| 单词 | onyx |
| 例句 | He was a compact man of fifty years, spare and hard, with grey in his black hair and eyes like chips of onyx. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She could see fires dancing in the onyx of his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mami had strung a nugget of coral and an onyx bead on a safety pin and attached it to Raymond’s baby shirt at birth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The armor had been made of silver and gold, the knights of jade and beryl and onyx and tourmaline, of amber and opal and amethyst, each as tall'as her little finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Its coils were gold, its wings silver, its three heads ivory, onyx, and jade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Seen from orbit, the planet was a shiny onyx marble covered in overlapping spiderwebs of pulsating light. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I suppose if you asked me in two weeks I’d say onyx.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The chairs were immense, fantastically carved, bright with goldwork and studded with amber, onyx, lapis, and jade, each one different from all the others, and each striving to be the most fabulous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He soaped and rubbed her until her skin squeaked and glistened like onyx. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Tourmaline Brotherhood pressed on her a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon,- the coils were yellow gold, the wings silver, the heads carved from jade, ivory, and onyx. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t share her straight brows or her teardrop eyes, dark as onyx. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Four poultice rooms line the wall, holding the promise of healing from red clay, oakwood charcoal, amethyst gem, and blue onyx. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor, long strands of shells hang in an arched doorway, the mollusks separated by odd-shaped bits of polished onyx. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Cinders, coarse gravel, and granite boulders covered much of the ice, but every now and then the trail would cross a patch of bare glacier—a translucent, frozen medium that glistened like polished onyx. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Within was a glittering green scarab carved from onyx and emerald. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A black feather boa was wrapped around her shoulders, and on her head was a cloche hat that dangled onyx pendants over her plucked eyebrows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the hospital, she pinned a tiny onyx badge on his diaper to guard against the evil eye. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And the boulders peeking out from the lapping waves remind me of polished onyx. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z As black as onyx, polished smooth, so the bone seemed to shimmer in the light of his torch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The owl’s onyx eyes seemed to follow me as I walked closer. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a black onyx clock with a gold face but on top of it was the real beauty. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And at the center of all this insanity stood Castle Anorak itself, an onyx jewel gleaming beneath the Sixers’ transparent spherical shield. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In silver inlay on the breastplate of his burnished scarlet armor was a white tree bare and dead, surrounded by a flock of onyx ravens taking flight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Surely, he thought, he and his sister had some ancestor, some lithe young man with onyx skin and legs as straight as cane stalks, who had a name that was real. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was hard and cruel, his eyes as cold and dark as onyx. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I have a pretty silver bracelet with onyx inlay from Evie, and a black silk teddy and matching knickers from Tom, and I can’t stop smiling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As silently as a floating feather, the servant combs the oil through Padma's hair, making it shimmer in the subtle light like onyx. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At once, as though somehow aware that he was their last intruder, the mambas hissed loudly in unison, their cold eyes meeting his own like onyx plucked from a starless night sky. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The French cuffs were held together with onyx cuff links, and his collar was tied with a red-striped power necktie. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The hall they inhabited was many times the size of the cottage; the floor was of onyx, and the pillars were of obsidian. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Way down Carpenter’s Road, where the concrete sidewalks started, children hurried to the sliding places before shopkeepers and old women sprinkled stove ashes, like ancient onyx, onto the new-minted silver. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Jewels danced when he moved his hands; onyx and opal, tiger’s eye and tourmaline, ruby, amethyst, sapphire, emerald, jet and jade, a black diamond, and a green pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She walked through the halls with her books pressed against her breasts, in pleated skirt, argyle sweater, white bobby socks folded down crisply above the polished onyx buckles of her shoes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Light bounced off wall panels made of Italian onyx that stretch several storeys high and the sound was excellent. Russia's new Mariinsky theatre woos the doubters 2013-05-02T20:36:35Z William T. Georgis, who also designed the restaurant, relied on silver, gray and navy tones, with a bar faced in mother-of-pearl and tabletops made of translucent onyx. The Pool, a Seafood Restaurant in the Former Four Seasons, to Open July 19 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Mottled in gradations of onyx and orange in patterns that resemble dyed fabrics, her pieces reward the careful observer with surprising shifts in color, pattern and detail. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The Oakland Museum is displaying 60 pieces with silver and gold boomerangs, amoebas and off-kilter grids, twisted around pebbles, onyx and quartz. Antiques: Loving ?Lover?s Eyes? and Loving Cereal 2012-02-02T23:17:03Z It could be the waiting room at a doctor’s office on the Upper East Side, if not for the glass cupboards lined with lidded ornamental vases made of stone, onyx, marble and colored glass. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z Everywhere a diner looks, there’s something to admire from abroad: an onyx ceiling gracing the bar, say, and fanciful mother-of-pearl inlays on the tables.” Review | Punjab Grill is a feast for all the senses 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The Ghanaian novelist whose personal beauty we struggle to separate from her spare, forceful writing sits gleaming like onyx in a yellow gown. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Comprised of pink opal, mammoth ivory or black onyx sprinkled with pink sapphire “seeds,” the earrings are $2,800. | Forbidden Fruit 2010-05-21T15:31:00Z Also solid: the enormous polished onyx slab that serves as the counter at the back of the store. There’s Nothing to Fear at Simone Rocha 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Except for the trill of a few blackbirds, a stunning silence encircles the church, its facade of alternating lavender marble and straw-colored onyx fusing into a bright white in the sun. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Barneys put itself up on a precisely buffed onyx pedestal that it built for itself, and it turned out everyone was just waiting to knock it off. Of Barneys’ Bankruptcy, Pride and the Fall 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z So his China black rice, which gleams like thin beads of onyx, is tender at first bite and firm at its heart. ‘Rice Is Culture’ at FieldTrip in Harlem 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Number of frames on display that Post commissioned Cartier to create for family portraits, made of onyx, turquoise, diamonds, gold, enamel and other materials, from 1929 to 1935. Hillwood Estate exhibit showcases Marjorie Merriweather Post’s jewelry by Cartier Her girl lies there, tiny and still, gazing about with onyx eyes. What Happens When Your Baby Isn’t Who You Expected? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Inside are warm French limestone tile floors, Venetian plaster walls, backsplash stone in a soft onyx, reclaimed-oak cabinetry and kitchen island. Downtown condo made rich with secondhand furnishings 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z In the center is a large, circular bar, faced in backlit onyx, serving drinks, bar food and sushi, under black ribbons of wood meant to represent Japanese calligraphy. A Glimpse Inside Nobu Downtown 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The handsome fireplace is made of onyx and mahogany. Tour the Historic Park Slope Residence Jennifer Connelly Called Home 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The 10,000-square-foot facility features an outdoor infinity pool, an onyx stone Hammam and stream rooms and Turkish baths all with panoramic views of the lake. Forget spritzes, shopping and fancy hotels. The best part of Lake Como is being on it. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Both the yellow-diamond clip brooch with onyx stripes and the bracelet with marquise-cut emerald eyes were made in the 1950s by Cartier. A Set of Cartier Tiger Jewelry Once Owned by the Duchess of Windsor Is Up for Auction at Christie’s 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Yurman the Younger’s offerings included a line of sterling silver bracelets with intricate wave carvings and identification tags with classic onyx inlays. | Divide and Conquer 2010-10-07T23:00:00Z Handcrafted from the finest materials — think ivory, onyx and even emerald — these luxurious, bespoke objects were designed for the wealthiest members of society. A century after art deco’s birth, designers say we’re due for a revival 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Another such screen delineates the bar in the living area, where ten- foot-tall onyx slabs surround the fireplace. Manhattan Penthouse - Modern Decor Inspiration 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z There also is a 1920s wristwatch with a rectangular dial beneath a lid of polished onyx, made by the jeweler Hamilton and Co. in Kolkata, then called Calcutta. Vivien Leigh’s Jewelry on Auction at Sotheby’s 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Soak up the views from the heated, indoor/outdoor infinity pool on the roof or relax by the two-story onyx fireplace in the Capella Living Room, available only to hotel guests. Forbes Travel Guide Hot 20 2013-10-08T14:00:00Z And in 52nd—modeled after a commission for the façade of a New York building at 135 West 52nd Street—warm light shines through tiered panels of veined onyx or white marble. Light Artist Thierry Dreyfus Shows