrying a nosegay of lily of the valley blooms, her grandmother’s favorite, from her own garden. Friends for Decades, They Became Life Partners After Loss 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z In a 1792 diary entry, the novelist Frances Burney noted her companions’ indignation at the antics of an apparent madwoman who wandered the gallery, clutching a nosegay and mumbling. For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Pop tip cuttings into a small vase for a fragrant nosegay. How one shriveled scented geranium sparked an entire collection/obsession 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z They tried to stop this foul air from reaching them by covering their faces or clutching sweet-smelling nosegays. Mask force: London's five centuries of face coverings 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z In 1859, Nightingale wrote that when she had been ill, her recovery quickened after she received “a nosegay of wild flowers”. Can nature really heal us? 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z The tradition of carrying myrtle began after Queen Victoria was given a nosegay containing myrtle by Prince Albert's grandmother during a visit to Gotha in Germany. Princess Eugenie's dress in detail 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Dried flowers; a nosegay, a posy, a rose clipped the night before battle. Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald’s heartbreaking new time-travel romance 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Sometimes he merely represented a festoon or a nosegay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z She may not refuse your penny for them; indeed she will not; but you are not to suppose that it is for the penny that she has brought you the nosegay. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Jim and Ned had collected a much larger quantity of vegetables for their second trip, and to the baskets of strawberries which they designed as gifts, added a beautiful nosegay of the earlier flowers. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z "I'll go and look after the nosegay myself," said she, turning hastily away, and following them. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Young girls are carrying about nosegays of violets and anemones, which they gather early in the morning at the Villa Pamfili. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z But, as it was, she coloured yet more in her shyness, and stooped to pick up her nosegay from the ground. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Throwing themselves upon their knees, they offered a nosegay and twenty scudi with the request that this might be employed to ornament the balcony in which the Roman Senate sate in the Piazza del Popolo. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z He lagged a step or two behind, and stealthily tore off the hateful nosegay. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Her neck was quite bare, and in her bosom she had a fine nosegay of tulips, roses, anemones, ranunculuses, hyacinths, and auriculas. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Sc. 2., where the stage direction is, "Enter the two Kings, hand in hand,"—where they probably did so—"smelling at one nosegay," although no such direction occurs; or to Act V. Sc. 1., Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 106, November 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-11T03:00:15.507Z Barbara looked at them longingly, decided that they were attainable, and put her nosegay down on the damp grass that she might have both hands free for her enterprise. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z In the Memoirs of the Queen of Navarre, we read that Catherine de Medicis was a perfect nosegay; and Cujacius and Lord Herbert of Cherbury were equally distinguished by the suavity of their transpiration. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Alas, the nosegay was so large, the cherry twigs of which it was composed were so stiff and sharp, he might as well have kissed her over a hedge! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z A tussy-mussy was the most beloved of nosegays, and was often made of flowers mingled with sweet-scented leaves. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The old woman, Ana, selected a nosegay of flowers from a basket. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z He had a nosegay of flowers for her--wild flowers he had gathered in the early morning, with the dew upon them--which he offered her with a little touch of humility. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Pope Clement VII. sunk under the baneful effluvia of a torch that was carried before him; and Mathioli relates, that nosegays thus impregnated have been frequently known to prove fatal. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Then will you please----" with a charming shyness, "pick me a nosegay to put in my tucker, as my lady's beaux used to do? Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Mary Howitt, in her poem, The Poor Man's Garden, has this verse:— "And here on Sabbath mornings The goodman comes to get His Sunday nosegay—Moss Rose bud, White Pink, and Mignonette." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Come, sir, read your nosegay, and may it bring you happiness! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The reticule spoken of by the boy was in her hand; but the nosegay she laid down on a bench just outside the door. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z See, I have brought you a present—a nosegay of wild flowers, gathered in the woods. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z "Your ladyship shall have a nosegay," Tom answered gaily. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z A nosegay of red clover and a hollow golden straw; Now wasn't that a bargain, the best you ever saw? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z The inn clocks chimed for ten as the lad brought me a huge nosegay all fluttering with white silken streamers. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z She frequently presented her slaves with fresh nosegays: and these flower-donations commonly included praise or blame for their receivers. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Nearest of all was a young girl, holding on her lap a basket of nosegays. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z But he had his misgivings when he saw that she was making a nosegay as big as his head. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z In courts of justice, might be seen large nosegays, not for ornament, but as preservatives against the pest. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z "How can I get you a parson if I'm to march here behind you, bearing this nosegay?" he remonstrated, sidling away towards the tavern again. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "They were," he says, "like to a compleat nosegay of flowers, which, in my travels, I had gathered out of the gardens of above sixteen several kingdoms." Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Bazuzu, after moving vaguely about for a few minutes, crossed suddenly to the far corner and drew out the basket of flowers, now arranged in small nosegays, and sprinkled, as usual, with fresh water. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z “I feel just as if I needed a—nosegay,” said Tavia, laughing slily. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z Even so do men, smelling some after the bouquet of glory that Fortune holds under their noses, others after the nosegay of gain, others the nosegay of love. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z And away I marched, scarce knowing what I did in my excitement, but turning now and again to see that Mount followed, bearing the nosegay with proper care. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They were bright little nosegays, and one of them, much superior to the other, had a fringe of maiden hair fern and a rich red rose in the middle of it. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z Enjoyed them very much, and felt quite grateful and romantic as day after day the lovely 262 great nosegays were handed in by the servant of the unknown. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Do you remember when we were making a nosegay together in the garden?... The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z And I need hardly add that now Polwhele would have turned up at my funeral with a smile on his lips and a nosegay in his buttonhole. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Then we went out by way of Winter Street to the Mall, Jack bearing my nosegay as though it had been a hostile ensign to flaunt before all England. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z If the nosegay promised to be somewhat large and straggling, at least it would be sweet-scented, and she felt pretty sure that her father would be well content with it. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z May gave me a pretty sketch, and A. a fine nosegay. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The thread unrolled between her fingers, gently binding the flowers together; the nosegay went on assuming a pyramidal form very well proportioned. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Otto of roses, rose water out of gold or silver pots, nosegays, and paun or betel are freely distributed among them. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Give me joy, Jack!—and mind that nosegay, idiot! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Not that she needed these, for she had fixed in her bosom a little nosegay of yellow-leaved mint, that was quite sufficient to sweeten the scarcely moving air. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Dear Mrs. Stearns,–Many thanks for the sweet nosegay you sent me. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z A flash of joy passed through the young man's eyes at the mention of his sweetheart's name, and he began to take an interest in the formation of the nosegay. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The exaggerated dress of the flower sellers, who pester the foreigner to buy little faded nosegays, is simply worn for the purpose of extracting soldi and as a subterfuge for begging. