The sire gave brooch and jewel fine, Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall; Her brother gave but a flask of wine, For ire that Love was lord of all.
An Irish brooch was a large circular wheel of gold or bronze, crossed by a long pin, and the great circular rampart surrounding a Celtic fortress might well be imaginatively likened to the brooch or a giantess guarding her cloak, or territory.
He is clad in a crimson cloak, with a brooch of gold, and on his back is a crimson shield with a silver rim wrought with figures of beasts.
With the spear of her brooch she marked out on the plain the circuit of the city of Emain Macha, whose ramparts and trenches were constructed by the captive princes, labouring like slaves under her command.
While they were busy at it, a young fellow for mere sport and mockery stole the brooch out of Cormac's fur cloak, which he had doffed and laid aside; and when he came to take his cloak again, the brooch was gone.
A profusion of jewels at a public table is in very bad taste, particularly if the jewellery is palpably false--for instance, a large brooch with great mock diamonds, or a string of wax beads meant for pearls.
In the window was a brooch which Estelle had paused to gaze at, with covetous eyes, every day for weeks.
With a strange smile, he took the packet containing the brooch from his pocket, slowly unwrapped it, and dropped the trinket to the sidewalk, after which he ground it under his heel.
Should he pin thebrooch on her night-dress, and then, when she discovered it, overwhelm her with the good news?
It required the magnifying glass also to fully bring out the richness of the delicate tracery on the brooch of Tara.
I wanted to see the brooch of Tara and saw it, but I was not prepared to see so many reliques of gold and silver telling their own tale of the grandeur of the native rulers of the Ireland of long ago.
First Margaret, and then I, kissed the Prince's brooch and the folded hands, and then stole out of the room.
She lifted the brooch to her lips and kissed it, and then, poor soul, broke into a fit of coughing that racked her thin frame.
When I fasten my shawl again," the poor Queen groaned out, "the brooch will come undone directly.
As she said the words the brooch flew open, and the Queen clutched wildly at it and tried to clasp it again.
It will be seen that the cloak covered the left arm, the opening being upon the right one, where the brooch reposed on the shoulder, leaving the right arm free.
As the desire for personal display increased, a brooch was worn on each shoulder; the ladies often wearing a row of them to close the sleeve left open down the arm.
The brooch has always been a favourite Celtic ornament, and is, indeed, almost indispensable to the Highland costume.
When the brooch secured the short military cloak of the Romans, it was usually worn in the centre of the breast.
The ordinary form of the later Scottish brooch is that of a broad open circle, decorated with intricate knot-work, or floral designs.
The ordinary form of brooch worn by the humbler classes is shown in the two specimens (Figs.
The ancient Irish brooch was unlike others worn in Scotland or England.
The pin is 9-1/2 inches long, and the circular brooch 5 inches in diameter.
The first broochdiscovered in Ireland is in the possession of Mr. Waterhouse, the goldsmith, of Dublin.
You really were a brick to bring so many lovely things, Barbara," said Frances, trying to fix in a broochwith one hand while she stroked a silk blouse with the other.
This broochis so pretty, I'm really not going to lose it, though I can't think how you got enough money to buy so much.
A neat coat of plainest black was added to her blouse and skirt, a rather tawdry brooch pinned where a button had been torn off, and another, for pure ornament, in a place where it was not needed.
Some one sent me a diamond brooch last week," she added with pride, pointing to an ugly little diamond star.
The visitation reports are full of those little dogs and other animals; and how many readers of the Prologue know that the smale houndes, like the fair forehead and the brooch of gold full sheen, were strictly against the rules?
She has sent me the prettiestbrooch and such a nice letter.
Upon which I was folded fondly against a mosaic brooch containing a lock of hair of the late Mr. Gurrage.
Has a ruby and diamond brooch been found in any of the rooms this morning, Mason?
Well, you see I gave this brooch to somebody once, years ago.
Dear Gertrude, we just called to know if Mrs. Cheveley’s diamond broochhas been found.
What sort of a brooch was it that you lost, Mrs. Cheveley?
She'll have to wear an Irish broochof some sort, but we'll probably be able to borrow that.
A green and black tartan shawl was fastened round her with a large Tara brooch which also held in its place a trail of shamrock.
She took the brooch and earrings to return them to their box, and then noticed for the first time that they were wrapped in paper, not in cotton-wool.
Judith took the brooch and earrings in her hand; they sparkled.
She opened a small box and drew forth a brooch and earrings that flashed in the rays of the candle.
It had been fastened about midway between the neck and the waist by a diamond pin or brooch; but this fastening was now undone, and the brooch was hanging loosely on one side of the bosom of the dress.
The brooch had been passed round the company and admired.
However, the beauty of the brooch tempted her; she bought it, and took it home.
The brooch is a rather large one; a white cornelian stone, or something of that sort, with a raised spray of flowers upon it, pink and gold; the whole surrounded by a border of gold filagree work.
He knew what the brooch cost, and that it was bought for a wedding present, and that Mrs. Todhetley kept the brooch for herself because the wedding did not come off," went on Stephenson.
He had stood by while his principal showed and sold the brooch to Mrs. Todhetley.
Stephenson, when the latter came forward with the news that the brooch was certainly not in the shop.
Perhaps his master might have taken in the brooch and omitted to tell him.
He did not think it likely the brooch would be taken elsewhere, and began to wonder whether his master had taken it in, and forgotten all about it.
He said he did not remember that any brooch had been left by that lady to be mended.
Harlan was turning the brooch over in his hand and roughly estimating its value at two thousand dollars.
Even the bald space at one side of the Glengarry cap glistened, as did the cairngorm brooch on the shoulder and the tops of the silver buttons.
The old lady, now her attention was drawn off from her own annoyance, settled her eyes on the brooch half concealed by a fold of the little lace spenser.
Viny was dimly conscious of a faint call from the invalid's room, as she drew out in the utmost delight an old-fashioned brooch with a green centre around which were some little sparkling things.
She knew what the young girl's heart was too full for speech; that the mother's brooch would speak more tenderly than ever she could, of forgiveness to the little ignorant black girl.
Then the first thing Caryl did was to turn upon Viny and unhook the precious brooch as a low sob came from her white lips.
