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Standing before them, in a dress of some soft snowy shining fabric, neither silk nor crape, with white starry jasmines in her raven hair and upon her bosom, Regina seemed some angelic visitant sent to still the strife of human passions, so lovely and pure was her colourless face; and as General Laurance looked up at her, he rose suddenly.
The principal devices are roses, pink, yellow, or white, jasmines, lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots, orange blossoms, and others, single or in sprigs, or twined into wreaths; parrots, too, and other birds of gay plumage, often exquisitely done, and sometimes with precious materials, such as lapis lazuli, malachite, and still rarer gems.
It is one of the things which make the nights long so long. My sins have made her life unhappy." "And you hear of her? She is not married?" I asked. "No, she is not married," said Mrs. Temple, stooping over the jasmines. Then she straightened and faced me, her voice shaken with earnestness. "David, do you think that Nick still loves her?" Alas, I could not answer that.
Yet in the midst of that dark mass of gowns, hoods, girdles, and nuns' veils, from which arose a monotonous and snuffling prayer, there were to be seen, like white jasmines or fresh sampaguitas among old rags, twelve girls dressed in white, crowned with flowers, their hair curled, and flashing from their eyes glances as bright as their necklaces.
If it were as well for them, I should greatly prefer returning to my native New England." "They are tropical flowers," observed Alfred. "There is nothing Northern in their natures." "Yes, they are tropical flowers," rejoined the father, "and my wish is to place them in perpetual sunshine. I doubt whether they could ever feel quite at home far away from jasmines and orange-groves.
He swears her lips are redder than her roses her brow whiter than lilies and her breath which he stoops to inhale far sweeter than her jasmines. To his amazement, the young flower girl sees no such great attractions in the Imperial Guardsman; leaves her nosegays, throws his Napoleon, which he had asked her to change, in his face, and makes her indignant exit.
Her hair was cushioned and powdered; she looked comely and stately, and wore her lustres well. The pretty Bessie was attired in maidenly white muslin, an India fabric of marvellous fineness, with a sash and streamers of blue, and the light fleecy curls of her hair unadorned save by a slight pendent spray of jasmines.
Behind follows a regiment or two of foot soldiers with their bands of music, and last of all the crowd the coloured people being cleanly dressed and preserving a grave demeanour. The women are always in great force, their luxuriant black hair decorated with jasmines, white orchids and other tropical flowers.
LEBEDEFF'S country-house was not large, but it was pretty and convenient, especially the part which was let to the prince. A row of orange and lemon trees and jasmines, planted in green tubs, stood on the fairly wide terrace. According to Lebedeff, these trees gave the house a most delightful aspect.
He was called away from the jasmines after, but he had been paid beforehand for that little mishap. And so it is; the mere grace that we are given life at all is generous payment in advance for all the miseries of life for every one of them. No, do not think we have the right to more sweetmeats than we get. A wanderer's advice: no superstition. What is life's? All. But what is yours? Is fame?
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