Pearls
[pɜːlz] or [pɝl]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of pearls, is a forerunner of good business and trade and affairs of social nature. If a young woman dreams that her lover sends her gifts of pearls, she will indeed be most fortunate, as there will be occasions of festivity and pleasure for her, besides a loving and faithful affianced devoid of the jealous inclinations so ruinous to the peace of lovers. If she loses or breaks her pearls, she will suffer indescribable sadness and sorrow through bereavement or misunderstandings. To find herself admiring them, she will covet and strive for love or possessions with a pureness of purpose.
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Examples
- White pearls include pure white and white slightly tinted with pink, blue, green or yellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If a woman's going to ignore her pearls, they want to be better than anybody else's--and so it is with everything else. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- So the diver hoisted it up, and was much disappointed on opening it to find no pearls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Where do Pearls Come From? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I see closed daisy-heads gleaming like pearls on some mounds. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Diving, aside from the pleasure afforded to good swimmers, is important in many different industries, particularly in fishing for pearls, corals, sponges, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As at present existing, the crown of England is a gold circle, adorned with pearls and precious stones, having alternately four Maltese crosses and four fleur-de-lis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fancy pearls include all those of decided color, having a rare and beautiful tint. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Jewels--historic pearls: the Sobieski emeralds--sables,--but she cares nothing for all these! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- To an eye above them their two faces would have appeared amid the expanse like two pearls on a table of ebony. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Do look at Mrs. George Dorset's pearls--I suppose the smallest of them would pay the rent of our Girls' Club for a year. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And I see very few pearls in the room except mine. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Oh, my dear, did you ever see such pearls? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In my time a cameo set in pearls was thought sufficient. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Pretty pearls--never gave 'em the ironmonger's daughter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The mind which rejects syndicalism entirely because of the by-products of its despair has had pearls cast before it in vain. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Pearls were the first gems discovered and used as ornaments in prehistoric ages. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Living in the midst of its grandeur are most marvelous and delicate creatures that ceaselessly toil to strew the ocean’s bed with lustrous gems--pearls. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Of these colored white pearls, the delicate, lightly-tinted, pink pearl of fine color and luster known as rose is most beautiful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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