Lighting at Atelier Courbet in New York 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z At a marble supply store, Nicol says she thinks Italian marble is the best, but she purrs when a salesman hands her a tile of pink onyx that was quarried closer by. ‘Real Housewives’ in Greece, Israel and Canada 2013-06-06T12:00:01Z DOM is in a spacious underground room, with a glowing bar done in striated honey onyx as its cynosure. Nonna Dora’s Pasta Bar, From the Family Behind I Trulli, Opens for Dinner 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Design groupies will recognize the high-gloss black paint that reflects the light like polished onyx, a Roman & Williams signature. | First Look at the Kava Cafe 2011-01-27T17:29:45Z He brought stone — Belgian marble, limestone and a type of onyx — to his studio and “began to carve, immediately.” Saint Clair Cemin on Broadway and at Paul Kasmin Gallery 2012-09-02T01:00:45Z My onyx ring reminded her of one John Prine once gave her — which she promptly dropped down a sewer grate. Amanda Shires Isn’t Letting Nashville, or Her Marriage, Off the Hook 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z In the bathroom she and Mr. Williams share, next to blooming hibiscus and jasmine and a pentagonal shower made of purple onyx from Brazil, she keeps a gold tone, “grab and go” rack of outfits. The Power Brokers of Beverly Hills 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z There are also two striking paintings in which fluid swirls are set off by black backgrounds that shine like burnished onyx. Review | In the galleries: Up to his elbows in watery works and lustrous prints 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Designed by Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, the interior of the building glows in light reflected from wall panels made of Italian onyx that stretch several floors high. Russia's new Mariinsky theater divides St Petersburg 2013-05-01T08:39:06Z You started seeing precious stones being mixed with hard stones, like quartz, jade, onyx. Special Report: Jewelry: Rarity of Art Deco Work Keeps Prices Buoyant 2010-05-20T13:30:00Z One needn’t be an ascetic to appreciate the relative simplicity of the high-ceilinged, sparsely decorated room, with its nature-evoking color schemes of brown, tan and onyx. Check In : Hotel Review: Lumeria Maui 2014-01-28T20:56:07Z That’s because behind the weird, haphazardly constructed interior walls of the SRO and the mutilations of the religious group, were delicately carved wooden mantels and fire surrounds made from marble and onyx. A Story of Love and Obsession 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z For Tiffany, there is a peacock headdress; for Fred Ebb, lyricist of the musical “Chicago,” a souvenir program; and for Boss Tweed, gold, onyx and diamond cuff links. A Museum Plot for Green-Wood Cemetery 2013-05-14T21:34:33Z The new theater, while generic from the street, has a restrained glamour in its public spaces, dominated by the glowing onyx exterior wall of the auditorium. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Iolanta’ at the New Mariinsky II in Russia 2013-05-05T19:20:13Z Elevator cabs clad in backlit slabs of rose and green onyx suggest medieval reliquaries. Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z There are eight seats at the onyx bar, 10 more at tables. Restaurant Bars at Daniel, Tocqueville and Riverpark 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The sauce’s striking onyx color comes from chunjang, Korean black bean paste. These Korean black bean noodles are salty, sweet and pure comfort 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Why not choose plants with berries in shades ranging from pearly pink to iridescent lavender, lipstick red and onyx black? In the winter garden, these berried treasures feed the birds and the spirit 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The artists’ trippy influences are evident in the rose-gold and onyx rays forming the central motif of the necklace, which can be transformed into a brooch or a choker. Near Japan’s Mount Asama, a Wine Bar Floats Among the Trees 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Amenities include a kitchen with a hibachi grill, gym, bowling alley, golf simulator, poker room, billiards room and onyx bar. Tony Stewart’s Indiana mansion, a sportsman’s paradise, seeks $30 million 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z She wore a large black onyx ring and brilliant cherry red lipstick; one of her Chihuahuas, Bonnie, padded by in a white dress with a red bow. The Waco Biker Shootout Left Nine Dead. Why Was No One Convicted? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The smart home spans 6,100 square feet with five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms, including a primary suite with a 10-foot video wall, steam shower and tub made of onyx stone. Pharrell Williams sells hilltop home with a skate park for $9.2 million 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The main house and guesthouse combine for five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms, including a primary suite with a 10-foot video wall, steam shower and onyx stone bathroom. Pharrell Williams drops price of Hollywood Hills compound to $10 million 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z With a shimmering pale pink morganite sun at the center and a whimsical tassel of onyx and red spinels, it embodies an invigorating combination: one of chaste geometry and prismatic psychedelia. Near Japan’s Mount Asama, a Wine Bar Floats Among the Trees 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z By the guest rooms sit an onyx infinity pool and lounge chairs draped with fur throws. If You Sell ‘Oaxaca in a Bottle,’ What Happens to Oaxaca? 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Buss’ place is a bit smaller at 6,500 square feet but still has room for six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a movie theater, yoga studio, billiards room, onyx bar and wine cellar across three stories. Lakers co-owner Jesse Buss lists Brentwood mansion near LeBron James' place 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Upstairs, the primary suite adds a marble tub, onyx sinks and access to one of the home’s three balconies overlooking a backyard with a saltwater pool, spa, outdoor kitchen and pergola wrapped in grapevines. John Legend and Chrissy Teigen get $16.8 million for their 90210 mansion 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Colored onyx tile was selected for the home’s backsplash, fireplace surround and powder room. How a comic book collection helped build a home renovation 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The nearly 50-foot-high lobby, reached by a set of 17 stairs, is bedecked in black and gold-veined onyx with gold leafing. A Cape Town Apartment That Speaks to the Past 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Tutor redesigned the entire house during her stay, adding accents such as ivory crocodile ceilings, black lacquered cabinetry and a metal-wrapped bar with onyx counters. Kristin Tutor seeks $29.9 million for Holmby Hills mansion 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The master bathroom features marble Teuco tub, onyx sinks and a double shower. Power couple John Legend and Chrissy Teigen list home in Beverly Hills 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Anchored by a brass-and-concrete fireplace, the master suite features a “glam” room, custom closets and a spa bathroom with a marble tub, onyx sinks and a double shower. John Legend and Chrissy Teigen aim for $23.95 million in Beverly Hills 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Decorative tilework creates visual interest in the chef’s kitchen, which is outfitted with onyx countertops. Sofia Vergara bags Beverly Park mansion formerly owned by Barry Bonds 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z The Skims masks cost $8 each, and are available in colours named sand, clay, sienna, cocoa and onyx. Kim Kardashian West's face masks provoke controversy 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The Skims masks, priced at $8 a piece or four for $25, were available in shades named “sand,” “clay,” “sienna,” “cocoa” and “onyx.” Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand makes masks now. But good luck finding one 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Resting atop the jacket was an Art Deco-style white gold brooch adorned with onyx, diamonds and an emerald by Cartier. Golden Globes: Jason Momoa pairs Tom Ford, Valentino — and that Twitter-loved tank top 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A side benefit of the exhaustive search is that Cookie found a black onyx earring she lost years ago. Couple gets back lost ring after it fell into trash 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Inside the room, a strikingly long table made of wood and onyx sits below a raindrop chandelier with 1,500 Swarovski crystals. Democrats Sparred Over a Wine Cave Fund-Raiser. Its Billionaire Owner Isn’t Pleased. 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The event featured “a chandelier with 1,500 Swarovski crystals, an onyx banquet table to reflect its luminescence and bottles of cabernet sauvignon that sell for as much as $900,” according to The Associated Press. Elizabeth Warren calls out Pete Buttigieg over ritzy “wine cave” fundraiser and billionaire donors 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Crown moldings, checkered floors, stone fireplaces and onyx finishes bring an old-school style to the interior. Whoopi Goldberg’s longtime Art Deco home returns to market in Pacific Palisades 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Georgia Tech wore a new color scheme for the first time, an onyx gray uniform to raise awareness for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Howell, Tar Heels take convincing win over Georgia Tech 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z The slides are in colors such as black and tan and have stones that include black onyx and rose quartz. Vitamin A teams up with Fred Segal for a ’70s-inspired swimwear capsule 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z It is a place where the walls of his-and-hers dressing rooms are covered with leather and velvet, where sinks are carved from solid blocks of Italian onyx, where walnut drawers are lined with ostrich skin. Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z On another wing, the master suite — measuring some 2,000 square feet — comprises two onyx and marble-clad bathrooms, two dressing rooms, a private office and a sitting room. Film producer Sidney Kimmel puts $39.5-million price tag on N.Y. apartment | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Among its amenities are an onyx chandelier, a wood-burning fireplace, a terrace overlooking the park and a bathtub that does the same. Santa baby’s billion-dollar Christmas 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Closer inspection reveals it represents a border crossing marker, half white Italian marble and half Mexican honey onyx, the union of two places where cultures flow as one not far from the Rio Grande. 