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z I saw the nosegay fly into a shower of blossoms, and the silken ribbons flutter down under the trampling feet. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z I must go in-doors, father; good Master Blaise is coming to dinner," said she; "but I will bring you the nosegay in the afternoon, so please you. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z There is tied up in this nosegay a great deal of love for my wife. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z “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 She discovered the youth, and called to him, ‘Bring me a nosegay, young man.’ Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z With that I seized my nosegay, set my small French hat on my head, and went down the side stairway to the street. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Shad-bushes drop a million snowy petals in the soft May breeze; dogwood is in bloom; orchards are become great nosegays of pink and silver. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Rubens's pictures strongly remind one of a nosegay of flowers, where all the colors are bright, clear, and transparent. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Besides their gifts, each girl carried a small nosegay of mixed flowers. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z She always had a nosegay for the German, and a partner who had pre-engaged her. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z My basket daily I supply, Come buy my nosegays buy who’ll buy. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z It was in full bloom, one tree after another looking like bridal nosegays of some beneficent giant. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Wally looked, and saw her father standing before the house, and with him a young peasant of the place named Vincenz, with a big nosegay in his button hole. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Other nosegays are thrust into the barrels of muskets. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The Legend of Tchi-Niu is the queen flower of the nosegay of six. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z She ran out to the empurpled grass where the violets grew thickest, and gathered a small nosegay of the largest blossoms. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z "Perhaps you would like me to hold a nosegay in my hand, or to put on a bonnet and feathers, that I might be still better worth looking at." The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z He had a big nosegay in his hat and in his Sunday-coat, like a bridal messenger. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z She had encircled with leaves her large straw hat,--the wide brim of which kept flapping up and down as she tripped about,--and a nosegay of wild flowers was stuck in her bosom. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z At last one day, however, opportunity favored him, and when no one was looking the boy tied the ring to a nosegay and threw it at Balna’s feet. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z However, as you can get flowers for yourself, of course you can get them for me, and in an hour’s time I must have in my room a nosegay of the rarest flowers. The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z Their dress was soon adjusted, and the girls plucked flowers to adorn themselves, and a nosegay to present to the school-mistress, whose garden was but small. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z She led him into her chamber with the one hand, pressing the nosegay to her breast with the other. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z When a man is happy, a tree, a nosegay, a flower, can give him gladness. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z According to his own account, no nosegay was ever more fragrant to his olfactories than was the smell of fresh fish in the frying pan. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z The child had a nosegay of forget-me-nots on his breast, the woman and the two men had a black bouquet. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z He gathered water-cresses out of the pool, and would bring them to me, with nosegays of wild thyme, which he plucked from the sides of the mountain. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z And how charmed was I next morning when both of them inquired for my health, each in a gallant note, accompanied with a nosegay! Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Dolly used to pick nosegays for her mamma's toilet-table, and stick pins in the cushion in stars. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The coffin is covered with a white pall on which lies a large nosegay. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z She often refreshed herself and refined the tea-table with a nosegay dressed in the middle of it, especially as it seemed to give not less pleasure to her entertainers than to her. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She looked up, and saw that he held some very meagre little nosegays of arbutus,—meagre, that is, as to the arbutus, but made sizable by the border of stiff arbor-vit�. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z Ribbons, nosegays, silks, were thrown upon them: all pressed to get a sight of them. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z She was at that sweet nosegay period when young ladies are just, as it is sometimes said, finishing their education. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Daughter, my flame, lie still and take repose, Thou art a nosegay culled from off the rose. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The Provident Societies also had their boats and their banners, and their members wore nosegays in their button-holes. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z Close by I came upon a perfect nest of forget-me-nots, and my nosegay was almost complete. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z His daughter, meanwhile, had gathered a nosegay of Alpine roses, which she held out to Ekkehard. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Pardon him, however, that he grasped and pressed this nosegay so close as to feel some of the thorns. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The third time they met, the lady laid upon my sister's lap a splendid nosegay of azaleas and camellias, &c., quite different from the common bouquets which are usually thrown about in the Carnival. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The parish has had an opportunity of admiring Peggy's nosegays, and of having their nostrils comforted by the scent of her lilac branches and sweet nancies, and of the Hartleys' giant gardenias. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z "Would you like me to pick you a nosegay?" White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z They came to invite them to the wedding; each with a cowslip stuck behind his ear, and a nosegay in his button-hole. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Albano, at this proposal, plucked for himself a moderate nosegay from the—foliage of the tree that hung over his head. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Joscelyn came down from her room with wide eyes of curiosity to find Eustace Singleton in the parlour, a great nosegay of roses in his hand. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Barefooted Italian children, with dishevelled hair and glowing eyes tossed nosegays into the carriage and offered their straw wares to the ladies with persistent entreaties to buy. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z I had soon picked my nosegay, a poor, simple one, I should have been ashamed to take it indoors; but how light my heart was as I picked the flowers and tied them up! White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z George blushed like the peonies that formed the centre of his nosegay. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Then he cowers down as if he would fain creep into it himself, and lays his head beside the poor little nosegay on the fresh soil. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Every minute the door opens, with an invitation for this or that, or maybe a nosegay of beautiful flowers that a prince with a wonderful name has sent to Mary Anne. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Then he stared at the prints on the walls, and the gay china vases filled with winter nosegays of trembling grass and chrysanthemums. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z "If only my nosegay were close to her," I thought; "if only she had not forgotten it!" White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z You play a prominent part in this picture—seated at table bending over a nosegay of flowers, poetizing, before presenting them to mother. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z The lieutenant who bent over the gunwale to find the flowery sacrifice, one probably little flattering for him, the donor of the nosegay, suddenly concealed the Principessa's picture. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z And if Blanden were the author, the sender of these exotic nosegays, nothing but delicate consideration could restrain him from seeking her! Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Now the children call with nosegays of wild flowers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Hansel, however, stood his ground sturdily and thrust his nosegay into the doctor's hand. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Let us choose, from among them, the flowers we like best, and make a nosegay, each by ourselves; and then see which our mother will prefer.” The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z She had thrown the nosegay into the water; should all memory of the happiness of love be buried with it? Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z I make no will, doctor," said she, smiling, "for my only legacy is that nosegay there. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Here upon these lonely heights there were no fragrant blossoms of the spring,--column and portal were wreathed about with dark evergreen, and little nosegays of Alpine flowers were the sole decoration of the altar. