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It is impossible to say what description of "loud" place had dwelt in the mind of Sophonisba's mamma as the locale where the Empress Eugénie's milliner "made" for her Majesty. Perhaps she hoped to see two cent gardes doing duty at the door of an or-molu paradise.
One of these beautiful little creatures, which had seated itself on the gilt pillar of a lamp on my dinner-table, became in a few minutes scarcely distinguishable in colour from the or-molu ornament to which it clung. List of Ceylon Reptiles. I am indebted to Dr. Gray and Dr.
Silk or satin furniture is as often, or oftener, seen than chintz; the mirrors are as handsome as in London; the cheffoniers, slabs, and marble tables as elegant; and in addition, they have all the pretty tasteful decoration of French porcelaine, and or-molu in much greater abundance, because at a much cheaper rate.
"Not gold-dust," cried a miner; and they all looked with wonder at the rejected merchandise. Mr. Levi took the dust and poured it out from one hand to the other; he separated the particles and named them by some mighty instinct. "Brass or-molu gilt platinum to give it weight; this is from Birmingham, not from Australia, nor nature." "Such as it is it cost me thirty pounds," cried Jem. "Keep it.
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