Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever. From LearnThat.org. [Anita Loos (1893-1981), American Hollywood screenwriter and novelist.]
The word sapphire is derived from the Latin word "sapphirus", meaning blue. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
sapphire eyes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
You will find me in sapphire, emerald, amethyst, ruby and gold colors. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful, Soft, Flowing, Modest, Clothing Depicted in the Art of Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens (1823-1906)] Reference
Instead of drab metal, the seats are comfortable L-shaped sofas in sapphire blue. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 1, 2005 - May 7, 2005 Archives] Reference
A sapphire is the same stone as a ruby; both are the pure earth of clay crystallized. From Wordnik.com. [Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston] Reference
I want to thank Professor Schafer for pointing out to me that the sapphire is the lapis lazuli of the ancient world. From Wordnik.com. [The Lapis Lazuli of the Ancient World] Reference
Mercurialis admires the emerald for its virtues in pacifying all affections of the mind; others the sapphire, which is the. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
The sapphire was a dense, dark blue, virtually the same colour as her own eyes, she recognised in surprise as she studied it. From Wordnik.com. [Unwanted Wedding]
Wrap me in sapphire tapestries of thought. From Wordnik.com. [Poem for today: “Books” by Zora Cross (1890-1964) « Pennamite] Reference
So also is the "sapphire" of the early minerologists. From Wordnik.com. [The Lapis Lazuli of the Ancient World] Reference
This notable bull would surely find an abundance of stars in his "sapphire" pasture. From Wordnik.com. [The Lapis Lazuli of the Ancient World] Reference
The root of the difficulty lies, I am persuaded, in accepting "sapphire" as the meaning of zafiro. From Wordnik.com. [The Lapis Lazuli of the Ancient World] Reference
When it comes to really high-end dog tags, such as sapphire, real silver, gold, or diamond, there tend to be more choices. From Wordnik.com. [Dog Tag | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
So, the sapphire is right for us. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
Whole sheets of warm, florid writing are here, in which the eye is caught by "sapphire," "heliotrope,". From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I] Reference
One kind of sapphire is found among the pebbles in the country of Libya; but that which comes from the land of the Turk is more precious. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4] Reference
That once did steal their sapphire blue from even. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
The royal sapphire still crowned its priceless apex. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
In the second, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
The Buddhists credited the sapphire with magical power. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
The sun sits high in a sapphire sky, when my ship comes in. From Wordnik.com. [NPR's Susan Stamberg Remembers Daniel Schorr] Reference
They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB): Lamentations] Reference
"The sapphire is still in my right waistcoat pocket, and the diamond in the left.". From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
"I have been told," began the latter abruptly, "that there is a flaw in the sapphire.". From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
And at night when the stars are twinkling in the sky above, it's as deep and mysterious as a sapphire. From Wordnik.com. [Begonia {part ten}] Reference
The first foundation was jasper: the second, sapphire: the third; a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 29: Lamentations of Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
The sapphire when taken as a potion pulverized in milk, cured internal ulcers and checked excessive perspiration. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
The gates of Jerusalem shall be built of sapphire, and of emerald, and all the walls thereof round about of precious stones. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 17: Tobias The Challoner Revision] Reference
Nicole apparently meant it this time; she returned a sapphire-and-diamond bracelet, and vowed to stop taking gifts from Simpson. From Wordnik.com. [Day & Night] Reference
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