I doubt you'll see me in ermine, I have no desire to be the Scarlet Jim Purnell. From Wordnik.com. [Brown to Fight On Despite Cabinet Resignations] Reference
During said ceremony, Moon and his wife are wrapped in ermine robes and crowned by an Illinois Congressman. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: June 20, 2004 - June 26, 2004 Archives] Reference
This practice is still continued with regard to the ermine, which is spotted with black lamb's-skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus] Reference
The ermine is a beautiful little animal, as white as milk, except the tip of the tail, which is of a jet black. From Wordnik.com. [A topographical description of the state of Ohio, Indiana territory, and Louisiana : comprehending the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and their principal tributary streams ; the face of the country, soils, waters, natural productions, animal, vegetable, and mineral ; towns, villages, settlements and improvements ; and a concise account of the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi ; to which is added, an interesting journal of Mr. Chas. Le Raye, while a captive with the Sioux nation, on the waters of the Missouri River] Reference
From hunted sense of unmerited outlawry I have passed to that of 'ermine' function. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
If successful, he may bring home a number of valuable skins -- such as ermine, fox and the like. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
Lords in ermine, beggars freezing. From Wordnik.com. [January, 1795] Reference
The "ermine" is pure white in winter, except the tip of the tail, which is black. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter] Reference
"ermine," and Cinderella's glass slippers have become a British tradition. From Wordnik.com. [The Days Before Yesterday] Reference
The ermine is another instance of this. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Norway] Reference
Every friend I gave a cloak to, purple velvet ermine-bound. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
Many beavers are in the packs, much marten and fox and ermine. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Doc had a mock-ermine robe and a huge gilt papier-mache crown. From Wordnik.com. [No Great Magic] Reference
October 10th we began to set traps for Marten, ermine and wolf. From Wordnik.com. [Black Beaver The Trapper] Reference
In his Robes of purple velvet, furred with ermine, and the Crown. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
He's a Boomer product of the '60s -- but doesn't mind ermine robes. From Wordnik.com. [Political Lives: Behind-The-Scenes On Air Force One] Reference
In Plate XIV, the white blur is the ermine at the end of his stick. From Wordnik.com. [The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo] Reference
"'" Girlie: I wonder if you wouldn't like to wear this bit of ermine. From Wordnik.com. [Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens] Reference
I am trying to keep it white and this little bit of ermine helps a lot. From Wordnik.com. [Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens] Reference
Earls, nobles of rank, wore ermine on their robes to show their high birth. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
The sable, ermine, and chinchilla are, as in previous years, most fashionable. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
It was very cold and she was snuggling into a beautiful little neckpiece of ermine. From Wordnik.com. [Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens] Reference
Over head, one unbroken expanse of blue; under foot, a mantle of soft, white ermine. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
We carry our wrongs to the law courts, and an aged gentleman in an ermine tippet, and. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
And you ain't wearin 'your earl's coronet, nor your robe trimmed round with ermine skins?. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
"It was a nasty situation in which the judicial ermine was not likely to remain unstained.". From Wordnik.com. [An Uncomfortable Seat] Reference
The blood of the young Roosevelt boiled at the thought of this stain on the judicial ermine. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
The show of ermine and velvet on the descent of the platform was of the most magnificent description. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
Cecilia is sixteen years old; she gently cradles an ermine (also identified as a ferret), a symbol of purity. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Z. Shore: Da Vinci Decoded?] Reference
Pere Issacar is the only one who can give you, at a reasonable rate, ermine-draped bishops, or a colonel with. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
De Mouchy, in the ermine and red of his office, and ever and again a whispered word passed between the twain. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Every shrub and tree on the lawn was enveloped in a garment of more dazzling purity than the ermine before me. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
Like a few other women of society, Madame had the quality of virtue just as ermine has the quality of whiteness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Once in a blue moon she'll put on an ermine stole before climbing into bed, but only reluctantly, half-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [A Night of Furversion] Reference
Our garments were made from the skins of the gazelle, and ornamented with eagle feathers and ermine and otter skins. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheep Eaters] Reference
When the ermine is pursued by a larger animal and it comes to a puddle of mud, it will die before it will soil its coat. From Wordnik.com. [Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens] Reference
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