'Vaya con Dios:' the impossible life of an immigration judge at the US border 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The onyx bathrooms are designed with $1,300 custom toilets from Japan that operate with digital controls. Malaysia Seeks to Complete a $10 Billion Project Rocked by Scandal 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The family room has a wet bar with illuminated onyx, and the second-floor master suite has panoramic views of the coast and a wraparound terrace. Comedian Russell Peters Lists in Malibu for $8.8 Million 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z LeBron’s $23 million home also has eight bedrooms, with 11 bathrooms, a theater room, cigar room, steam room, massage room, sauna, top-of-the-line gym, rooftop terrace with direct elevator access, wine cellar and onyx bar. Perspective | At long last, it’s time to start celebrating Tom Brady and LeBron James 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z At a different price point and aesthetic is Civetta, a Los Angeles brand that uses stones for its jewelry such as watermelon tourmaline and black onyx. Michael Kors is diving into L.A.'s retail scene in a big way; Hanro of Switzerland offers luxe loungewear in Beverly Hills 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Brass and onyx details maintain the sense of glamour for which the brand is best known. Donatella Versace toasts London boutique opening 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z While you’re there, appreciate the dramatic onyx sink and countertop — and all the flying tile butterflies. An incredibly thoughtful remodel 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Two bedrooms, five onyx baths, natural wood and glass interior includes dining and living rooms, “Asian” lounge, office, family room and theater; 7,083-square-feet total. Inside the Beltway: Voters agree: The media mistreats Donald Trump 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The collection for Mr Porter includes classic pieces from the brand’s signature Cable collection, as well as pieces featuring more precious materials such as black onyx or fused meteorite. David Yurman makes debut on Mr Porter 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z An electronic “doggy door” over the kitchen sink opens to reveal a slab of onyx that, on the other side, forms a wall of the bathroom shower in one of two master suites. You'd never guess this luxury beach house in Malibu is actually a double-wide trailer 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z So he just pulled the black dress stockings over his white athletic socks, popped in the black onyx studs and sang “at the twilight’s last gleaming” into the mirror. Belting one out for the home team 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z A soda fountain was added - made of mahogany, onyx and marble with porcelain jars and electric lights on top. For 125 years, this bookstore has sold fridges, flags, books 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Black onyx, hematite, and black tourmaline, to “draw energy out,” and transparent quartz, rose quartz, and amethyst, for “clearing, love, and processing.” Taryn Toomey Will Make You Scream 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z “Locals wagged that it resembled a hamburger, but if that was true, this was a burger made from ground sirloin. Flourishes included a bathroom paneled in onyx in which hung a Cezanne.” Los Angeles feels the pension squeeze 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z The women chose understated, natural elements for the interiors, including seamless beige travertine floors and walls, transparent onyx slabs in the kitchen and bathroom, and a massive sliding divider door made of natural-edge American elm. You'd never guess this luxury beach house in Malibu is actually a double-wide trailer 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z A green onyx monolith with a digital display tells the results of on-the-spot urinalysis — less for the purpose of data-harvesting or diagnosis and more as a reminder that we, too, contain ecosystems. Six Designers Take On Some of the World’s Toughest Redesign Challenges 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z On his desk is an onyx rectangle inscribed with gold lettering: "May the bridges I burn light the way." Kansas official keeps fighting, sometimes uphill, for stringent immigration laws 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z He stepped outside and glanced toward the glittering golden Wynn and Trump hotels, the fake New York skyline and onyx pyramid. Underwater in the Las Vegas Desert, Years After the Housing Crash 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The soaring walls and pillars were of green onyx, the doors of inlaid walnut. Afghanistan’s Theorist-in-Chief 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Spotteds are as black as onyx, liberally speckled with large yellow spots. With Spring, the Rare Spotted Salamander Emerges 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z “There are great mineral tones, of sulphur, chrome, aluminum, granite, onyx.” NY Fashion Week: Kors, Delpozo, DKNY, Proenza Schouler 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Some samples include an amethyst church from Brazil and onyx from Pakistan. Shop owners love thrill of uncovering unique quartz 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z On Aug. 17, two days before her 24th birthday, Hurst sat her down on their couch and presented her with a black onyx David Yurman ring. They knew they’d marry someday. Then a gunman stole their future on live TV. 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The take-home version that Heisman winners get is as close as possible to the first one, save for the wooden base, which is lighter than the original’s onyx. With Heisman Trophy Tucked Away, Spotlight Falls on Look-Alikes 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Sparse decorative touches are onyx, including high-hanging black slabs near ticket counters and white spheres atop the escalators. California Airport Extends to Mexico 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z That onyx color showed up early on, in a lush cashmere handknit sweater and wrap scarf. NY Fashion Week: Kors, Delpozo, DKNY, Proenza Schouler 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z That desire is ancient — in the third century, Heliogabalus served peas mixed with gold pieces, lentils scattered with onyx — and went strong through the Middle Ages. Betty Crocker’s Absurd, Gorgeous Atomic-Age Creations 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z In the guest room, the bed is made from sycamore, the walls are covered in gray wool and the bathroom floors are green onyx. Charles S. Cohen’s Perfectionist Real-Estate Portfolio 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Behind a facade of gray stone and green onyx, the store is divided into two parts. Celine opens at South Coast Plaza; Birchbox pops up at the Grove 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z In a glade of ebony trees, we found a Pel’s fishing owl, about 2 feet tall, with a slow, glowing stare from black onyx eyes. Into Canoeing? Try It on an African River Safari 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Visual styling and textures are designed to build on each client’s unique taste and feature dark high-gloss veneers, golden onyx, Qing upholstery and leatherwork, satin almond gold fixtures, and Loro Piana cashmere. What's It Like Aboard a 'Project Mayfair' Private Jet? 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Colored gems ranged from rubies, sapphires and emeralds to black onyx. Vibrant, Contemporary Art Deco Jewels 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Natural wood, green onyx and many live plants add to the homey feeling. Cathay Pacific Reopens First Class Lounge in Hong Kong 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The collection features a large sterling silver crown produced in a numbered, limited-edition run of 20, customizable with embellishments and stones including onyx. Why Settle For a Tiara When You Can Own A Crown? 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z The Blue Drawing Room features blue flock wallpaper and columns painted to resemble the stone onyx. Buckingham Palace's rooms stuck in time - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Now standing nearly 2 feet tall with curious, onyx eyes, the downy creature was discovered in a rugged embankment near Keyser in Mineral County in early May. W.Va. agency, avian center rescue baby bald eagle 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z So renowned were Carrara’s craftsmen that marble, granite and onyx quarried all over the world was brought there for shaping and polishing into slabs for architectural facing and paving, and for carving into decorative objects. Michaelangelo's Marble Being Sold Cheap by the Saudis 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z It's fitted with iPad-controlled fountains, vodka and tequila bars, a $200,000 candy room and an onyx dining table for 24. More tech industry buyers are snapping up L.A. real estate 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The matte gold setting accentuates the selection of emerald-cut, semi-precious gemstones, of which there are four—black onyx, pink sapphire, moonstone and emerald. Ringly Shows How Wearable Technology Can Be Fashionable 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The first look, a midnight cashmere draped back coat over an ivory and onyx print crepe dress, set the tone. Think Mink: Bibhu Mohapatra's Fall 2015 Collection 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z But in the aesthetic of minimalism chic, the architectural hulks — with their onyx bars, guest villas and ionized lap pools — seem dated. The why of weak consumer spending 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The whale meat was the color of onyx, arranged in thin slices that resembled black truffles. Faroe Islands Takes Nordic Cuisine to the Limits Unisex bracelets are made special with onyx, red jasper and brass that stretch to accommodate various wrist sizes. The Husband, The Boyfriend and The Lover: Valentine's Day Gift Ideas 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z On Sunday, he was wearing an onyx necklace, given by Napoleon to his brother Jérôme, and a bracelet belonging to Napoleon’s sister. In New Napoleonic Era, His Hats and Stockings Rise to Power 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Of that onyx floor she says, “We didn’t want marble, we didn’t want it to be too grand. Typically there would be terra cotta in there.” Tuscany's Best Country Hotels: Castello del Casole 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z At night, the onyx sky flickers with gas being burned off. Inside America's Fracking Boom 2014-04-08T00:39:34Z The storybook master suite has three floor-to-ceiling windows, a fireplace, a terrace, a honed onyx bath with five vintage showerheads, and an adjacent study with a fireplace. City Room: Big Ticket: 7 Fireplaces and a Hot View for $27.5 Million 2014-01-17T20:43:08Z His mansion, though, remains, with its mosaics, marble floors, onyx toilet, a swimming pool flecked with 24-karat gold and abundant frescoes. Versace Mansion, a South Beach Star, Faces Auction 2013-07-31T00:21:39Z There are four bedrooms, all with en-suite baths, and a powder room is lined in black onyx. | Park-Centric Luxury for $17.53 Million 2013-06-28T18:04:15Z In the master bath, the hot tub is made up of two types of brown swirling onyx. A Developer's Larger-Than-Life Life 2013-06-14T01:12:06Z The lobby is clad in Jurassic limestone and onyx of Iranian origin. In pictures: St Petersburg's new Mariinsky Theatre 2013-05-03T13:13:01Z It is overrun with vines and 159 flowers, cut in stone, and set with onyx and jasper and lapis lazuli, carnelians and turquoises, and chalcedonies and sapphires. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The gastric juice of the dog dissolves ivory; and that of a hen has dissolved an onyx, and diminished a golden coin. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It was hanging on the wall in a leather bag, from which depended strings of blue and onyx beads. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The remaining 14,000 square feet will be Mr. Leitersdorf's residence, with polished concrete floors, six bedrooms and baths made from giant slabs of onyx. A Developer's Larger-Than-Life Life 2013-06-14T01:12:06Z B——, a special friend, gave him a pretty onyx cross for his little niece. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z As spring walks first along the stream, autumn, too, comes early to the waterside, to kindle swamp maples and give the alder colors of onyx. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z His flashing eyes were deep-set, and in colour resembled the onyx with its double band of brown and grey. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The columns and pillars of onyx and bronze held up a magnificent ceiling, broken by the circular stained glass of the skylight. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z This Museum contains a well-known tazza, or flat cup, of onyx entire, elaborately carved in cameo on either side. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Great leather chairs stood about the room, and in the center, upon a magnificent Kirmanshaw rug, stood an onyx table with a great crystal globe upon it. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z It was a beautiful onyx, on which, engraven with exquisite workmanship, was a head of the youthful Caracalla, encircled by a laurel wreath, showing marks of the most consummate skill. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z One variety is that in which transparent brown glass is so mixed with opaque white and blue as to resemble onyx. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z It was a lofty hall, nobly vaulted, lined with costly Indian onyx and florid with pagan friezes, arabesques and frescoes. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Our brief stay showed us the greatest mixture and variety of people; the hotels were splendid with showy costumes, the shops tempting with onyx, amethyst, and crystal ornaments. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z On an onyx pedestal, at the head of a sofa, burned an onyx lamp, glowing sweetly within its lace shade, a great six-petalled flower of light. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z Chalced′onyx, an agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a grayish translucent chalcedony. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z This was wilfully streaked, mottled and quasi-accidentally varied; some of it was opalescent; much of it was more like agate or onyx than jewels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He bought the gold and onyx plates that he put on the Temple gates, in India, where he saw her and pitied her. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Then there were heavy boxed oil paintings in rich gilt frames, hanging on the walls; and teakwood pedestals 54 holding statuettes and busts; and onyx stands with palms. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Behind a curved pale onyx bar, a chef will prepare a menu of dishes like caviar, oysters, ceviche, gravlax and cured meats. Fall Restaurant Preview: Le Bernardin Reopens After Makeover 2011-09-06T23:38:11Z The Oriental sardonyx was not available for the purposes of the Renaissance artists, who were consequently obliged to content themselves with the colder German agate onyx. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Adjoining this apartment I see there is your most luxurious bathroom—the walls of onyx, the bath of solid silver. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z It is about twice the size of a man, and standing on an onyx pillar about four feet high. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z It is a ring with an onyx: on the stone is engraved two letters in monogram. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z Eight immense pillars of onyx were lying on the floor, and the great painted rood leaned against the wall. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The Bezoar stone had a great reputation against melancholy; the smaragdum was infallible against epilepsy; the onyx was good for sleep; the sardonyx prevented bad dreams. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z In the flickering torchlight he recognized the old leader of the boucaniers, now grown noticeably heavier; his thick beard, once black as onyx, was liberally threaded with white. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Stalagmite sheets are sometimes composed of variegated, laminated layers, and when polished produce a beautiful decorative stone which passes under the name of onyx marble. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z One of them carried a handsome crystal cup with a finely wrought silver foot and cover, in which many a pretty bit of onyx and emerald was set. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z I stared about at the onyx and bronze trimmings of the little building and secretly wished I could lose the cigar. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z I have tried to recall some examples, more particularly, but I can remember nothing but the dinner knives, which were of the finest Indian steel, wonderfully polished, and having exquisite onyx handles. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Now and then, as one of the distillers moved, it fell upon him, and gave his face an abnormal distinctness in the surrounding blackness, like some curiously cut onyx. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The body had fallen at the base of one of the great onyx columns, near the side wall of the lobby. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Coravel Tio stepped to a show case filled with onyx and other old carvings, and across this faced the two men with an uplift of his brows, a silent questioning. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z He had traveled in Japan since last we met, and one's blood flowed pink and gold and purple, one's flesh turned silk, one's eyes onyx, before the wonder of his narrative. 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 Now it is an established fact in the social orbit in which Muhafiz Ali revolved that these onyx stones will repel devils; therefore, to lose such a talisman is to invite misfortune. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Its main product, collectible charm bracelets, are made from silver or gold, with the charms made from stones such as amethyst, onyx or moonstone. Pandora charms investors with $2 billion market debut 2010-10-05T14:11:00Z Its onyx lobby, lined with massive pillars, had once been the talk of the neighborhood, and the black and white tessellated floor of the wide entrance hall was as black and as white as ever. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Like his idol, Johnny Cash, the doctor wears black - from his leather cowboy hat and boots to gaudy onyx rings and black diamond ear studs. Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months 2010-09-07T04:04:00Z Other prominent Russians liked their offices lavish, with spectacular fittings in onyx and mahogany, patrolled by gorgeous secretaries and formidable goons. 2009-12-16T09:22:00Z Important mines of gold and silver, considerable deposits of wolframite, valuable ores of molybdenum and vanadium, and quarries of onyx marble, are also worked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Among mineral products are saltpetre, mineral pitch, petroleum, salt, sulphur, and several precious stones, as the carnelian, agate, and onyx. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Seeing the doctor, who was still bending over the inert figure on the floor, Bates hurried along the onyx lobby till he reached the scene, and could see, without being told, what had happened. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z The gems of onyx, carnelian and agate are later and bear various figures, and in some cases Arabic inscriptions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Then the big black man with the ringlets, the onyx eyes and gipsy's skin, came bounding toward us. Deep Moat Grange The green-golden fields were now a gray seethe of rain and the farther peaks lifted like huge tumbled masses of onyx against a sky stippled with wan yellow and vicious violet. The Valiants of Virginia At first the flare of the torches revealed merely the cavern of onyx stalactites he had 126seen the night before. Unexplored! The body had been found crumpled on the floor, in the angle made by the great square base of an onyx pillar and the wall. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Stones and jewels, as onyxes, sardonyxes, jacinths, jaspers, amethysts, &c. more and better than any prince in Europe. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations Vague onyx columns ranked Corinthian, Or piled Ionic, colonnading heights That loom above long burst of mythic seas: Vast gynaeceums of carnelian; Micaceous temples, far marmorean flights, Where winds the arabesque and plastique frieze. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Meanwhile the two figures above had pushed through the tangle into a circular sunny space where stood a short round pillar of red onyx. The Valiants of Virginia There is all the difference between an intaglio in onyx and a pencil scrawl on paper to be discovered between Mr. Smith’s book and the printed prattle of the average globe-trotter. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Late that night,—in fact it was about midnight, when the onyx lobby was practically deserted save for an occasional late home-comer,—the two detectives arrived for a confab with Bob Moore. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Upon the shoulders were two stones, rightly perhaps called onyx, and set in “ouches”—of filagree work, as the word seems to say. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The central hall and grand staircase of Gezireh are superb; alabaster, onyx, and malachite adorn like jewels the beautiful marbles, which came from Carrara. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu All is built of marble and covered with exquisite carvings and inlays of flowers of turquoise and onyx, with sentences from the Koran in black marble. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Perched on high stools before an onyx fountain, they regarded themselves in the mirror and smiled at each other in the reflection. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Next he's heard of at two A. M. dying on the floor of the onyx lobby! In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Then they can stand up in front of an onyx bar and guzzle till it oozes out of their ears, without any worse effects than a lifting pain in the right elbow.” Young Wallingford And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in clasps of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. The Bible Story Flowers do not assume to be shrubs, nor shrubs affect to be forest trees; the limestone and granite never pretend that they are porphyry and onyx. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance There was a pause; the large onyx clock on the mantelpiece ticked loudly and impersonally, as if its concern were solely with time and not with man. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Nor could it be discovered whether he came into the onyx lobby alone, or accompanied by the person or persons responsible for his death. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z The governing planet is the moon, and the gems are emerald and black onyx. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in clasps of gold in their settings. The Bible Story It was an onyx, with the letters C. E. S. engraved on it. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The nude bust of Beethoven is of white Syrian marble, with light yellowish reflections, the drapery, hanging in supple folds, is of Tyrolean onyx with yellow-brown streaks in it. Artists Past and Present Random Studies You see, the women could easily have been in hiding in that onyx lobby. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z It was entered through a long corridor of pillars capped 46 in black onyx with wicker chairs, a tiling laid in arabesques and potted palms; and opposite was the balcony over the Prado. The Bright Shawl Yes, thou shalt know what mystery lies In the amethyst deep of the curtained skies, If thou wilt fold thy onyx eyes, You wakeful one, you naughty son, You chirping little sparrow! Second Book of Verse It routed what was left of the fog, although for a time the walls and waters of the Golden Gate looked darker than before, and Tamalpais was a mountain of onyx. Ancestors A Novel Scenes from the great poems were reproduced almost microscopically in carnelian cameos, onyx, and agate, and the emeralds, topazes, and amethysts were decorated with profiles of goddesses and heroes. Sónnica So the gruesome red stains were washed away, and once again the onyx lobby took on its normal atmosphere. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z He watched the foreigner with eyes that gleamed in the fading light like polished onyx. The Record of Currupira On the walls were slabs of different colors, marble spotted like the skin of serpents, and onyx flecked with violet. Mary Magdalen Of all the treasures she possessed, only two valuable souvenirs remained which she had hidden from the bailiffs—an onyx box and the returned engagement-ring. Timar's Two Worlds There were no onyx steps, no monsters waiting beneath the stone. Bride of the Dark One He strolled the length of the great onyx lobby, its sides a succession of broad mirrors between enormous onyx columns with massive gilded capitals. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z This is what the husband remarks, and, guided by the onyx, the alexander, &c., after a mock trial, he divorces his wife. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare I miss a tiny jar, of swarthy onyx And filled with ointment. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Children in their shirts crowded into the half-open door, and very large eyes, dark as balls of onyx, looked fixedly over at Billy from under tangled black hair. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The far immortal face In chosen onyx fine Enchase, Delicate line by line. Collected Poems Volume One He had recovered his good nature, and he went along the onyx lobby with a quick stride, looking at his watch as he walked. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Scarcely separated from her, the husband loses his confidence in the onyx and alexander, and sets out in search of her. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare “They are just in the next room,” said Gladwin, leading the way to a door to the left of the great onyx fireplace. Officer 666 At his side was a bent sabre, and on his head a turban, with a stone in it—certainly onyx, or sardonox, or a pearl, or a precious stone—or whatever it might be! Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland There are found emeralds, sapphires, carbuncles, topazes, chrysolites, onyx, beryl, sardius, and many other precious stones. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The T on the onyx just fits to the first mark on the paper,—any one can see that,—and we have the dying statement, 'Two men did this.' In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z The brooches were beautiful—ruby, onyx, sapphire, emerald, but after examining them he turned once more to the beads. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The young man spun half a dozen times as he reeled across the carpet and he had to use both hands to stop himself against a big onyx table. Officer 666 Its interior is very rich in ornamentation, among the most effective portions of which we remember its fine onyx columns supporting lofty arches of Moorish architecture. Aztec Land And with a delicate grace In the veined onyx trace Apollo's perfect face. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Perhaps behind one of the big pillars in the onyx lobby,—a dozen people could hide behind them——" "Rubbish! In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z The onyx eyes were fixed upon her with a polished pressure that must signify some enriched benevolence. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 There still was room in the slot in the onyx base for the lever to move forward ever so little. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Mexico also produces many other precious stones, among which are the ruby, amethyst, topaz, garnet, pearl, agate, turquoise, and chalcedony, besides onyx and many sorts of choice marbles. Aztec Land He rushed into the adjoining dressing-room and returned with a little onyx cup in which was a complete assortment of pins. A Nest of Spies Dull gold is about the only ornament that can be worn, save a delicate onyx cameo. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society To be sure, the next shop displayed sparkling heaps of crystal, veined agate, and onyx, yet he found himself better than all. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly It is easy enough to make cedar and white ash fumes into palaces and to cover the sea-caves with ivory and onyx. Hymen In several shops collections of onyx ornaments are to be seen, besides handsome baskets and mats of colored straw, all of which are of native workmanship. Aztec Land He untied the knots, unlocked the trunk, shifted half of the contents and put in his fishing tackle and an onyx clock Nellie had given him for Christmas two years before. What's-His-Name Far beneath him, through a sea as black as onyx, swept the reflections of the lighted ports; and he could hear the faint hiss of foam from the curling flow below. The Dark Star Agate, chalcedony, onyx, opal, beryl, lapis-lazuli, and aquamarine are represented by the radiant sheen emanating from distant suns, displaying an inexhaustible variety of colour, blended in tints of untold harmony. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The Apollo was really a very imposing and towering affair, with onyx and gilded halls. The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home Many of the monuments in this city of the dead are of the beautiful native onyx, which has a very grand effect when cut in heavy slabs. Aztec Land Some think that onyx is the material described, a conjecture founded on the variety of colors which that stone presents. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Silica, the substance of common quartz, also constitutes gem quartz, amethyst, opal, agate, onyx, etc. The Economic Aspect of Geology Every foot of the walls, every column and panel, is elaborately embellished with flowers, leaves, scrolls, and sentences, and these are inlaid in jasper, bloodstone, jade, onyx, and precious stones. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan The High Priest in His garments of Beauty and Glory had upon his shoulders two onyx stones, and upon his breast a breastplate with twelve stones. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future The diamond typified invulnerable faith; the sapphire, hope; the onyx, sincerity; the amethyst, humility. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture As soon as he had lifted up the lid he beheld a beautiful gem, which appeared to be a rare specimen of the onyx. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Harrasford was credited with designs for a palace in onyx and marble. The Bill-Toppers The turquoises came from Tibet and the Red Sea, the sapphires and lapis lazuli from Ceylon, coral and cornelian from Arabia, onyx and amethysts from Persia, and the diamonds from Bundelkund. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Upon both the onyx stones, upon the shoulder and the twelve stones on the breastplate there were names engraven. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future His gray flannel shirt rolled open at the throat, about which was loosely drawn a silk scarf of robin's-egg blue, held in place by the tip of a buffalo horn polished to an onyx luster. The Gold Girl He laid the paper on the little, useless onyx table that stood beside her chair. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure Thou art covered with precious stones of all kinds, with the ruby, emerald, diamond, hyacinth, onyx, jasper, sapphire, carbuncle, sardonyx and gold. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. It was a beautiful onyx, on which, engraven with exquisite workmanship, was a head of the youthful Caracalla encircled by a laurel wreath, showing marks of the most consummate skill. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 One very beautiful capitol building was of crystal glass, with facing and cornices of marble onyx. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch There’s a nice fragment of onyx,” he continued, picking out and pitching up a piece of flinty-looking rock to the lad. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps He, with grave head leaning on his hand, looked vaguely at the chess-board, and saw, mirrored on every onyx square, the eyes of his wife. Lorraine A romance It was Lent, when the amethysts fade in the moist grey of onyxes, in the embrowned white of quartz, and the magnificent invocation, "Attende Domine," rose beneath the arches. En Route The huge reception hall was trimmed from floor to dome in onyx and gold. The Root of Evil The onyx marble mantel-piece contained but a single ornament—an orchestra. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch The Genoese stranger had carried away the onyx ring, and Tito was carrying away fifty florins. Romola Sherm’s got a stunner of an onyx and six flints and——” “Why Ernest Morton, I thought Father gave you a quarter last night to get some.” Chicken Little Jane Mr. Sam wore a black suit, with some show of dingy white shirt-front, relieved by a wisp of black cravat and two onyx studs. Shining Ferry Fragments, branches, and trunks of all sorts and sizes are found lying around, many of them richly colored, forming chalcedony, opal, and agate; some approach the condition of jasper and onyx. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania On the right, just off centre a marble faun with grotesque features on a black onyx pedestal. Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes This intaglio of the fish with the crested serpent above it, in the black stratum of the onyx, or rather nicolo, is well shown by the surrounding blue of the upper stratum. Romola Aunt Lizzie pitched headlong and with such force that when she struck Mr. Stott on the mouth with her onyx apple she cut his lip. The Dude Wrangler The Insignia are—The Badge, No. 439, formed of diamonds, having the Motto on a field of light blue enamel, and the bust of the late Queen executed as an onyx cameo. The Handbook to English Heraldry Not only is gold found in these desert wastes, but borax, nitre, sulphur, silver, salt, soda, opals, garnets, turquoises, onyx, and marble form a part of its resources. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania About, lay cups of onyx set in gold. Stories in Verse By buying the dagger he could not only satisfy a strong desire, he could open his original errand in a more indirect manner than by speaking of the onyx ring. Romola HER tawny eyes are onyx of thoughtlessness, Hardened they are like gems in ancient modesty; Yea, and her mouth's prudent and crude caress Means even less than her many words to me. Amores Poems Rosy hands, and hennaed fingers, Nails whereon the onyx lingers, Clasped, as at a lover's tale, In the bosom's marble vale. Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse As for her eyes, say, gigantic onyxes—or ebony highly polished and wet with May dew. Chivalry They were onyx, with diamond stars for a centre. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 The stone, probably an onyx, was injured by the action of the fire, and its engraving nearly effaced. Pagan and Christian Rome The central picture is by Father Philpin de Rivière, of the London Oratory, and it is surmounted by onyx panels in gilt frames. The Kensington District The Fascination of London The bedellium and onyx stones and much gold abounding in and about the waters. The Secret of the Creation They consisted of coral, onyx, a few bad turquoises, crooked pearls, and many false stones. Southern Arabia On the marble floor were designs of graceful bouquets in onyx, lapis-lazuli, and agate. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories Agriculture, and industries and manufacture depending thereon are the source of wealth and property; mining occupies a relatively small place, although minerals abound, and onyx and coal are famous among them. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The pulpit is of carved stone with inlaid slabs of American onyx. The Kensington District The Fascination of London Other varieties of silicon dioxide, some of which also contain water, are chalcedony, onyx, jasper, opal, agate, and flint. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Maya's onyx eyes surveyed this dullness aloofly, then lifted over the nearby parapet and across the sparse terrestrial lawn which would grow only under the dome. Rebels of the Red Planet Far away, in front, Olvir Nikkolon was rising behind the gold and onyx bench, and from the speaker the call bell tolled slowly, and the buzz of over two thousand whispering voices diminished. A Slave is a Slave The girl I mean is that girl you notice leaning against the onyx balustrade at the Opéra—that one with lips of Burgundy and cheeks the colour of roses in olive oil. Europe After 8:15 She had reached out for his handbag, and then, bustling about him, drew him into the big "parlor" with its old-fashioned, plush-covered chairs, its picture album, its glass-covered statuary on the old, onyx mantel. The Cross-Cut Mexican onyx is a massive variety, streaked or banded with colors due to impurities. An Elementary Study of Chemistry But I can imagine his window—a perfect little grotto of jasper and onyx, with stalactites of pure gold, and in the middle, resting on a genuine block of Arctic ice, an exquisite beef-sausage. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920 The stone is full of veins, as usual with onyxes. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath To starboard, a stout handle, apparently of reinforced onyx. Europe After 8:15 Scattered over the surface of the sand are innumerable pebbles of all sizes and colours—onyx, cornelian, agate, and many more, as well as sea fossils and other petrifactions which boys would love to collect. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt The onyx eyes glared in terror; the tortured forehead, white as paper, became spangled with drops of sweat. The President A novel The onyx is here in great superb blocks, wedded with bronze of exquisite finish, or serving as background to enamels of the most elaborate design. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' Other stones described as being on this shrine were sumptuous, the whole being damascened with gold wire, and "in the midst of the gold, rings; or cameos of sculptured agates, carnelians, and onyx stones." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The news editor laughed and laid his hat on the onyx centre table beneath the electric lights. The Freebooters of the Wilderness It is rare indeed in this age to hear any scorn of the golden streams of Pactolus and the jewels of the Red Sea, of pictured tapestries and thresholds of Arabian onyx. Roads from Rome He had onyx eyes, with blue-black beard and mustaches which half covered his face, and hair as raven as his beard. The President A novel She had formed her ideas of rooms upon her grandmother's and her mother's and the neighbors' best parlors, with their glories of crushed plush and gilt and onyx and cheap lace and picture-throws and lambrequins. The Portion of Labor This vase is an onyx, beautifully cut, with fine figures, and is over eight inches high, mounted at foot and collar with Byzantine gold and jewelled work. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance She mentioned it was onyx, in case he had forgotten. The Observations of Henry The ephod, by its many colors, signified the starry heaven; the two onyx stones denoted the two hemispheres, or the sun and moon. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition His vanity found itself defied; and the onyx eyes would burn, and the mustaches twist like snakes, as he reflected on how he had been foiled and put aside. The President A novel Arabia, from which they brought gold, agate, and onyx, incense and myrrh, and the perfumes of Arabia; pearls, spices, ivory, ebony, ostrich plumes and apes from India. History Of Ancient Civilization During the Medicean period of Italian art, cameos were cut in most fantastic forms; sometimes a negro head would be introduced simply to exhibit a dark stratum in the onyx, and was quite without beauty. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance She had in one hand a beautiful opal brooch set in diamonds—it was what he p. 186had given her that morning—and in her other hand the one of onyx. The Observations of Henry She wore at her throat an old cameo brooch which had belonged to her grandmother, and which had upon its onyx background an ivory head as graceful as her own. By the Light of the Soul A Novel The lamp had a shade made up of queerly-shaped bits of material like onyx, and a fringe of rose-colored beads. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old In the vicinity of Marble Cave there are several choice varieties of onyx and marble, among them a rare and beautiful onyx in black and yellow. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills The Cup of the Ptolemies, a celebrated onyx cup in Paris, is over fifteen inches in circumference, and is a fine specimen of early lapidary's work. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance A freedman in the reign of Claudius decorated his triclinium with thirty-two columns of onyx. The Wonders of Pompeii When the woman left him he considered thoughtfully the messages he had just received, slowly meanwhile undoing the claspings of the onyx box and raised the lid. Atmâ A Romance Very good-humouredly the naturalist left Mr. Haye and came to them, and presently was deep in quartz and silica, and onyx and chalcedony, and all manner of stones that are precious. Hills of the Shatemuc The original cavity is nearly filled up with masses of onyx—colorless crystal and white striped with pale shades of grey. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills These lamps are not expensive—no more so than their onyx and brass forbears—and are quiet, restful, beneficent in their influence. The Complete Home The house is most magnificently built without, nor less gloriously furnished within, having whole tables and bedsteads of massy silver, many of them sett with achates, onyxes, cornelians, lazulis, pearls, turquizes, and other precious stones. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition The great altar is a magnificent piece of carving and gold work; the windows are set with thin slabs of onyx. In Indian Mexico (1908) There are also iron mines, and quarries of marble, granite, onyx, serpentine, limestone and sandstone—beds of fire clay, kaolin, fire and potter's clays, talc and asbestos and many prospects of petroleum. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 The floors were all like the pillar of pure white onyx, and extended back a distance of thirty or more feet. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills Ebony tables of framed, inlaid onyx held tortoise shell and lacquer ornaments, an inlaid tulip-wood music-box, volumes in elaborately tooled morocco, and a globe where, apparently, metallic fish were suspended in a translucent, green gloom. The Three Black Pennys A Novel He looked at the onyx clock ticking on the mantelpiece. The Colossus A Novel "We shall be ver'r late for luncheon," said Fräulein, hastily, blushing down to the onyx brooch at her turn-down collar, and drawing Mary away. Red Pottage The ores include gold, silver, lead, copper, tungsten and iron, while quarries of limestone, marble, onyx, fire-clay, etc., abound. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 A fresh fracture shows the Throne to be a most beautiful white and gold onyx. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills In a group of small rooms were rich stores of objects of art, medals, cameos, onyx, bronzes, and gems of great value. The Story of Versailles The onyx cuff buttons were well worn, and had rendered excellent service, although they were not good to look upon. A Few Short Sketches He did not know what an effort it took to keep her voice from quavering, her hand from trembling as it rested on the onyx top of the table. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Johnson twisted his fingers nervously on the onyx sill. Copper Streak Trail This we173 followed for a hundred feet and found the whole cavern lined with onyx and crystals clear as glass. