Miller had a blue Ribband tied round the Sword Arm; which Ornament I conceive to be the Remain of that Custom of wearing a Mistress's Favour on such Occasions of old.
Thus there may be an Imitation of Fringe carv'd in the Base, a sort of Appearance of Lace in the Frieze, and a Representation of curling Locks, with Bows of Ribband sloping over them, may fill up the Work of the Cornish.
The white dress and the black ribband were duly put on, and Matilda set out, very happy indeed, only sorry that Maria was left behind.
Put on your white dress, Matilda, and I will tie a ribband round your waist.
He was trailing a long ribband of seaweed he had picked up and as he drew closer she saw that he had left his ill-humor behind him.
La Touche listened, standing, and still holding the ribband of seaweed in his fingers.
He went out again and came home again before one and brought some white ribband with him.
Yes, he brought the cockades back in his pocket, the ribband was taken off.
He had a cap with a bit of white ribband run through the cap.
By his wife; and the paper they were quilled on was thrown into the fire and the ribband made use of for strings, they had not buckram, and they made up the cockades on paper.
Office ’till Sir James’s return to Court, and then commanded him to wear the Badge and Ribband about his Neck, ’till a Chapter of the Order compleated his admittance.
Look, Loo, how the ivory light bathes the prairie and shimmers on the sea of corn, and makes of the little creek a ribband of silver.
Her face, under the flat little yellow straw hat crossed by a red ribband that tied under her chin, was very winsome, her eyes bright with tears and laughter.
It was Deirdre--Deirdre grown very tall and lithe and straight-backed--Deirdre in a dark dress with a necklace of red beads about her neck and a blue ribband round her waist.
Deirdre folded a ribband and packed it into her bag.
He also gave the Ribband of the Order to the Electoral Prince his Son, and to his two Brothers the Margraves Christian and Albert.
The Margrave Philip staying behind at Berlin to govern in the King's Absence, the Ribband was sent to him by a Gentleman of the Bed-chamber.
Only from a fluttering end of blueribband that appeared, she could guess their destination.
And the right one being found, Mr. Linden unwrapped the piece of ribband and cut off what he wanted, remarking that he could not get used to giving her anything but blue.
But at last she was fain to believe it; and with blushes that nobody saw, and a tiny smile that it was a pity somebody didn't see, she put the blue ribband round her neck and hid the locket where she knew it was expected to find its place.
The white dress was tied round the waist with that blue ribband of long ago--never yet spoiled with wearing; and in it the roses and violets made a spot of warmer colour.
A little suspicious of each new thing, Faith pulled the easy knot of white ribband and uncovered what lay within.
Looking back to the little empty space where it had been, Faith became "ware" of an end of blueribband beneath said space.
Just to save you from the headache while you stand there in the sun," said Mr. Linden, tying the ends of his ribband together.
BY a Lady, extempore, upon the ribband which the Prince wore about his head when obliged to disguise himself in a female dress under the name of Betty Burk.
The dried root, and peeled, is known to be excellently good against all scrophulous and scorbutic habits of body, by being tied to the pit of the stomach, by a piece of whiteribband round the neck.
No shopkeeper sells a yard of ribband for sixpence when seven-pence is the current price.
He held, that every thing in the Old Testament that was not typical, was to be of perpetual observance; and so he wore a ribband in the plaits of his coat, and he also wore a beard.
The ribband shall its freedom lose-- Lose all the bliss it had with you, And share the fate I would impose On thee, wert thou my captive too.
A child like you doesn't know much about buying such things," said Maria, quilling and turning her blue ribband with great energy.
She gave it up and sat still, watching the blue ribband curling and twisting in Maria's fingers, and wondering sadly anew why some people should be rich and others poor.
I should like to put those pieces of blue ribband in the stove, and never see them again!
But a skirt of rich blue silk lay across the bed, for contrast; and yards of blue satinribband lay partly quilled on the skirt, partly heaped on the patchwork quilt, and part had fallen on the floor.
He then worked a ribbandalong these marks from stem to stern.
He now measured down from the ribband for his binding streak, got it out by the marks, and put it on; but to his mortification it stuck up in the air at both ends.
Beneath a flat straw hat her hair was confined by a broad ribband low upon her neck, while a pink stock was held in position by a gaily-checked waistcoat.
I have not even a piece of ribband to tie up my hair with.
The trousers were longer than previously, and round the hat was often worn a bright blue ribband bearing the ship's name.
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