Vases
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Examples
- Mrs. Fairfax was dusting some vases of fine purple spar, which stood on a sideboard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Odd vases made by his own hand from the clay of the region held beautiful tropical flowers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A considerable production of beautiful vases and carvings also continued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They mould the softened rubber over clay patterns in the form of shoes, jars, vases, tubes, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The statues of children holding vases of holy water were immense, according to the tables of figures, but so was every thing else around them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That satisfied Amy, and when she got home she found the vases paraded on the parlor chimney piece with a great bouquet in each. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To May's great delight, Mr. Laurence not only bought the vases, but pervaded the hall with one under each arm. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Good housekeepers drop small bits of charcoal into vases of flowers to prevent discoloration of the water and the odor of decaying stems. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Amy's dainty pen-and-ink work entirely eclipsed May's painted vases--that was one thorn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Buy the vases, whispered Amy to Laurie, as a final heaping of coals of fire on her enemy's head. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the theaters bronze vases of various sizes, arranged accordi ng to Pythagorean musical principles, were to be used in the auditorium to reinforce the voice of the actor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There were samples of cheap clocks, and samples of cheap vases of flowers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The first pieces of his rustic pottery soon reached the court of France, and Henry II and his nobles ordered vases and figures from him to ornament the gardens of their chateaux. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was in vain for him to bring Mr Merdle to Lord Decimus to tell him the history of the unique Dresden vases. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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