And never mind about the swan's-down; for I have some on a dress. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
"I shall wear my red satin cloak trimmed with swan's-down," said she. From Wordnik.com. [Story Hour Readers — Book Three] Reference
Sara, you must have a white dress; something with long, soft folds, and -- yes -- and trimmed with swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
But even as she crossed the room, she thought of Mrs. Middleton, the dingy swan's-down and the caresses, and decided not to unlock the trunk. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Marley, Honey] Reference
It is closed with a large lid, half satin, half swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Spider] Reference
All I saw of her dress was a mass of pink satin and swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood] Reference
She wrapped her swan's-down garment about her and went to the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Happiest Time of Their Lives] Reference
It is a fleecy cloud, an incomparable quilt, softer than any swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Spider] Reference
The Queen was dressed in a white satin pelisse, profusely trimmed with swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Victoria Her Girlhood And Womanhood]
Then she entered the larger room, a vision in white, with her dress trimmed with swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
How white her neck was; it was like swan's-down where the lace fell open in the front of her dress. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of Helena Richie] Reference
They all wore bright, blue merino dresses, trimmed with swan's-down, and white carnelian necklaces. From Wordnik.com. [Her Mother's Secret] Reference
You upholster the wires of your cage with swan's-down and you leave the eggs imperfectly protected. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Spider] Reference
It never occurred to me at the moment however to connect the two, in spite of the link of swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [The Enchanted Typewriter] Reference
It is named from the curious white puffs or ruffs -- looking as if formed of swan's-down -- on the legs. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The snow was already hardening, and a thick trimming of seeming swan's-down edged the parapet of the terrace. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
The lines of her figure were shrouded in a loose, wadded gown of dove-coloured silk, bordered with swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
He gathered swan's-down and made a couch for his two Officials, then he crossed himself and rowed off from shore. From Wordnik.com. [Best Russian Short Stories] Reference
If I'd a been born with a little white choker round my swan's-down, I'd have shouted the news from the mulberry tree. From Wordnik.com. [Aladdin of London or, Lodestar] Reference
The snow was only two or three inches deep when Caius walked home; it was light as plucked swan's-down about his feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Mermaid A Love Tale] Reference
"I judge from the swan's-down on your doublet that you have been escorting Ophelia to the opera in the regulation cloak.". From Wordnik.com. [The Enchanted Typewriter] Reference
He saw her pass him in a whirl of silken draperies streaming in the wind; the swan's-down cloak hid her body like a cloud. From Wordnik.com. [Lorraine A romance] Reference
This prisoner, so rosy and stout, was wrapped up in a long, warm coat of gray swan's-down, with gaiter trousers of the same material. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries of Paris, V3] Reference
"A train," said Dolly, concisely; "no trimming, and swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [Vagabondia 1884] Reference
If a gold-laced waistcoat has an empty pouch, the plain swan's-down will be the brawer of the twa. ". From Wordnik.com. [St. Ronan's Well] Reference
"Perhaps you covet a wreath of embroidery round it, gold leaves and scarlet flowers, with a swan's-down collar?. From Wordnik.com. [East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter] Reference
Or some cloudlet swan's-down white. From Wordnik.com. [Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I.] Reference
Band for forehead, feathers and swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete] Reference
The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down. From Wordnik.com. [The Literary World Seventh Reader] Reference
Her lace and swan's-down trimmings were torn. From Wordnik.com. [Self-Raised] Reference
Vanished like swan's-down by a tempest driven. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Legends of Minnesota] Reference
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