The opals in the silver agraffe were all she wanted. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A young girl is about to join together on her left shoulder the chiton, which is fastened over the right shoulder by means of an agraffe. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
I have kept the lake pebbles she gave me, and death has passed me by; but the opals of the agraffe did not bring happiness to your mother. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Besides, the opals are forgiven now: for they have permitted me to show you that you were not unknown to me, Prince; and, as you see, I wear this dear agraffe always. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Smiling, but her beautiful lips mute, Marsa seemed to say to him: "Yes, it is the agraffe which you detached from your soldier's pelisse and gave to an unknown Tzigana near your father's grave.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Andras slowly detached from his shoulder the silver agraffe, set with opals, which clasped his fur pelisse, and handed it to the gypsy, who regarded it with admiring eyes as it flashed in the red light. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Pale as her white robe, with Tizsa's opal agraffe at her side, ready to clasp the bouquet of flowers held by one of her maids, she had never been so exquisitely beautiful; and Vogotzine, who was rather a poor hand at turning a compliment, compared her to a marble statue. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Sometimes he wore a biretta with a diamond agraffe and a high plume of heron feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812] Reference
Catherine the Second, with a small aigrette, held in place by a diamond-agraffe; her red hair falls loose down her back. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Furs] Reference
All our Square Pianos have the full agraffe treble, full iron frame, double braced overstrung bass, and all the latest improvements. From Wordnik.com. [Haddock's Wilmington, N.C., Directory, and General Advertiser, Containing a General and Business Directory of the City, Historical Sketch, State, County, City Government, &c., &c.:] Reference
Scarcely had I arrived there an hour, than I received from his majesty a magnificent diamond agraffe, worth at least 60,000 francs, and bank notes to the amount of. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself] Reference
"When he returned, he carried in his hand a light rifle and a number of glittering wands, while a row of bright medals shone against the thick pile of a close-fitting robe of black velvet, and upon his head a cap of the same material, encircled by a strip of ermine, bore a single red feather, with an agraffe of diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Adrift in the Ice-Fields] Reference
'agraffe' -- nothing more. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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