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z "Madam," I said in a low voice, as I picked up the rose, "you have dropped your nosegay...." Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z A light breath passed over the vale, which was soon like a nosegay. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z She had just completed her nosegay, when Mrs. Ross and Joanna arrived; the former with a new assortment of work prepared for Ellen's completion, who sighed when she saw the quantity to be executed. Mystery and Confidence (Vol. 1 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:39.810Z It was like a nosegay made to contain every colour, every perfume and every beauty that flowers can possess. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z As she talked, Hertha continued to play with the flowers, which she separated, arranged, and rearranged, but at last wearying of them she began to pull to pieces the nosegay she had so ardently coveted. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z No, not of the latter; for a little nosegay of violets lay ready near the paper on which he seemed to be writing a song or sonnet to accompany the gift. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z He gives his elder daughters their presents, and her nosegay to the youngest. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Tie all the skewers together at the bottom with a pack-thread, and the whole will have the effect of a handsome nosegay when placed in the middle of the ham. Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. 2011-01-05T03:01:00.907Z For my part, I would pluck a rose from her garden, or gather a nosegay from a hedgerow, and it would please her as much as if it were a diadem. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z The child shook her curls triumphantly, and stretched out her hand for the roses; but Michael was upon his guard, and held the nosegay so high that she could not reach it. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Belle looked and gave a little cry, for there, in a private's uniform, with her nosegay at his button-hole, and on his face a smile she never forgot, was Lennox! Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z All sorts of things she gathered for our nosegays, lady-smocks all silver white from the meadow, and daisies pied and violets blue, cowslips and even a blue-bell. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z "It is like a nosegay, where one hue is all the brighter from its immediate contact with another." Heathen Mythology It was the little village girls, who brought a garland of their fairest garden flowers for Mary, and a nosegay for Clement. Four Phases of Love Christel met them in the garden, her hands full of hyacinths and spring flowers, which she had just cut and made into a simple nosegay. A Divided Heart and Other Stories The old nosegay gave us the scent and gay colours of the flowers, but their tender grace had fled. Household Organization She takes these to an elegant shelf fixed in a recess of the apartment, upon which a bouquet stands, and is engaged upon her nosegay. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 A thick carpet covered the floor, a good fire burnt in the grate, and two large nosegays of daisies of all colours, placed in two crystal vases, shed their agreeable odour throughout the room. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Besides this, he sends her a nosegay, for which sometimes a ducat must be paid. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. In the evening I went to my father-in-law's house, watched them making the nosegays, and remained with them till after supper. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Even now a sparrow flew in, now and then, through the only open pane, and a great nosegay of autumn flowers stood on the window-sill. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The little one sprang directly to her feet again, for her mother wanted flowers, grass, ferns, and moss, and began to bind them at once into nosegays when they were brought to her. Magnhild Dust He sprang to one side, fearing an attack from behind; but instead of an enemy he saw a woman; instead of the enemy's weapon he was prepared to encounter, a nosegay fell at his feet. Marguerite de Valois Then her light feet twinkled down the path, and frightened, trembling, and ashamed, she thrust the nosegay into the open throat of her gown. The Master's Violin Between the clock and the lustres, on either side, was a vase of Bohemian glass, each holding a small nosegay of red and white roses. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece She was pondering the matter one morning as she went to the study door with her usual nosegay of flowers. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins From its pretty eyes have sunken Pleasures to make room for more; Sleeping near the withered nosegay which he pulled the day before. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II The painter had wanted to put a nosegay in the child's hand, but she had said: "I won't have dead flowers; give me a pot with living flowers in it." On the Heights A Novel She gave Sophy a little nosegay of white oleander and stephanotis, and kissed her cheek in greeting. Shadows of Flames A Novel They lay there like the pathetic nosegays of quickly-fading wild flowers, gathered by school children, inconsistently abandoned upon roadsides, or as inconsistently treasured as limp and flabby superstitions in their desks. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. When he finally rose to depart she rose with him, holding her nosegay at arm's-length and tilting her head. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole In August it was cooler, as our Augusts are apt to be; yet the air was lifeless, and New York was not a nosegay. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel The grandmother carried the child upon a soft, downy pillow, over which a white cover had been spread; following after her, proudly walked the father, with a nosegay in his button-hole. On the Heights A Novel A nosegay of white geraniums in a thick glass was placed before it. Shadows of Flames A Novel The river-banks then are green, so green, and the hedges and trees are one waving nosegay. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 The ladies would pass by in pearl necklaces, flowered stomachers, artificial nosegays, and shaded furbelows: one is noted by her muff, one by her tippet, one by her fan. English Costume When she reached the beautiful pear-tree which before had looked like a nosegay, she stood still. Landolin Yan plucked some of these and made them into a nosegay. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales The boy who was first down stairs was called the lark for the day, and had, among other indulgences, the pretty privilege of making his mother's nosegay, and that of any lady visitors. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. In her hand she carried a nosegay of white flowers, and a few paces behind her solemnly stalked a large black cat. The Eagle's Nest The girl laughed merrily to herself, and then adding a violet to the nosegay on her bosom, called out, "And I believe the stranger is a poet." Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine It was thus these kings of Brentford sniffed at the same nosegay, the world, and, sooth to say, to their manifest self-satisfaction and profit. One Of Them The next day Yan went again to the castle garden and plucked another nosegay. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales The palanquin was square, plain, and by no means elegant; its roof was adorned with some silk fringe, and its four panels were decorated with some pictures of dragons, birds, and nosegays. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] "It is, perhaps, a wisp of snow, an eagle's feather, or maybe a nosegay of frost-flowers." The Three Mulla-mulgars The fear of this punishment had deterred all the boys from putting this monster nosegay before their sweethearts' windows,--all but Wendel's Mat, who went to see Eva. Black Forest Village Stories "She loved roses, and cared for them above all things," were his words while he handed me the nosegay. Waldfried A Novel When the wind brought her a whiff of the fresh nosegay that was even more fragrant than the first one, she ran out to Yan and said: "Yanitchko, please give me that nosegay." The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales In the summer Rose-red managed the house, and every morning she gathered a nosegay in which was a rose off each tree, and set it by her mother’s bed before she awoke. Favorite Fairy Tales The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women She picked a little nosegay of late red roses, and carried it into the house to put on the parlor-table. Old Friends and New The collar of white lace was partially covered by a nosegay which was set in the bosom of her scarlet bodice with its silver chains and clasps. Black Forest Village Stories Martha was an adept in making remarkably beautiful bouquets out of grasses and wild flowers, and when I entered the room in the morning, I always found a fresh nosegay on the table. Waldfried A Novel After that every day Yan gathered a nosegay for the princess and every day the princess stood at the palace window waiting to see the handsome shepherd. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales "Buy a nosegay to get me a bit of bread." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Making some nosegays," the child replied; "I am going to try to sell some, these three days of the races. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read I've bought a ribbon for my sabre, And a nosegay for my hat, And a kerchief in my keeping, To restrain my eyes from weeping: From my love I must depart. Black Forest Village Stories What did the Cacique do with his nosegay since he was not allowed to deposit it on the altar? The Woodlands Orchids Then the wind whiffed her a smell of the wonderful nosegay that Yan was carrying and she said to her serving maid: "Run down to the shepherd and tell him the princess desires his nosegay." The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales She ran to me, and put a nosegay in my hand. