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1  You wore a close ruff, a small cap upon your head of the same color as your robe, and in that cap a heron's feather.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
2  de Treville's surgeon, was seated on a post and waiting for his adversary with hat in hand, his feather even touching the ground.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
3  All at once, at the turning of the road she saw the glitter of laced hats and the waving of feathers; she counted two, then five, then eight horsemen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 63 THE DROP OF WATER
4  She wore a beaver hat with blue feathers, a surtout of gray-pearl velvet, fastened with diamond clasps, and a petticoat of blue satin, embroidered with silver.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
5  His hat was a little napless, his feather was a little faded, his gold lace was a little tarnished, his laces were a trifle frayed; but in the obscurity of the church these things were not seen, and Porthos was still the handsome Porthos.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
6  At the end of the jetty, his clothes richly laced with gold, glittering, as was customary with him, with diamonds and precious stones, his hat ornamented with a white feather which drooped upon his shoulder, Buckingham was seen surrounded by a staff almost as brilliant as himself.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 49 FATALITY
7  A moment after, those who, surprised by this tumult, had gone to their windows to learn the cause of it, saw the door open, and four men, clothed in black, not COME out of it, but FLY, like so many frightened crows, leaving on the ground and on the corners of the furniture, feathers from their wings; that is to say, patches of their clothes and fragments of their cloaks.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY