1 She wore her usual dress of darkish stuff, and there was no bow at her neck; but through her hair she had run a streak of crimson ribbon.
2 The green plaid taffeta, frothing with flounces and each flounce edged in green velvet ribbon, was most becoming, in fact her favorite dress, for it darkened her eyes to emerald.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER V 3 Small Carreen could have cried because, for all Scarlett's encouraging words that morning, Brent had done no more than say "Hello, Sis" and jerk her hair ribbon before turning his full attention to Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER VI 4 From it she took a pack of letters tied together with a blue ribbon, addressed in Ashley's hand to Melanie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XI 5 She sighed as she carefully tied the ribbon about the packet, wondering for the thousandth time just what it was in Ashley that eluded her understanding.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XI 6 She flew across the room to the mirror and plopped it on her head, pushing back her hair to show her earrings and tying the ribbon under her chin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XIII 7 Here was, after all, something that her charming listless hands could really do; she had no doubt of their capacity for knotting a ribbon or placing a flower to advantage.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 10 8 The bag is full of treasures and of memories: a leather buckle, an ancient band-concert program, scraps of ribbon, lace, satin.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER III 9 They made a gold ribbon across the prairie.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III 10 Madame Ratignolle removed her veil, wiped her face with a rather delicate handkerchief, and fanned herself with the fan which she always carried suspended somewhere about her person by a long, narrow ribbon.
11 His nether garment was a yellow nankeen, closely fitted to the shape, and tied at his bunches of knees by large knots of white ribbon, a good deal sullied by use.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperGet Context In CHAPTER 1 12 The lad departed, prouder of his flowing blood than the vainest courtier could be of his blushing ribbon; and stalked among the fellows of his age, an object of general admiration and envy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperGet Context In CHAPTER 31 13 By an unlucky slip, however, a fluttering fragment of the ribbon hung out of one of her sleeves, just as she was finishing, and caught Miss Ophelia's attention.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher StoweGet Context In CHAPTER XX 14 The ribbon was pulled out of Topsy's own sleeve, yet was she not in the least disconcerted; she only looked at it with an air of the most surprised and unconscious innocence.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher StoweGet Context In CHAPTER XX 15 Topsy now confessed to the gloves, but still persisted in denying the ribbon.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher StoweGet Context In CHAPTER XX