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Why was he calling her Florrie and giving her foolish nosegays every morning? Rose MacLeod Huge nosegays as high as a man, made particularly odorous with wild sallow and torch-weed, were carried into the church. Black Forest Village Stories The Cacique and that vile Manuele—whom I believe to be the priest—carried nosegays of the accursed flower the demons give them. The Woodlands Orchids "Whoever wants this nosegay must say: 'Yanitchko, please give me that nosegay.'" The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales However, before I could say a word, the little creature dropt the nosegay in my lap; and laughing, ran away. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) They were clad in rich stuffs, embroidered in gold and silver, each carrying a large nosegay in one hand and a lemon in the other. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. The nosegays were sprinkled with holy water, and after the ceremony they were hung up in the stables to protect the cattle from all harm. Black Forest Village Stories It was the fashion for the women to wear huge nosegays, which, added to the perfumed powder sprinkled in everybody's hair, really made the air one breathed quite fragrant. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The Princess was a merry girl, so she laughed and said: "Yanitchko, please give me that nosegay." The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales "Well, she would give a nosegay to me," said I. "Just like 'em, Ma'am," replied Josephine. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The little one, who brought the last nosegay, has a strong turn for natural history, and we all of us generally botanize a little of an evening, which gives a fresh interest to our walks. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Judith scattered her nosegay angrily upon the earth, and the two women, as fast as ever they could, widened the distance between them. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Mrs. Langley looked at her lovely nosegay thoughtfully. Better than Play And always when she asked for the nosegay, she said: "Please." The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales "Well, then, who told you to bring me that nosegay yesterday?" Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Nor is she to furnish her contribution of nosegays to Rachel's basket. Coelebs In Search of a Wife He held in his hand a nosegay of vervain. The Gold Sickle or Hena, The Virgin of The Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul Every tittle agreed, to the very nosegay in his waistcoat button-hole. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales "Whoever wants this nosegay must say: 'My dear Yanitchko, I beg you most politely please to give me that nosegay.'" The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales "Only picking a nosegay, I believe," replied I, looking out of the window. Olla Podrida While we were at breakfast the next morning, a sweet little gay girl flew into the room almost breathless with joy, and running to her mother, presented her with a beautiful nosegay. Coelebs In Search of a Wife It was time to leave, and the Shereefa presented her visitors with two nosegays, gathered by her own hands. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Leberfink bade the girls pluck themselves a nosegay each; but on gathering the flowers they perceived to their amazement that both stalks and leaves were gilded. Weird Tales, Vol. II. The serving maid delivered the message to Yan, but he shook his head and said: "Tell your mistress that whoever wants this nosegay must come herself and say: 'Yanitchko, give me that nosegay.'" The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales As she went she amused herself by gathering nuts, running after the butterflies, and making nosegays of the wild flowers which she found. Old-Time Stories At dinner Mrs. Stanley appeared with her nosegay in a large knot of ribbons, which was eyed with no small complacency by little Kate. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Such nosegays of little rosy faces can be seen on no other day. Old and New London Volume I In her alarm she was about to throw the nosegay away. Weird Tales, Vol. II. In front was fastened a nosegay of Italian flowers of porcelain, which kept up a strange trembling and tottering as she sang. Weird Tales. Vol. I Why do you not take the nosegay?” she asked, wonderingly; for she herself was so very happy that she could not see why Strings too should not be so. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Are such tones not like a nosegay Made of straw, and thorns, and nettles, In the midst a prickly thistle? The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. They were both smokers, and were seen one night at the Mansion House lighting their pipes at the same taper; which reminds us of the two kings of Brentford smelling at one nosegay. Old and New London Volume I She had risen to her feet and stepped forward; he felt her breath on his cheeks; he gave her the nosegay. Weird Tales, Vol. II. And yet there was more significance, perhaps, and perhaps a greater consolation, in this little nosegay on the grave of one who had died old. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers At none of her parties, even in mid-winter, was there a lack of tastefully grouped nosegays and bits of green on mantel and corner brackets. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day I will give him an alpenstock to climb with, and a bunch of asters for a nosegay. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes She was making a winder nosegay of the few hardy flowers that had outlived the frost, and that seemed reviving in the strange softness of this January day. Ellen Middleton—A Tale Antonio had hovered in the air before the lovely Annunciata, and where she had received from him the nosegay of flowers. Weird Tales, Vol. II. The Aiken nosegay has this peculiarity,—the flowers are wedged together with unexampled tightness. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 O my sisters, not so much Are we asked for—not a blossom From our children’s nosegay, such As we gave it from our bosom,— XXX. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV Light the rooms with candlelight and decorate with nosegays of garden flowers and autumn leaves. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions 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 She passed over the tiny bridge where the brook crosses the field, and gathered a bunch of wild flowers, meadowsweet and harebells, water forget-me-nots and ragged robin, and made a pretty nosegay. Fairy Tales from the German Forests The one we had wore his hair cut short, a round hat, and a brown jacket, of tolerably fine cloth, with a nosegay in his bosom. Old Roads and New Roads From the windows of the houses ladies waved handkerchiefs and threw nosegays in fiesta fashion. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria They were offering rhododendrons for sale, the girl had a small basket full of them, the boy was carrying his nosegay in his hand. The Son of His Mother I heard her murmur these last words to herself, as, out of a nosegay, which had been in kindness sent her, she selected a passionflower, the sight of which affected her strangely. Ellen Middleton—A Tale Now, then, catch hold, girls;” and Tom proceeded to deliver the nosegays with as much grace as could be expected from a youth in a new suit of clothes and very tight boots. Happy Days for Boys and Girls I covered enormous distances on the tops of omnibuses, and talked a great deal with their purple-faced drivers, most of whom wore tall hats, and carried nosegays in their coats. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Last winter in London I almost ruined myself in my nosegays, and came near losing my character by them, as nobody would believe I was so gallant to myself out of my own pocket. Records of Later Life At length she replaced the nosegay on the spinet, and went to the fireplace, where she gazed at the writhing flames, and waited for him to speak. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 I advised her not to keep near her a large nosegay of lilacs and seringa, the odour of which was overpowering. Ellen Middleton—A Tale It really did seem so; for, as she spoke, the robin flew to the table, hopped to the nosegay, and perching among the roses, began to chirp with all his little might. Happy Days for Boys and Girls A dry mathematical problem may be as good a medium for the lover as a nosegay or a verse of poetry. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements But this mate of the brig Cohasset; this mate who commanded nosegays on natal occasions; this mate who inspired love, and brought bibulous tears to the eyes of this toping giant! Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story She was fastening into her girdle a hueless and scentless nosegay, when Henry Sympson called to her as he came limping from the house. Shirley Here is a little nosegay for your wife. The Camerons of Highboro She had a little nosegay of flowers in her hand and a plate of fresh fish. The Making of Mona "Frau Manske is too kind," she said, as the nosegays, at first intermittent, became things of daily occurrence. The Benefactress Linares was standing next to Maria Clara on the balcony, interweaving nosegays with the flowers and leaves on the climbing plants. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' She did not renew her interrogations, but returning to her flowers, proceeded to choose a nosegay for the rector. Shirley The grille door was woven with nosegays, making a curtain of flowers which partially concealed the altar beyond. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium "Posy originally meant verses presented with a nosegay or a bunch of flowers, and hence the term came to be applied to the flowers themselves." Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer She kept the room in order and a fresh nosegay on the table, and never left it without leaving on his deserted desk a kiss and a tear. Tales from Dickens If there is any real defect in this nosegay, it is, perhaps, that we do not see a little more of Lady Clitheroe, with her ever-delightful humour. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 She gave some to Caroline, telling her to choose a nosegay for Mr. Hall; and with her lap filled with delicate and splendid blossoms, Caroline sat down on the steps of a summer-house. Shirley A loose, careless nosegay of Asters, bright with its pretty pinks and blues, and a deep crimson one or two to bear its white companions company, will cheer up a sick friend. The Mayflower, January, 1905 Hone quotes a contemporary account of the joyful entry of Queen Elizabeth into London in 1558, wherein occurs this passage: 'How many nosegays did her Grace receive at poor women's hands? Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Pat had even experimented with a nosegay of everlastings which she had found in one of the department stores. Highacres From the skating-rink we drove through fine streets to the Botanical Gardens, where we were given beautiful nosegays, and there met the rest of the party, who were being taken round by the curator. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' She wore a real chintz of the olden time, filled with nosegays, as unlike to Nature's flowers as the fashion of her gown was to the dresses of modern dames of her sixty years. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 Calling one morning, Culver, nosegay in hand, was obliged to wait longer than usual and employed the interval in casually examining his surroundings––and, incidentally, himself. The Strollers Margot immediately offered her nosegay, but she refused it, saying she did not want such flowers as those, but such curious ones as she sometimes found near the waterfall. The Fairchild Family From the time the furry anemone lifted its lavender-blue petals above the dwindling snow patch, until the apples formed on the wild rose bushes and the kinnikinic berries turned red, it was a continuous nosegay. A Mountain Boyhood There was a sniff of perfume about him, a nosegay of wild flowers pinned in the pocket of his shirt. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek This took a long while, but the process it went through was similar to that of hundreds of much larger islands which to-day rest like nosegays upon the bosom of the vast Pacific. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils “Won’t you accept this nosegay from my garden, Miss Carew?” urged the lawyer in a propitiatory tone as they were leaving. The Strollers They alone looked homelike to him; the rest were hard and cold; so he asked timidly that he might be given the little nosegay. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas Every morning in the summertime Rose-Red would first put the house in order, and then gather a nosegay for her Mother, in which she always placed a bud from each rose-tree. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Because their lungs breathed flame—the regular crowd forbye261— From gentry pouring in—quite a nosegay, to be sure! Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning She was occupied gathering flowers, and arranging them in a nosegay, when a rustling among the bushes attracted her attention. An Old Sailor's Yarns Turning, he greeted the young girl, and, with stately gallantry, presented the nosegay. The Strollers Flowers were scattered on the rustic tables in the garden, half made into nosegays, and beginning to wither already. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Four yards and one-half of chintz in cream-tinted ground, sprinkled with Dresden nosegays gaily dashed with pink and delicate green color, eight cents a yard. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society And a man who could give his entire time not only to the collection of nosegays but to the gathering of weeds, could not have the esteem of the big brothers. The Biography of a Prairie Girl This day the child had brought a tight little nosegay of pinks, white ones, with a rim of pink ones. The Rainbow It has beautiful narrow garden strips in front,—solid patches of color in sweet gillyflower bushes, from which the kindly housewife plucked a nosegay for us. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland And you, Charity Danby,—so trim, rosy, and joyful for Dorothy's sake,—don't you see how you are hindering Kassy with your nosegays and garlands and vines trailing all through the house? Donald and Dorothy Thou canst gather such flowers as are left in the garden to make a nosegay for thy mother's room; and set them in order in fair water. Harding's luck H—— then said that "he supposed Solomon thought of some animal which would feed upon flowers, and sent it to the two nosegays; and then the animal would stay upon the real flowers." Practical Education, Volume I The child hesitated in silence near the bed, clutching the nosegay in front of her. The Rainbow Anxiety was depicted in her eyes and in every action, and at length, slowly advancing towards Emmelina, with the most affable condescension, she said: 'What a delicious nosegay you have there, miss! Forgotten Tales of Long Ago "Faith," said Miss Cecilia, almost before this process or dispersion commenced,—"where did you get such a pretty nosegay this time of year?" Say and Seal, Volume I Ellen snuffed the sweet air, skipped on the green sward, picked nosegays of grass and dandelion, and at last unable to contain herself set off to run. The Wide, Wide World In an ecstasy of pride and delight he complimented them upon their valor, and pronounced them the brightest nosegay in his imperial majesty’s service, which name they have borne ever since. The Land of Thor Norma carried a bright nosegay in lace paper, and on her breast a thin gold locket hung on a velvet ribbon. The Beloved Woman It was a flower which her old father had loved, and she seemed to see him walking along the garden paths, gathering a nosegay for his wife in the early morning. A Vanished Hand I don't see as this is no more nor less than a nosegay. Say and Seal, Volume I As Warwick offered her the dripping nosegay he looked at the white hand scored with scarlet lines. Moods The patriot-flag was a tricolor of white, red, and green, a nosegay of which colours a youth has brought to his mistress. Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The prads are so anxiously tossing their heads, And a nosegay does each one adorn, When the Dragsman jumps up, crying out “sit fast,” While the shooter blows his horn. Hints on Driving The sun was shining, and fell on the flowers strewn on the table, ready to be made into the nosegay of triumphant happiness. Tatterdemalion And at Shene, my Lord of Northumberland founded the first hot-house, and presented a nosegay of living flowers to the King on New Year’s Day. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution But Caspar dropped the nosegay as hastily as he had seized it, and with an exclamation of terror turned towards his brother, into whose arms he staggered half swooning! The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains And she swept the house and cleaned it, and adorned it with garlands and nosegays of sweet flowers and ferns, and prepared it as though she were making ready for her wedding. The Olive Fairy Book At that moment a group of peasants from his estate came in to offer Lafayette some nosegays and cheeses. Lafayette We generally have six or seven large nosegays in the room; we have only to go to some of the neighbouring villas and gather them. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Most moving of all was the little nosegay that stood in a tall glass at each cover. The Doomsman I've never forgotten the dear old-fashioned nosegay he picked and gave me from Mrs. Washington's garden. A Portrait of Old George Town A nosegay of violets, brooched to her gown, echoed the hue, but not the magic of her eyes. Anthony Lyveden I have a very gay nosegay every morning, and still, leave flowers to adorn the beds outside. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak They loaded him with adulation, and said that when he marched in the procession, with his blue coat and nosegay, he reminded them of Orpheus. Lectures on the French Revolution I had lingered behind to gather a nosegay of the small blue flowers that marked the day's march. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia The beach and sands swarmed with people all smiling and gay, and for the most part wearing nosegays. Where Deep Seas Moan I made a nosegay of blue violets and sweetbrier leaves; I regaled myself with wintergreens in memory of my childhood; I wrote up my note-book; but never a blue feather did I see. Little Brothers of the Air Smelling cheat, a nosegay; also an orchard, a garden. The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man The candlestick was in the form of an angel holding a nosegay, in the centre of which the wax taper was to be placed. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen There was a nosegay for each guest, and no two nosegays were alike. A Little Country Girl There we cull the flowers of the field and the forest glade, weaving them into garlands, building them into nosegays. Fibble, D.D. As I came up to the house, my host stood on the steps; his eyes fell at once upon my nosegay, and a look of horror came into his face. Little Brothers of the Air After breakfast she pinned the little nosegay 156 to her middy and went down to the pergola. Penny of Top Hill Trail She entered the churchyard, and stood by the little grave, which looked like a large nosegay of fragrant flowers. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen It is never received into a nosegay; it is trodden under foot. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Upon finishing the note an impulse to accompany it with a small nosegay culled from my window box came upon me. Fibble, D.D. It was a handsome Bath chair, with a basket of strawberries on the floor and a large nosegay on the seat, fastened to the back of his gig, and safely towed by it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Pen smiled as she took up the little stiff nosegay. Penny of Top Hill Trail No, you must not spend a dollar for your daughter's bridal bouquet," said the old maid; "you shall have a beautiful little bunch for a nosegay, full of blossoms. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen You shall have a beautiful little nosegay from me, full of blossoms. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Obeyed the impulse, note and nosegay being despatched by special messenger to the home of her uncle. Fibble, D.D. Of the flowers that sprung beneath their feet they made nosegays, formed in the prettiest taste. