Roses

Examples

• So Laurie played and Jo listened, with her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And very white he looked, in contrast with the roses. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• You seem to be fond of roses, Sergeant? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• My roses, he said when he came back, take care of mama. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She answered it with a second laugh, and laughter well became her youth, her roses, her dimples, her bright eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I will attire my Jane in satin and lace, and she shall have roses in her hair; and I will cover the head I love best with a priceless veil. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The Sergeant got on the subject of roses and the merits of grass walks and gravel walks immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• As he wrote a word on his card and waited for an envelope he glanced about the embowered shop, and his eye lit on a cluster of yellow roses. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But Beth's roses are sweeter to me, said Mrs. March, smelling the half-dead posy in her belt. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was to be another father to him, and they were all to live together in a garden of roses, weren't they? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And my roses smell sweet to you, and my trees give you shade. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He found Mary in the garden gathering roses and sprinkling the petals on a sheet. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Fanny has been cutting roses, has she? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Did you ever see such roses? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Here is one for you, answered Helena quickly; both roses are red, so you can't complain I don't treat you fairly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She had some roses in her hand, and seemed to have stood still on seeing him, waiting for him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• No aunt, no officers, no news could be sought after--the very shoe-roses for Netherfield were got by proxy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Not a silly one, I hope, said Mary, beginning to pluck the roses again, and feeling her heart beat uncomfortably. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If I had beheld a thousand roses blowing in a top set of chambers, in that withered Gray's Inn, they could not have brightened it half so much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Do you think, she asked, glancing toward the stage, he will send her a bunch of yellow roses tomorrow morning? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We have sympathy, my roses, said Mr. Skimpole, sympathy for everything. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Hercules holding the distaff was but a faint type of Peter bearing the roses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It should be strewn with roses; it should lie through bowers, where there was no spring, autumn, nor winter, but perpetual summer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You may have worn sister roses very probably. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Wasn't it love among the roses! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Fascination took rose-colour to mean the colour of roses. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But buds will be roses, and kittens cats, more's the pity! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Ah, Mr. Franklin, you wore my roses oftener than either you or she thought! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He put the roses in his breast and they walked on for a little while, slowly and silently, under the umbrageous trees. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I smell roses, till I think I see the rose-leaves lying in heaps, bushels, on the floor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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