brac

Updated: May 16, 2025

For instance, M. Leonard said, "Philax, take the red card and give it to Brac; and, Brac, take the white card and give it to Philax;" the dags instantly did this, and exchanged cards with each other. He then said, "Philax, put your card on the green, and Brac, put yours on the blue;" and this was instantly performed.

William Youatt - The Dog

This piety was always a <I>madonnina</I>, the protectress of the passage a quaint figure of the Virgin with the red spark of a lamp at her feet. The lamps appear for the most part to have gone out, and the images doubtless have been sold for <I>bric-a- brac</I>. The ferrymen, for aught I know, are converted to Nihilism a faith consistent happily with a good stroke of business.

Henry James - Italian Hours