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills Cicely had set up for herself a fetish of onyx with eyes of jade, and doubtless hungered at times with an unreasonable but perfectly natural hunger for something of flesh and blood. When William Came He waited an impatient five minutes, went down to the lobby,—after some trouble finding the elevator,—and found himself alone with the onyx pillars and a few porters with brushes and things. The Thunder Bird However, I let him trail me along into this jewelled palm room with tapestries and onyx pillars and prices for food like the town had been three years beleagured by an invading army. Somewhere in Red Gap Then, sapphire represents the lofty aspirations of the soul, chalcedony charity, sard and onyx candor, beryl allegorizes theological science, hyacinthe humility, while the ruby appeases wrath, and emerald 'lapidifies' incorruptible faith. Là-bas The walls were solid white onyx lined or banded with pink and golden stripes. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills Her idol of onyx had not been swept from its pedestal, but the pedestal itself had an air of being packed up ready for transport to some other temple. When William Came There was a little Irishman who had just discovered a fine ledge of onyx out north of Cripple Creek, and a couple of engineers who had been surveying for a mine over in Cookstove Gulch. Buffalo Roost Sometimes the gray of the eyes turned almost black, but always they were hard as onyx. A Man Four-Square They dashed across the onyx lobby for the main entrance, as fast as they could go, Mrs. Willing remarking that they were almost too late to catch the crowds as it was. V. V.'s Eyes Drops of water on portions of the onyx ceiling here are170 the only moisture remaining in this cave. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills The floor of one is of jasper and agate; pearl and amethyst and onyx adorn the inner walls of another. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life And as you enter the tunnel, the last thing you see is the onyx canal and the old women fishing for lambrequins and palfreys. Shandygaff It was a body harness with shoulder protectors made of gold and long strips of black onyx, resembling feathers. Scorched Earth In the original story Sohrab wore an onyx stone as an amulet. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems The first chamber entered is the Crystal Gallery, but it is so nearly filled with great masses of pure white onyx no standing room remains. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills In this region there is a mountain in which the onyx commonly called carneola is found, and not far from thence another mountain which produces calecdony and diamonds. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 A castellated gateway, veneered with copper ores, gypsum, and slate was flanked by a balustrade of slate surmounted by onyx balls. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission This is itself a work of art—in red stone banded with white marble, surmounted by kiosques, and ornamented with mosaics in onyx and agate. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 The onyx was supposed to incite the wearer to deeds of valor. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems Lighting our candles we found ourselves standing on a mound of pure onyx, and on looking around could see we were in an immense cavern, whose walls sparkled and glittered as if studded with diamonds. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills The waving of the water gives a mottled effect surpassing the most delicate and richly-shaded marbles and onyxes. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter A pyramid of gray onyx and beautiful mantels and polished slabs from fields in northern Laramie County were a revelation to all who saw them. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission One of her friends she coupled with the onyx, another in a decided way with the amethyst. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I A reference to the white streaks, or bars, common to the onyx. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems Then it was that he perceived the letter, lodged prominently against the gold and onyx inkstand given to him on his marriage by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Over the onyx mantel was a portrait of his grandmother, a handsome old lady with high-piled, snow-white hair, and eyes whose brilliancy age had not dimmed. What Dreams May Come An onyx mantle from Montana was also greatly admired. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission He reached for the small onyx clock, placing it upright on the mantel, and shrugged his shoulders loosely. Every Soul Hath Its Song Mexican onyx cabinet, presented to General Grant by the people of Puebla, Mexico. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur The Municipal Building with its marble stairs, alabaster balustrade, onyx columns, and other ornamentation, is attractive on the inside, but the exterior impressed me more with the idea of stability than of beauty. A Trip Abroad Notices in French and Flemish were suspended from the ornate onyx pilasters. The Pretty Lady But she only grinned, picked up the point-lace napkin and began to admire the onyx furniture. You Can Search Me The cabinet of jewels boasts the largest and finest onyx in existence. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Their first effort was to clear the mountain top, which they found was one single onyx of enormous size. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art We were also shown the largest known onyx, nearly seven inches long and four inches broad. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 His eyes were like onyxes, Oriental, quite emotionless. The Top of the World It is mounted in gold, and terminated by a golden cross, bearing a dove of white onyx. The Illustrated London Reading Book As for her eyes, the customary similes of the court poets were gigantic onyxes or ebony highly polished and wet with May dew. Chivalry The floor was of translucent crystal, under which all the fishes of the sea were carved out of onyx, just like life. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art Flint, chalcedony, carnelian, onyx, sardonyx, and bloodstone, or heliotrope, and the numerous varieties of agates, are principally composed of quartz, with various tinging materials. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 "How horrible!" murmured Sylvia, with a slight shudder as a vision of the motionless, onyx eyes which had so often watched her rose in her mind. The Top of the World The result was a dress pattern of soft black silk, brocaded with a small leafy design, a graceful lace-edged, muslin fichu, and an onyx bar pin upon which three butterflies were outlined by tiny pearls. People of the Whirlpool We were also shown the largest known onyx, nearly seven inches long and four inches broad! Views a-foot The hard onyx glitter shone again in his eyes. The Obstacle Race You see, all my life, I have wished for an onyx clock. The Case of Jennie Brice Two eyes, black as onyx and as expressionless, looked coldly into hers. The Top of the World In the centre of the florid carpet a gilt table with a top of Mexican onyx sustained a palm in a gilt basket tied with a pink bow. The Custom of the Country The walls of the rooms in the palaces are covered with such stones as agates, onyxes, jasper, cornelian, lapis-lazuli, etc., inlaid in mosaic work, representing flowers, birds, arabesques, and other figures. A Woman's Journey Round the World The hot glitter of those onyx eyes had been to her as the sudden revelation of a destroying force, fettered indeed, but how appalling if once set free! The Obstacle Race "I dare say you never saw an onyx clock floating around," I replied a little sharply. The Case of Jennie Brice Upon the pastures were ewes and lambs sleeping, and yearling kids opened and closed their onyx eyes among the garths of white clover. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls "Well, did he?" she asked, drawing out her hat-pins and tossing down her hat on the onyx table. The Custom of the Country Glass, stone, and onyx now for the sun's mirror. Men, Women and Ghosts The light stole softly from above, through thin slabs of transparent onyx, and the water in the marble tank glimmered like a moonstone. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories For in the flood district onyx clocks are not plentiful. The Case of Jennie Brice He was oblivious of the onyx and marble elegance that surrounded him. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Archer turned from the fascinated contemplation of a small painting representing two Cardinals carousing, in an octagonal ebony frame set with medallions of onyx. The Age of Innocence On the surface of this fluid sand, one could find bits of brilliant stone, crystals and agates and onyx, and petrified wood as red as blood. The Song of the Lark By night my garden is o'erhung with gems Fixed in an onyx setting. A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass "Or brained her with my onyx clock," I added with a sigh. The Case of Jennie Brice Plainly set oval onyx, representing a devil's head. 2nd. A Pair of Blue Eyes Certain layers of chalcedony are practically impermeable, and these consequently remain uncoloured, so that an alternation of dark and white bands is obtained, thus giving rise to an onyx. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 My mind is a confused jumble of onyx and gilding and mosaic floors and palms. Daddy-Long-Legs Through the marbled corridors and regal parlours, down long perspectives of Persian rugs and onyx pillars, the function raged. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Leaving the house that Sunday morning, and hearing the ticking of the clock up-stairs, I recognized that it was an onyx clock, clambered from my boat through an upper window, and so reached it. The Case of Jennie Brice To be sure his eyes, blurred onyx, bulged out of creased pouches; but his nose—the Postlethwaite nose, a very handsome feature—lifted itself firmly above the fleshy sagging of the face. Mr. Waddington of Wyck There Chinese mothers sat on the benches watching their children playing at their feet, and Chinese fathers carried babies, little bunched-up, fat things with round faces and glistening onyx eyes. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California His eyes were large and insolent, coloured like onyxes; for the rest, he had a handsome surly face which was disfigured by pimples. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship "If you were to make it an onyx—" said Mrs. Barry-Smith. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking He got the description of my onyx clock and wrote it down, and I gave him the manuscript for Mr. Ladley. The Case of Jennie Brice The brown, expressionless, ageless eyes, that remind me of a monkey's, or of onyx, wait for me. Twilight in Italy When the car stopped, she descended and found the gates guarding the doors of the onyx vault locked. Michael O'Halloran This seal," said she, turning to Dr. X——, "is a fine onyx—it is a head of Esculapius. