Silks

Examples

• Wines, currants, and wrought silks, were the only goods which did not fall within this rule, having other and more advantageous allowances. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• After I had eaten I was greatly invigorated, but feeling the need of rest I stretched out upon the silks and was soon asleep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Mr. Moore, she said, as she gathered up her silks, have you heard from your brother lately? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• See, I have it here, and as she spoke she drew Tan Gama's short-sword from beneath her sleeping silks and furs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The other occupants of the room, five in number, were all females, and they were still sleeping, piled high with a motley array of silks and furs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Gently I pressed it open a crack; enough to discover a dozen blacks stretched upon their silks in profound slumber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It is the same with silks, antiquities, shawls, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We decided to wait for an hour at least until all the stragglers had sought their silks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• 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.
• Smugglers landing laces and silks have been known to wind them around their bodies, as being less ostentatious than carrying them in a trunk. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was no more torn collars now, I promise you, and faded silks trailing off at the shoulder. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The chill of the Martian night was upon us, and removing my silks I threw them across the shoulders of Dejah Thoris. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I meant to have told you that we did not wish to purchase any silks to-day, but in my absent-mindedness I forgot it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• An elegant general preparation for cleaning gloves, silks, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Ribbons, and silks, and flowers, and pipings; quite unlike the real shepherds and shepherdesses of Melnos, but deliciously delicate for all that. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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