It was like silver-gilt, with the gilt rubbed off. From Wordnik.com. [Gobseck] Reference
And Caesar ran his hands through his silver-gilt hair. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Your hair is silver-gilt and your skin is white velvet. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
She nodded miserably over the silver-gilt rail at friends. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
She cocked her head, silver-gilt hair brushing her shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books] Reference
She stood, a silver-gilt button still clasped in her fingers. From Wordnik.com. [All Shall Be Well] Reference
He reached for the silver-gilt bell on the tray and rang it once. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Brocaded silk lampas, with embroidery in silk and silver-gilt thread. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
A French silver-gilt service, with rope-knot borders, maker's mark DG. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
At midnight the full moon, silver-gilt, touched the house-fronts of the. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Woven silk velvet, with embroidery in silk, silver-gilt and silver thread. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Their silver-gilt hair was lank and brittle, and they bruised badly and easily. From Wordnik.com. [Elvenborn]
When he took the flower, it changed into a silver-gilt goblet filled with delicious drink. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Cups or silver-gilt vases, with centres of cut glass, hold the bonbons and smaller fruits. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
Her hair was silver-gilt, pinned back-in an old-fashioned bun, and her eyes were as blue as his. From Wordnik.com. [Paradise For Two]
They are executed in silver-gilt or brass relief, and adorned with tawdry fringe or other gewgaws. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
Goldmoon, she of the silver-gilt hair and wide blue eyes, rose from the shaky-legged table where she sat. From Wordnik.com. [Stormblade]
To his clothing, Urza imagined a silver-gilt wrap that flung back the red heat assailing him on all sides. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
The silver-gilt college trophies, reminders of victories in Debate and Track and Wrestling, were holograms. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
A bearskin cloak, to be exact, fastened at the neck with a silver-gilt brooch as large as the palm of my hand. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Mr. Bergé's medieval eye preferred Old Master drawings, 17th-century goblets and German silver-gilt figurines. From Wordnik.com. [The Art World's Last Hurrah?] Reference
From the dazzlingly white ceiling was suspended an unpolished silver-gilt lustre; and the cornice round it was in gold. From Wordnik.com. [Balzac] Reference
A small silver-gilt tureen of soup smoked upon it and a little pile of delicate rolls lay beside the plate set for one. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
Among the most charming items is a red Fabergé silver-gilt, pearl and enamel frame in the shape of a heart from circa 1890. From Wordnik.com. [London Auctions of All Things Russian] Reference
Presently his eyes were attracted by the beauty and brilliancy of a silver-gilt cup bearing the words “Given by Madame.”. From Wordnik.com. [Modeste Mignon] Reference
A cold thurible hung from the ceiling by a silver-gilt chain; a lampstand supporting a pink-tinted light stood in one corner. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
She wanted for her mantelpiece two large blue glass vases, and some time after an ivory necessaire with a silver-gilt thimble. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
His lap table held parchment and writing materials, and he was surrounded by ranks of lighted candelabra on silver-gilt stands. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Then you, my gentlemen of the horse, take these two silver-gilt cups, and let not the pages be horsewhipped these three months. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Luigi glanced up instantly and smiled, and offered to her a little plaster cherub, silver-gilt, just spreading wings for flight. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864] Reference
A few of the women had jewelry, silver and silver-gilt, but he was sure there was not enough in the whole village to fill a hat. From Wordnik.com. [Owlflight]
King, holds a little trial cup of silver-gilt, into which a gentleman servant pours a small quantity of wine and water from the decanters. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
The 14th Century silver-gilt brooch, was found by metal detecting enthusiast Robin Marsland in Bisley, and inspected by the British Museum. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
Mind; I have replaced his tin life with a silver-gilt fiction; you see the result -- and you criticize!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Stranger] Reference
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