There were several fans, of fine workmanship, a girdle of oxidized silver, set with amethysts and pearls, and a large marquetry box, which contained tea.
Three strings of amethysts and two of pearls slipped out of the silk as they lifted it, and there was another length of lustrous white taffeta, which had changed to an ivory tint.
Her hair was coiled softly on top of her head, with a string of amethysts and another of pearls woven among the silvery strands.
Miss Ainslie went to the gate with them, her lavender scented gown rustling softly as she walked, and the moonlight making new beauty of the amethysts and pearls entwined in her hair.
A little Kerry pearle" was not considered an unworthy present to a great man in 1756; also "a dozen Kerry stones," these probably being the beautiful amethysts found in the cliffs near Kerry Head.
A set of ear-rings, a necklace, and other ornaments composed of these amethysts were presented to Queen Caroline (wife of George II.
Necklet in Gold and Silver, with Amethysts and Enamels B.
She had rings set with emeralds and turquoises and amethysts and every other kind of precious stone.
Around the rim is a band of guilloche pattern, set with amethysts and garnets; on the lids a band inscribed "Oratio mea dirigatur sicut incensum.
In the centre there is a jewel of amethysts and diamonds.
I should like to see some diamonds; and rubies and emeralds and topazes and opals and pearls and amethysts and sapphires, and all the precious stones you've got.
Some of these pebbles are quite valuable," he continued, running a handful of shingle through his fingers, "there are amethysts and opals and topazes in some river beds.
She wore amethystsround her throat, and in her hair, and on her arms.
If I were to tell you that in Cornwall they mend the roads with amethysts you might smile.
The so-called amethysts of Rocksands have no pretensions even to transparency.
A letter in a London daily paper some time ago stated that such amethysts were common in some parts of Ireland.
I have some good specimens of Irish amethysts from the Island of Achill.
Some years after this a gentleman living at Rocksands collected a number of stones, principally ‘amethysts and carnelians,’ as he was told.
A third assured me that a friend of hers had picked up amethysts and topazes on the same beach.
But at this crisis Lydgate's imagination could not help dwelling on the possibility of letting the amethysts take their place again among Mr. Dover's stock, though he shrank from the idea of proposing this to Rosamond.
Any other article" was a phrase delicately implying jewellery, and more particularly some purple amethysts costing thirty pounds, which Lydgate had bought as a bridal present.
It was no great collection, but a few of the ornaments were really of remarkable beauty, the finest that was obvious at first being a necklace of purple amethysts set in exquisite gold work, and a pearl cross with five brilliants in it.
She went home, and put on her simplest white dress, and clasped the amethysts round her neck, and put the purple stars in her hair, just as she had worn them at Cleverley more than two years ago.
Will you give up your amethystsat least for a time?
But, if the amethystsare sold--perhaps she might be able to pay you the money back?
I used to think amethysts and purple rather dull when we chose favourites at school.
She looked happy and eager now, the fatal amethysts were once more clasped round her throat and shining in her hair; her dress was of some faint indescribable tint that harmonised with the jewels, it hung in soft, simple folds.
The Haredale amethysts disappeared for ever in the crash of the family fortunes.
She stood at the foot of the bed, in the flood of summer moonlight, so that her face looked as white as her gown, and her amethysts glittered with a colourless gleam.
The ceiling was an assemblage of small beams, with amethysts and topazes amid their gilding in the knots of the wood.
The amethysts and topazes of the ceiling made luminous spots quiver here and there, and Salammbo as she walked would turn her head a little to see them.
Through all these years, therefore, I have been fearful that some Rip Van Winkle claimant might rise up and take my beloved amethysts away from me!
Accordingly, I find myamethysts are almost my most vivid recollection in connection with L'Etoile du Nord.
Yes," she agreed, "Aunt Felicia's amethystshave always been considered very beautiful.
Jane made no inquiries; the saleswoman volunteered simply the information that the comb was a real antique, and the stones were real amethysts and pearls, and the setting was solid gold, and the price was thirty dollars; and Jane bought it.
Harold returned the bracelet and brooch to Jane, and smiled at her as if amethysts were a lovely purple joke between her and himself, uniting them by a peculiar bond of fine understanding.
I remember you did write me last summer that she had died and you had the amethysts at last.
And the hammered gold Soon shone with many amethysts and gems.
He wore a kingly crown which shone With diamonds bright and lucent amethysts And many stones, and all majestic seemed.
The paler types of amethysts that were once esteemed, probably for lack of the rich deep variety, become gray in appearance and much less lovely under artificial light.
Old amethysts or "topazes" that have been long in use in rings show this dulling.
I never saw so many amethysts in all my life," said Martha.
Such is the appearance of all amethysts coming from India and Ethiopia; but that which Calasiris now presented to Nausicles was far above them in value, for it was enriched with an engraving, and worked out into an imitation of nature.
Thursday demands amethystsand deep-coloured stones of sanguine tint, because Thursday is the day of Thor--the Runic impersonated Male Divine Sacrifice.
What he loved most was to see the purple sails bowing over the sleepy sea; hues of twilight melting on the cliffs of Capreae and Ischia, looking like enormous amethysts lying in the water.
There were several very good diamonds, although not of modern cut; there was a fairly superb emerald, also pearls and amethysts and green-blue turquoises, on her hands.
These amethysts are exquisite," said Rose, after she had done admiring herself.
A necklace of amethysts set in clusters, with diamonds between, shone upon her neck; amethysts and diamonds were in her ears, and clasping the arms above the elbows.
Before the dying fire he found Jacqueline in her white gown, the amethysts about her throat, and her scarf of silver gauze fallen from her hand upon the floor.
As she spoke she moved restlessly, and Cary saw theamethysts stir again.
In the silence that followed, Jacqueline rose and stood over against him, the scarf trailing from her hand and the amethysts rising and falling with her laboured breathing.
She smiled, but he saw with concern that she was very pale, and that the amethysts were trembling at her throat.
To Rand it wore more faces than one, but to Cary it was steadily a form in white with amethysts about the neck.
She was dressed in white, with bare neck and arms and her mother's amethysts around her throat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amethysts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