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror Flowers were meant for the children to pick, so make yourselves nosegays, garlands, and crowns galore. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy "Why do the flowers look so faded to-day?" she asked again, and pointed to her nosegay, which was quite withered. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen She entered the churchyard, and stood by the little grave, which looked like a great nosegay of fragrant flowers. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales On their passage through the garden, the idea of picking a nosegay and sending it to her by one of the boys came into his head. Tom Brown at Oxford It would be easy to pick from this story alone a sort of nosegay of Hamiltonisms like that from Fuller, which Charles Lamb selected so convincingly that some have thought them simply invented. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 So were her two companions; for Julia was busy with a nosegay she was making up. The Old Helmet, Volume I Under a glass beneath the picture hung a nosegay of withered flowers, which were no doubt half a century old too, at least they appeared so. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The heather bloomed; the juniper bushes and the fresh oak saplings stood up like nosegays from the earth. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales We closed the books, marking the place, and I broke a rose from the nosegay on the fireplace. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life The little ladies stitched a small nosegay in each 'diamond' of Betty's petticoat, and every nosegay was different. Cornwall's Wonderland But her face relaxed a measure of its grimness as, looking up, her eye rested on a dainty nosegay, tossed in at the window only that morning, by this same neglectful young girl. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter She has a nosegay in her hand, which she is taking to her governess, whom she is very fond of. Child-Land Picture-Pages for the Little Ones There was a touch of the hand, a greeting, then Bertha pounced on her brother to tell the adventure of the ravine; and Cecily began to set Maria off about the flowers in her nosegay. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster And when they went out into the garden she carefully gathered a nosegay for Maudie, choosing the prettiest flowers and tying them together with a piece of ribbon she took off one of her dolls. Hoodie It really did seem so, for as she spoke, the robin flew to the table, hopped to the nosegay, and perching among the roses, began to chirp with all his little might. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag While strolling round the settlement one day, I gathered a nosegay of wild flowers, including a species of yellow poppy, anent which Kingigamoot cherishes a pretty superstition. From Paris to New York by Land Young Lionel gathered a nosegay as he went, harebells and violets, oxlips and anemones; thinking all the while of the tales his mother oft had told him about his father's skill in flowers. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls If any nosegays reach London alive, they will be cherished to their last hour, and maybe the leaves will live in prayer-books for many a year. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster "Never was a sweeter child than she can be when she likes," said Lucy to herself, as she made her way with the nosegay and the message to Maudie's room. Hoodie So, tucking Blanch Augusta Arabella Maud under one arm, her best picture-book under the other, and gathering a little nosegay of her own flowers, she slipped across the road, knocked, and marched boldly upstairs. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Mr Wells said, 'That is a pretty nosegay.'—'Yes,' said I, 'it is a dog-rose.' Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. At two o'clock each day we sally forth in an open carriage, with a large sack of sugar-plums and at least five hundred little nosegays to pelt people with. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 The delicate orchid and the crowned pine were there, with the hairy gooseberry, the cabbage and potato, and the homely cottage-garden nosegay from many a woodland hamlet. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster There it was in plain sight, rising like a giant nosegay of emerald from the crystalline water. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters “There, Kitty lady,” said Patty, as she reached the Savoy on her return from the Garden Party, “there’s a nosegay from your affectionate father.” Patty's Friends Flower-sellers stood at intervals along the curb, scenting the air with their country nosegays. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel The rose in your nosegay was very beautiful a little while ago; but alas! it is now quite dead! A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. Here are the prize nosegays, prize potatoes, prize currants, prize everything showering in on the Londoners to display or feast on at home. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster So Catherine sings, as she gathers her nosegay: "Away to the woods alone" and "My heart is for him, my heart is for him." Child Life In Town And Country 1909 It was a dingy and insignificant box on the outside, but it was lined with a gaily coloured paper, on which nosegays of spring flowers bent beneath the weight of silver butterflies, and sad-eyed cockatoos. Explorers of the Dawn When our nosegay is ready, we lay the cone with the flowers very carefully in a dish of water. The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 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 But to beguile his tedious, lonely hours Kind ladies bring him nosegays of bright flowers. A Phenomenal Fauna Catherine knows that flowers are becoming to wear, and that pretty ladies who pin nosegays in their bosoms look lovelier than ever. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 Why, on that day when Madonna Beatrice flung your Dante the rose from her nosegay, I knew by the look in the lad's face that he no less than worshipped her. The God of Love He treats his friends to a hearty dinner, in which Susel, his tenant's daughter, who comes to present her landlord with a nosegay of violets, joins. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Her companions and the gardeners, shew by their signs, that they were very sure she would take the nosegay and return to their, work. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing The nosegay is bright and fragrant in either place. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy So she has a notion she must be very fine indeed now, carrying a nosegay bigger than her own head. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 Miss Sharman presided over Class A for grammar upon Mondays and Thursdays, and Cyril, who was but very weak on adverbs and prepositions, always gave her a sweet-smelling nosegay to begin the day with. An Australian Lassie He puts flowers in her hair, and she pins a nosegay at his lapel, she scents his handkerchief with her own choice extract, and argues on its superiority and Frenchiness. Floyd Grandon's Honor And in due course of time they arrived at the florist's window, and found the bit of forget-me-not still in the little nosegay. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Posy, in both its senses, is a contraction of poesy, the flowers of a nosegay expressing by their arrangement a sentiment like that engraved on a ring. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) "Why did you not keep one?" she said, bending over her nosegay as if absorbed in its arrangement. A True Friend A Novel No one dreams now of the beautiful garden that surrounded it, and the blossoming shrubbery and beds of flowers from which nosegays were sent to friends, and the fruit distributed later on. A Little Girl in Old Boston What wouldn't city people give for these little nosegays from the woods! At the Little Brown House They came in now, each with the promised nosegay, and full of delight. A Little Girl in Old New York "A feather cushion is fit for a king," she said, "and as for me, an apple for a dumpling, or a nosegay from your garden will serve me as well as what I give." The Story-teller A long fishing pole on which dangled five little nosegays made of ferns and grasses and wild asters was thrust at her. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp Girls in white gowns trooped up the path, young men in the height of fashion carried fans and nosegays for them; there was laughing and chattering and floating back and forth to the dressing rooms. A Little Girl in Old Boston Why is a passion wafted through a nosegay? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "Hanny, you might take the little girls out in the yard and gather a nosegay for them." A Little Girl in Old New York The man and the woman had no apples, but they were glad to exchange a nosegay from their garden for a bag of fine feathers, you may be sure. The Story-teller How are all of you?” he added, wiggling the nosegays in front of their noses. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp She respected his mood, and said little, and they rode out and out from the town and up and up into the Westchester hills, dotted with dogwood, pink and white like huge nosegays. Mistress Anne My mother, who is an octogenarian, remembers him well, and says he always took a nosegay, tied to the top of his cane, every day to Sir Joseph Banks. Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The "pignus amoris" of the former is a small earthenware vessel in the shape of a book, intended apparently to hold a "nosegay" of flowers. Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It a’n’t every man who can get out of matrimony by sacrificing a nosegay and two glasses of grog.” Olla Podrida Marcia nodded brightly to those she knew, and threw flowers from the great nosegay that had been put upon her lap by Harriet. Marcia Schuyler She stuck a red rose in his coat, and when she had made her flowers into a nosegay, he lifted her down from the sun-dial. Mistress Anne It’s done to a turn, and smells like a nosegay,” she added, lifting the cover with a triumphant flourish. