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But, in fact, she selected a reclining posture particularly for the sake of showing her feet; not a woman in Egypt or Greece had a smaller or more finely formed foot than she. For this reason her sandals were so made that when she stood or walked they protected only the soles of her feet, and her slender white toes with the roseate nails and their polished white half-moons were left uncovered.
Not only were the animals, and plants, and objects of every kind with which she came in contact, entirely new to her, except in so far as she had made their acquaintance in pictures, but she invested everything in the roseate hue peculiar to her own romantic mind.
'Whither away? oh, question of questions Towards that 'Whither, the Bard is borne onward, Caring for nought but to love, to believe. Moving through roseate heavenly spaces, Towards this 'Whither, where'er it may be, Singeth the bard, in a tumult of rapture, Ever becoming a radiant em "
The leaves which had been blighted by the morning frost fell in roseate showers from the vines and chestnut-trees.
The setting rays, that tinged their snowy summits with a roseate hue, touched their lower points with various colouring, while the blueish tint, that pervaded their shadowy recesses, gave the strength of contrast to the splendour of light.
Still, M. Isidore Fortunat slept but little after his stormy interview with the Marquis de Valorsay. A loss of forty thousand francs is not likely to impart a roseate hue to one's dreams and M. Fortunat prized his money as if it had been the very marrow of his bones.
There are things concerning it which, even at this late day, when their roseate hue glows but dimly in the blue retrospect of the past, it would seem sacrilege for me to mention to another. Believe me, I am perfectly aware of your inquisitive nature, and I know that this omission may nettle you.
She placed it on her head, and behold! the cheeks had no more than their own roseate tinting, and she was beginning to hope Arthur would be pleased, when she became aware of certain dark eyes and a handsome face set in jet-black hair, presenting itself over her shoulder in the long glass. 'You little piece of vanity! studying yourself in the glass, so that you never heard me come in?
There was a roseate blush on her cheek, and a brightening glance in her eye, as she looked up at the gallant officer, which betokened more than ordinary satisfaction at being chosen his partner in the dance. The colour increased, and the eyes brightened still more, while a smile played round her ruby lips, as Mr Vernon uttered, in a low tone, a few words in her ear. Dicky observed it.
The man spoke with so fervent a passion that Kenelm silently left him to recover his wonted self-possession, not unwilling to be silent, not unwilling, in the softness of the hour, passing from roseate sunset into starry twilight, to murmur to himself, "And the time, too, has come for me!" After a few moments the minstrel resumed lightly and cheerily,
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