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 He had forgotten the poetic superstition in favour of a wedding-ring, but he slipped a little onyx ring off his own finger, and put it on the clumsier finger of his bride. Birds of Prey But they found something—an onyx clock, with the tattered remnant of a muslin pillow-slip wrapped around it. The Case of Jennie Brice What would be the good of an onyx pin to him?' The Golden Calf Among them was the head of an Egyptian slave carved in black onyx. Authors and Friends On the pink cotton inside lay a clasp of black onyx, on which was inlaid a curious symbol or letter in gold. The King in Yellow Dark-brown, still and translucent like an onyx it lay before her. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Mr. Howell listened, smiling to himself, but at the mention of the onyx clock he got up and went to the mantel. The Case of Jennie Brice But I shall go and thank him to-morrow morning, and I shall take him my onyx breast-pin,—the one you gave me last Christmas, mother. The Golden Calf There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone. The World English Bible (WEB): Genesis We talked on, unmindful of the gathering shadows, and she was begging me to throw away the clasp of black onyx quaintly inlaid with what we now knew to be the Yellow Sign. The King in Yellow Her scarlet mouth and her onyx eyes, Her braided hair in its silken sheen, Were surely meet for a Lover's prize, But Fate dissented, and stepped between. India's Love Lyrics "Your wife did not take an onyx clock away with her?" The Case of Jennie Brice "Oh, George!" he presently called across his slab of Mexican onyx; "come here." Under the Skylights All around, terrace by terrace, there went marble lawns well guarded by onyx lions and carved with effigies of all the gods striding amid the symbols of the worlds. Time and the Gods Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, emerald.... Imaginations and Reveries Flint, plate glass, old bottle glass, onyx—all could be worked with equal facility. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow "Was there an onyx clock in the second-story room when you moved into it?" The Case of Jennie Brice Then she snaps The light on where the onyx tub and walls Dazzle the air. Toward the Gulf Then running down the stairway of the gods with tripping feet, chalcedony, onyx, chalcedony, onyx, step by step, she cast her golden ball across the sky. Time and the Gods It was clear to him as an onyx cameo; the brown-black drapery, the white face with small, small features and dark, long-lashed eyes. Daniel Deronda It is found notably in the volcanic district of Mono County, and elsewhere, sometimes in the form of Mexican onyx, which is only a translucent variety of the same marble. The Jewel City On each shoulder it was clasped by an onyx stone bearing the names of six of the tribes. Expositions of Holy Scripture The golden windows shone comfortably in the cold spring evening, and Hazel ran towards them as she would have run towards the wide-flung onyx doors of faery. Gone to Earth Then on an onyx step Inzana sat down and wept, who could no more be happy without her golden ball. Time and the Gods There are no fewer than seventeen altars here and of the most beautiful structure you can conceive, being inlaid in mosaic with jasper, onyx and lapis-lazuli. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 There are five elegantly decorated salons, in which there are tables of costly onyx, and on whose walls there are paintings of great splendor. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young In startling contrast to the loathsome environment below he entered a luxuriously appointed room, heavily hung with oriental tapestries, and with half a dozen onyx tables partially concealed behind screens and gorgeously embroidered silk curtains. The Danger Trail She glanced at the golden cup on an onyx table. Caesar Dies She leaned on her elbows across the table from him, smiling and twirling a great ring of black onyx round her small finger. Gaslight Sonatas Then the buni produced from a dirty bag a kind of round stone, something like a fish's eye, or an onyx with a white spot in the centre, not bigger than a ten-kopek bit. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Italian marble, terra cotta and Mexican onyx are the principal materials used, and nothing "equally as good" is tolerated. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Black onyx cherries And mistletoe berries Of chrysoprase, Jade buds, tight shut, All carven and cut In intricate ways. Nets to Catch the Wind Boxes of horn were used for keeping the pigment by the poorer Hebrews,—of onyx or alabaster by the richer. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Poor little girl," he said, patting the black onyx, "with the bad old blues! Gaslight Sonatas She held out a discolored pasteboard box broken at the corners and with no lid; a pair of onyx earrings lay in the faded blue cotton. The Iron Woman There are flush lavatories on all decks in marble and onyx and with all the sanitary contrivances in apparatus of the best design. Marvels of Modern Science The grand stairway was of polished marble, its wainscoting and walls of onyx. The One Woman And yet the piercing eye, clear as an onyx, seemed to protest against the plea of age. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Her praises of Raoul are justified in the beautiful bust, a creation of loveliness, on its Algerian onyx pedestal. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Thou has been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, emerald …. AE in the Irish Theosophist Rock-crystals, which you know probably under the name of Irish diamonds, are crystallized quartz; and so, with slightly different colourings, are agates, opals, jasper, onyx, cairngorms, and many other precious stones. The Fairy-Land of Science You are a gem, an onyx, a fickle wild rose. Without a Home He was a small, excitable man who wore a frock-coat much too small for him, a flowing purple cravatte drawn through a finger ring, and enormous cuffs set off with huge buttons of Mexican onyx. The Pit Their eyes are like balls of ivory or onyx, that shine from faces like new pennies, flattened or angular. Under Fire: the story of a squad A smell of soup and excrements circulates between the stretchers, and seems to insult the slender onyx vases that surmount the cabinet. The New Book of Martyrs In the gold was set an onyx, graven with the monogram of Christ, a wreath, and the motto, 'Vivas in Deo.' Veranilda By the help of nature, its help-meet, it transformed a great deposit of siliceous limestone into beautiful onyx and painted it in all the colors and after the pattern of the rainbow. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales It was of some yellow-brown substance of the dominating colour effect of Mexican onyx, which it resembled in many ways, excepting that the natural pattern of its convolutions was less marked. The Jewel of Seven Stars We'll agree, monsieur; I'll assure you it was both decocted and dried where no sun came, and kept in an onyx ever since it was balled. Cynthia's Revels Jewel within jewel they burned through every shade from blue to onyx. The Blue Moon We read in a modern book "Cameo means an onyx, and the most famous cameo in the world is the onyx containing the Apotheosis of Augustus." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 "But that would be a declaration of war," said poor Francis, twisting an Italian onyx which adorned his irresolute hand. For the Term of His Natural Life Very learnedly then from William's lips fell the new vocabulary that had come to him with his latest treasures: chrysoprase, carnelian, girasol, onyx, plasma, sardonyx, lapis lazuli, tourmaline, chrysolite, hyacinth, and carbuncle. Miss Billy She raised a short arm and began patting her peak of hair with a tiny hand which showed a small onyx seal ring on the little finger. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 Joseph's stone was the onyx, that has the virtue of endowing him who wears it with grace, and truly, by his grace, did Joseph find favor in the eyes of all. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 His little eyes were soft and brown and twinkled like onyxes. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Mrs. Churchley's onyx pupils reflected the question as distant dark windows reflect the sunset; they seemed to say: "Yes, I AM, if that's what you want to know!" The Marriages In Phoenician necklaces, glass beads alternate frequently with real agates, onyxes, and crystals; while sometimes glass in various shapes is the only material employed. History of Phoenicia He saw a pearl and onyx pin at her throat. Lahoma In cold weather her German governess sat in the frigid room, with a shawl and mittens, waiting until the onyx clock on the mantel-piece showed that the three hours were over. A Poor Wise Man I have seen the marble heads of heathen gods broken with the hammer to make mortar of, and great cups of onyx and alabaster used as water troughs for a thrall's mongrels.. The Path of the King Photographs long outgrown, onyx tables, a clutter of odd chairs and groups of discordant bric-a-brac usually make the progress of her chair through it a precarious and perilous matter. Sight Unseen He tried to examine the lady, but was cruelly disappointed, for a jealous veil concealed her features; he could barely see her eyes, which shone through the gauze like onyx gleaming in the sunshine. The Chouans Has my story of that pearl and onyx pin been lost on you? Lahoma Long black onyx eyes and a tumble of black curls, and teeth like almonds. The ninth vibration and other stories She unpinned the brooch, and it was her own familiar one, the pearl grapes and the onyx. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural The throne upon which he sat was covered with gold and silver and with onyx stones, and it had seventy steps. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 Only now it was white instead of black, like a burnt onyx that had known the funeral pyre. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot He said it was a smooth-faced gold-rimmed pin of onyx set with pearls. Lahoma Salammbo crouched down upon the onyx step on the edge of the basin; she raised her ample sleeves, fastening them behind her shoulders, and began her ablutions in methodical fashion, according to the sacred rites. Salammbo She had been furtively watching the onyx clock on the sitting-room mantel; she had timed herself. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural That scene at the grave of his wife—and Red Feather's account of how he had dug up the body for a mere pin of pearl and onyx.... Lahoma She pinned her lace at her throat with a brooch, very handsome, although somewhat obsolete—a bunch of pearl grapes on black onyx, set in gold filagree. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural He bent down to look closer at the ornament; it was a round breastpin of onyx and pearl set in a heavy rim of gold. Lahoma There was an oval basin with a step of onyx round it; delicate slippers of serpent skin were standing on the edge, together with an alabaster flagon. Salammbo Instead of the familiar bunch of pearl grapes on the black onyx, she saw a knot of blonde and black hair under glass surrounded by a border of twisted gold. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural It was her own brooch, the cluster of pearl grapes on black onyx. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural |
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