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes On this occasion Marietta could not pass through them; for, under the youngest and most slender of the palms lay a tall young man in profound sleep—near him a nosegay of most splendid flowers. The Broken Cup “Only picking a nosegay, I believe,” replied I, looking out of the window. Olla Podrida It was half an hour later than she had expected when Clare carried her nosegays into the hall. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada It would puzzle a gardener to surpass the elegance and delicacy of such a nosegay. Aunt Deborah Out of the pocket of the gingham, Barbara had brought a small and withered nosegay. Apron-Strings She took the nosegay, unloosened it, strewed his present over the sleeper in scorn. The Broken Cup And there for each his lass Her man a nosegay has, Which better than word spoken Might stand to be her token And emblem of her grace. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems He gathered water-cresses out of the pool, and would bring them to me, with nosegays of wild thyme, which he plucked from the sides of the mountain. Mary Wollstonecraft —Till I go down among the flowers And bring a nosegay back for him. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Emboldened by his smile, she brought forward the nosegay. Apron-Strings Any flowers I liked, I might gather on this particular morning, but as the nosegay must not be too large, choice was difficult. The Story of the White-Rock Cove Since Christmas Eve, when she carried in her holly spray, she always contrived some sort of a nosegay for him. The Heiress of Wyvern Court Bettina, who was making a tiny white nosegay of lilacs to pin on Anthony's coat, turned to them a sparkling countenance. Glory of Youth For him the flowers grow plucked and bound into nosegays; passion has no existence outside the Porte-Saint-Martin; the universe is a place of rhymes and rhythms, the human heart a supplement to the dictionary. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation While the fire was getting itself under way, she completed the effect by arranging some flowers in a cup and placing a nosegay upon the bosom of nature. The Wrong Woman And Aleck set to work, and soon gathered a nosegay that almost, if not quite, equalled my own. The Story of the White-Rock Cove A straggling nosegay was being thrust through the roof, and he realized at once that the seeds had sprouted. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character "These bufully flowers, mamma, see," pointing to the upper surface and sides of the nosegay, facetiously termed. Hubert's Wife A Story for You I soon saw Zouhra appear, charmingly adorned and carrying a nosegay in her hand; but the other window, which had been indicated to me, remained unoccupied. French and Oriental Love in a Harem You know I’ve given you nothing, not even a penny nosegay. The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts Then Aleck and I had to present our nosegays, which were, of course, greatly praised. The Story of the White-Rock Cove “Charles Lamb’s nosegay of verse,” says Professor Dowden, “may be held by the small hand of a maiden, and there is not in it one flaunting flower.” A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 She had with her all she loved, her immense nosegay, her baby Joe, and, in her small bundle, her one pair of ruffled pillow-slips. Hubert's Wife A Story for You She lowered her nosegay by way of saluting, and my glasses were at once turned to the direction in which she was darting her glances. French and Oriental Love in a Harem They were all three very fond of gardening, and took great pleasure and interest in planting and pruning, in watching the seeds they had sown come up and blossom, and in cutting flowers for nosegays. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories Gathered the nosegay out of his own head! The Story of the White-Rock Cove So the air is scented With the pleasant fruits, With the bright-hued nosegays, And the springing roots. London Town All the way to the Court House she was at perfect liberty to caress her nosegay of pinks and camomile. Hubert's Wife A Story for You Speculate on nothing here below, and I promise you a nosegay in Paradise. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection That is a handsomer ornament of a dinner-table than clusters of nosegays, and all sorts of uneatable decorations. Gryll Grange With a just and pleasing confidence, the queen replied, 'I warrant you it is for-251--vol i- gladness,'" "How many nosegays did her grace receive at poor women's hands! Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth "So you are going to have a visitor, dear," replied Edith, bringing a fragrant nosegay over to the bedside and laying it on the snowy pillow. Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life To smell of a nosegay, that was poysond: and turne your nose to a house, that had the plague, it was all one. The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse As Montaigne wrote: "I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them together." Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine For "two cheeks freshened by youth and sea": a mere nosegay. Browning's Heroines She ran into the garden when supper was over, to gather a nosegay, if possible, of the few flowers left at that time of year. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Lilac watched him thoughtfully as his large hand moved carefully amongst the flowers, cutting the best blossoms and adding them to the nosegay, which now began to take the shape of a large fan. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Giovanna, flower in the face as she was, fit to be nosegay on any hearth, posy for any man's breast, sprang in a very lowly soil. Little Novels of Italy “Then he has not all his organs—wants a nose, or the use of one at least,” said Mr. Touchwood; “the tea is right gunpowder—a perfect nosegay.” St. Ronan's Well She wore a nosegay at her throat, and in her belt just a few; she had the fine taste that never overloaded. A Little Girl in Old Salem God! how pretty the Joyeuse girls were, sitting in the front of their box! what a nosegay of rosy cheeks! The Nabob, Volume 1 She smiled to herself as she remembered how suddenly he had gone away without giving her the nosegay at all. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Methinks I see him already in the cart, sweeter and more lovely than the nosegay in his hand! The Bon Gaultier Ballads At the base they were too slender to receive even one rose-stalk, while they were so broad at the top that it would have required a whole nosegay to fill them. Girls and Women "Well," said I, "the nosegay is yours at the price," and I held it out to her. Simon Dale In the centre of another room, dedicated to optics, as we entered, we saw a beautiful nosegay in a vase, which appeared to be composed of the rarest flowers. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. Then Magne came back with a nosegay of the most beautiful wild flowers and delicate grasses arranged about a fir branch covered with cones, grey-green young cones. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands She was immensely gratified at the attention, sniffed the fragrant nosegay, and handed it on for admiration to Lorna, who, after also burying her nose in it, passed it to Irene. The Jolliest School of All Mrs. Astrid's eyes were riveted upon these last words, as Susanna softly, and with a warm heart, approached her, and with a cordial "Ah! be so good," presented to her the nosegay. Strife and Peace "Nay, you have a very pretty nosegay in your hand," said she. Simon Dale What censers! what crosses! what nosegays! what tapers! what banners! what pictures! Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Mother, he was like this nosegay, wasn't he? Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands Students, both men and women, may be seen almost covered with bright nosegays, given by their friends to celebrate any examination successfully passed. Denmark Never, if the phrase may be employed, had such a nosegay of medicines been presented to the artistic eye. The Napoleon of Notting Hill "I must pay a reckoning for this," I sighed; but since a bargain is a bargain I gave her the nosegay. Simon Dale A flower do but plant near thy window-glass, And through it no spirit of evil can pass; When thou goest abroad, on thy bosom wear A nosegay, and trust me an angel is near. Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest So she rubbed them out, and drew little nosegays, and likenesses of me and Jip, all over the tablets. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform In this place, the children of the town would go into the King's gardens, and gather nosegays for the pilgrims, and bring them to them with much affection. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools To his astonishment, as he moved, there fell from his breast a beautiful nosegay. Henrietta Temple A Love Story But Barbara had treated me harshly, and the stranger looked longingly at the nosegay. Simon Dale She went into the good-sized garden at the back of the little cottage, and began with nervous, energetic fingers to pick some flowers, and to arrange them in a big nosegay. A Girl in Ten Thousand The great flower-pots were filled with gay nosegays, a red lamp hung down from the centre, and on the rustic table was placed a large pumpkin. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag In the summer, Rose-red managed the house, and every morning she gathered a nosegay in which was a rose off each tree, and set it by her mother's bed before she awoke. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew Quaint, gay, sweet, and good for nosegays, is good enough for my garden. Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers "To confess the truth," said I, wavering in my purpose, "the nosegay was plucked for another." Simon Dale It is very pleasant at such times to have a bright, fragrant nosegay in one’s buttonhole, or to carry a bouquet to one’s home. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Tying them together, she gave the nosegay to Anton, "because," said she with a pleasant smile, "you are a German." