Shawls

Examples

• Mr. Bhaer left it all to her, so she chose a pretty gown for Tina, and then ordered out the shawls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In Smyrna we picked up camel's hair shawls and other dressy things from Persia; but in Palestine--ah, in Palestine--our splendid career ended. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The door was opened; the pony-carriage was ordered; shawls and bonnets were demanded; Mr. Helstone called for his niece. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I knew where there were plenty of shawls near at hand; I ran and fetched one. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She will be quite envious when she hears of Edith having Indian shawls. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But really Indian shawls are very perfect things of their kind. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• My aunt, the best and most cheerful of nurses, would trudge after us, a moving mass of shawls and pillows. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was only to ask Edith if she would tell Newton to bring down her shawls: perhaps you would go, Margaret dear? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It is the same with silks, antiquities, shawls, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I watched them go down the road, their shawls close around them, looking back apprehensively at us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They'll wear caps like my mother's--and shawls; very soft shawls. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I think I shall trade, said he, leaning back in his chair, to the East Indies, for silks, shawls, spices, dyes, drugs, and precious woods. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Here, standing on the hearth with his wet hat and shawls in his hand, himself a pile of wet, he turned to Mrs. Snagsby. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Did the shawls keep you warm? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Thank you for the beautiful shawls, brother, said Amelia to the fire poker. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The shawls were worth fifty guineas apiece at the very least, as Mrs. Sedley knew. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She was dressed grotesquely, in glittering robes and shawls fit for a woman; she appeared about ten years of age. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I think I will have two shawls, Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Playing with shawls is very different work to drawing up settlements. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Finding no one in the hall I went up at once to my own sitting-room, made a bed for the dog with one of my old shawls, and rang the bell. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A dozen shawls were offered on the instant. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Riding toward Genessaret, they saw two Bedouins, and we looked to our pistols and loosened them quietly in our shawls, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• By degrees the poor tired girl fell asleep, and then I contrived to raise her head so that it should rest on my lap, and to cover us both with shawls. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There was no fire, though the weather was cold; both children were wrapped in some poor shawls and tippets as a substitute. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I say, Dobbin, says George, just look to the shawls and things, there's a good fellow. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Edited by ELLA