1 She sent this didactic gem to several markets, but it found no purchaser, and she was inclined to agree with Mr. Dashwood that morals didn't sell.
2 The east had its own charm or fine deep blue, and its own modest gem, a casino and solitary star: soon it would boast the moon; but she was yet beneath the horizon.
3 I did not then know that it was no transitory blossom, but rather the radiant resemblance of one, cut in an indestructible gem.
4 Yet is it bright with many a gem; I the wearer, see not its far flashings; but darkly feel that I wear that, that dazzlingly confounds.
5 Before each guest stood a tiny glass that looked and sparkled like a garnet gem.
6 , abstracted from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the valuable gem known as the blue carbuncle.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 7 There was a gem in the brain of the dragon, Philostratus told us, and "by the exhibition of golden letters and a scarlet robe" the monster could be thrown into a magical sleep and slain.
8 These locks were braided with gems, and, being worn at full length, intimated the noble birth and free-born condition of the maiden.
9 At one side of the coronet was a cracked edge, where a corner holding three gems had been torn away.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 10 I understand that you give me carte blanche to act for you, provided only that I get back the gems, and that you place no limit on the sum I may draw.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 11 Holmes walked over to his desk, took out a little triangular piece of gold with three gems in it, and threw it down upon the table.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 12 The reaction of joy was as passionate as his grief had been, and he hugged his recovered gems to his bosom.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 13 It must have been he who wore those boots and retained the missing gems.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 14 "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck" followed; also "The Assyrian Came Down," and other declamatory gems.
15 jewels, diamonds, gems; that I alone.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure.