Who bends a knee where violets grow, a hundred secret things shall know. From LearnThat.org. [R. Field.]
One number of these is bent by the prism to where we see what we call the violet, another number to the place we call red. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work] Reference
There are red and white radishes; and the French have also what they call violet and black ones, of which the black are the larger. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
The letter was scrawled in violet ink on thick, handmade paper. From Wordnik.com. [Bliss, and Other Stories] Reference
The NW-A1000 sports a 1.5 OLED screen and comes in violet, silver, pink and blue. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the iPod shuffle] Reference
Now, the question is often asked therefore, "why then do we see older dalmatics and tunicles in violet?". From Wordnik.com. [Use, History and Development of the "Planeta Plicata" or Folded Chasuble] Reference
And so I stood with the others, bathed in violet light from the setting sun, awaiting the beginning of the Rite. From Wordnik.com. [Gripping new trilogies 'r' us] Reference
The whole rite of this day is celebrated in violet vestments; therefore, this change of vestments present no particular difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 1 - The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms] Reference
The violet is a much more winsome and poetic flower in. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton] Reference
Katie, I am quite captivated by the idea of violet asparagus. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken and Quickly Roasted Asparagus served with Tahini Sauce] Reference
And please read Katha Pollitt’s take on it all (no shrinking violet is she). From Wordnik.com. [What’s Up With Title IX? | PopPolitics.com] Reference
It's not green Green is very hard to find here but violet, which is my next favorite. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken and Quickly Roasted Asparagus served with Tahini Sauce] Reference
Thumbelina as a cradle, the blue petals of a violet were her mattress, and a rose-leaf her coverlid. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Fairy Book] Reference
In a few cases blue inks were used, and in two violet, which is, as a rule, if not always, a fugitive color. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Centuries of Ink] Reference
Runs not the spectrum from red up to violet, which is to say, advances not life from red Hades up to violet Heaven?. From Wordnik.com. [Tiger-Lilies. A Novel.] Reference
Just above the color vibrations of the unbraided sunbeam, above the violet, which is the highest number our eyes can detect, is. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work] Reference
One of the hair-dye suggestions was "violet," which didn't elicit much enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [Head Case: Salon Consults That Make the Cut] Reference
All of the Patrol ships had, of course, the standard equipment of so-called "violet". From Wordnik.com. [First Lensman]
I've added some light touches of "violet" Dye-Na-Flo. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"When I say 'violet', they say 'we don't have it here'," she. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Australia's wine industry in peril from climate change] Reference
I used to call you "violet", but now you are a rose in full bloom! '. From Wordnik.com. [Family Happiness] Reference
Though repeating the word 'violet' he had imaged the violet disc as blue. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.] Reference
Some time he might have seen the kind of violet-blue that was in her eyes, but he could not remember it. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
He too shall paint her calm 'ox - eyes,' and the Theban poet shall help him to give them their 'violet' hue. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Where the stream runs shallower it is a kind of violet color, but both violet and green fray and frill to white as they fall. From Wordnik.com. [Niagara Falls] Reference
"The violet is a plant without a stem (tige), -- (see vol. i., p. 154,) -- whose height does not surpass one or two decimetres. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
I am no shrinking violet when it comes to criticizing Barack Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Notable] Reference
But isn't the purple more like violet, and doesn't the blue look a lot like teal?. From Wordnik.com. [Touch Up Worth It?] Reference
By comparison, Little Howard, the eldest boy, "was a shrinking violet," says brother Jim. From Wordnik.com. [THE WASP'S NEST] Reference
I see it -- in a lush, dark violet that has me purring: "Ohhhhhh ... j'aime cette couleur.". From Wordnik.com. [Susan Sisko Carter: Why French Women Wear Scarves] Reference
Jewel tones of purple, fuchsia, turquoise and red dominate women's dresses, while men's suits feature shades of plum, navy and violet. From Wordnik.com. [The Newest Black Tie] Reference
Summer heralds fun times in the sun, but it also triples the intensity of ultra-violet (UV) rays, in comparison to milder winter beams. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Week] Reference
I ain't no shrinkin 'violet, no delicate flower either. From Wordnik.com. [Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off] Reference
One violet is as sweet as an acre of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
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