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag I am afraid Lois thought longingly, all through the silence on a May Sunday, of the nosegay of columbines she meant to gather afterwards. A Book of Quaker Saints But after luncheon, when Madame was again in her room, Jack came to me with a nosegay he had gathered, to beg me to arrange it properly, and put a paper frill round it. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls And she held out a wonderfully small hand towards my nosegay. Simon Dale Thy letter was like a perfumed nosegay and from that nosegay the fragrance of faith and assurance was inhaled. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas He has told me that his first pleasure here was the nosegay that you gathered for him. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag The glasses rattled an instant, amid iterations of "Hear! hear!" and Mr. Hugenot, rising, as it appeared from a bandbox, carefully surveyed himself in a mirror opposite, and touched his nose with a small nosegay. Bohemian Days Three American Tales My mind was running on certain very ingenious and tasteful methods of hanging nosegays on the wall. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls See that dude with the greased head, and the five dollar nosegay in his coat. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon It was the white rabbit coming back again, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand, and a nosegay in the other. Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a facsimile of the original Ms. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" The good woman tied up a small nosegay, gave it to Anton with a courtesy, and sadly said, "It is just the same as a year ago." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Methinks, I see him already in the cart, sweeter and more lovely than the nosegay in his hand! History of English Humour, Vol. 2 In time it got so that if you was to drop in where there was sickness or trouble an' spied a nosegay of flowers, you could be pretty sure Delight had been there. Flood Tide And no dashing horsemen had ridden up to her schoolhouse door and handed her nosegays and assured her that her eyes were the same shade of blue. Winner Take All I had to rescue it to accept Clifton Gray's nosegay of huge violets from his greenhouse, and I embraced Jessie with the nosegay pressed to her pink cheeks. The Heart's Kingdom One evening Anton bought a large nosegay of them, and knocked with them at the door of Jordan, who was a great lover of flowers. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Ellen snuffed the sweet air, skipped on the green sward, picked nosegays of grass and dandelions, and at last, unable to contain herself, set off to run. The Wide, Wide World Directly after the midday meal Anna went out to gather a wild-flower nosegay, to place in the sitting-room in honour of her father's return. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Bob, nosegay, bunch, or tuft; also to curtsey. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Three or four beautiful talents of trans-Atlantic growth are the sum of what the world usually recognises, and in this modest nosegay the genius of Hawthorne is admitted to have the rarest and sweetest fragrance. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) He carried back his nosegay, placed it with a resigned air upon his own table, and took up a book. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag To step softly into the side orchard on pleasant evenings, and without a word, before or afterwards, to lay a nosegay on Martha's little white doorplate. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Quenrede, protesting her scepticism, but all the same palpably enjoying the magic experiment, picked an indifferent nosegay of the few buttercups, hawkweeds, and late pieces of scabious which were the only flowers available. A Popular Schoolgirl Some pulled long rushes and sat themselves down to weave little baskets; some gathered nosegays, some played with the fawns. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 Then the Philosopher laid a great nosegay of garden flowers in her lap. A Court of Inquiry At eight o'clock next evening, Mademoiselle Angela entered the ballroom; in her hand was a splendid nosegay of white violets, and among them two budding roses, white also. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter One afternoon, shortly after dinner, she had gone out to gather a nosegay of wild flowers to brighten her little living-room. The Land of Promise Me and my young man have changed nosegays," she remarked simply; "he asked me to give him my primroses, and he gave me this. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 Loving her from afar, I send her as a nosegay these chapters gathered in her own gardens. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Are they so fond of a filthy nosegay? History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour She threw her face into the air; thrust herself into the hands of the first passer-by who stopped to look at her, and escaped in triumph, as she thought, into the centre of a nosegay. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc They thought more of what would smell sweet than of bright colour; and grandmamma was well pleased with her nosegay. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. Jacqueline's husband, who had been a sea-captain, had brought those roots from Brazil, and she,—Hel�ne,—who was very little then, had disgraced herself by gathering the flowers for a nosegay. Days of the Discoverers Eugene picked some half mechanically, as he went along, and made a little nosegay, with some sprigs of alder. Madelon A Novel Take away with you trinket and nosegay, and receive from them all the comforts they are able to bestow!” Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Finally, the crowd of red bier-followers, and the profusion of nosegays, owed their origin to subjective visual sensations, the "light-chaos" which often appears in the dark. Illusions A Psychological Study Grandmamma called to them not to stay out too long; but they said, "May we pick you a little nosegay first? the flowers are just lovely." Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. His mother put her sweet nosegay in water. The Debtor A Novel He stood looking moodily at the ground, where his nosegay of violets and alders was all scattered and trampled. Madelon A Novel This is a nosegay for the middle of the table. Scenes of Clerical Life As for myself, I had only been able to blush and stammer out something that was far from expressing my delight with the lovely nosegay I received. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances I think I could cull a nosegay of a few vivid and fragrant flowers, from this graphic garden of plants of all colours and qualities. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three I chanced to pick a nosegay, not so much fine flowers perhaps as good-smelling leaves and twigs, and put it in a little pitcher in her room. The Garden, You, and I She seemed more pleased than otherwise with the attention, and began to pluck the delicate flowers with which it was painted and gather them into a nosegay. Berry And Co. And who is this bright-looking woman walking with hasty step along Orchard Street so early, with a large nosegay in her hand? Scenes of Clerical Life I hear on all sides," he says, "that you have just plucked a nosegay of the sweetest melodious flowers, and that your oratorio is throughout a masterpiece of naivete. Great Italian and French Composers They should be plucked forthwith from a supine world and offered her as a nosegay. The Black Pearl He saw her through the bars of the stately entrance gate as she sat beside her mother, on a garden-seat, tying into nosegays the flowers that filled her lap. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Then he let fall the nosegay and took the whip in his right hand.... Berry And Co. He opened it, and found a box with, inside, a tiny nosegay of sweet-smelling flowers. Sunrise He admitted that there was a boat, but warned us that it was no nosegay. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The poor luckless nosegay or sugar-plum boys look upon us as their best friends, and follow our carriages with importunate pertinacity. Rome in 1860 The simplest of white frocks became Virginia's innocence and beauty more than costly bridal array and the nosegay of white violets above her chaste bosom was her only ornament. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe I took out my paper, brushes, and palette, set Nelly's nosegay in a becoming light, and began to rub my paints; when wheels and hoofs came near and stopped, and presently the door-bell rang. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics This charming shrub, which is almost perpetually in blossom, and admirably adapted for nosegays, is a native of the south of France, and a constant ornament to our green-houses. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 1 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed But the unhappy day wore away to its evening; and after tea he gathered a great nosegay of narcissus, and went to Isaac Cohen's. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York If you continue to bless me with an occasional nosegay when I move into my house, I shall not so bitterly suffer from the barrenness of the garden. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books The churches were decorated, and flags put out on the towers, and everybody in the congregation was expected to carry a nosegay. A Great Emergency and Other Tales He began plucking the flowers, which flourished in such profusion and variety that a nosegay grew in every foot of turf. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses Her bonnet fell at the back of her neck, but being held by the strings it bobbed up and down her back like an animated nosegay. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Three times this week, into the garden you have gone to get a nosegay; and then all about it you forget. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York They really keep us in vegetables, and I have a lovely nosegay on my table at this moment. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books |
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