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1 It was a lovely night, so warm that he threw his coat over his arm and did not even put his silk scarf round his throat.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 20
2 In the dim arrested light that struggled through the cream-coloured silk blinds, the face appeared to him to be a little changed.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7
3 After a few moments, in her black silk dress, with old-fashioned thread mittens on her wrinkled hands, Mrs. Leaf bustled into the library.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 10
4 The orphreys were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was St. Sebastian.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 11
5 The orphreys were divided into panels representing scenes from the life of the Virgin, and the coronation of the Virgin was figured in coloured silks upon the hood.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 11
6 It was, in its way, a very charming room, with its high panelled wainscoting of olive-stained oak, its cream-coloured frieze and ceiling of raised plasterwork, and its brickdust felt carpet strewn with silk, long-fringed Persian rugs.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 4
7 He possessed a gorgeous cope of crimson silk and gold-thread damask, figured with a repeating pattern of golden pomegranates set in six-petalled formal blossoms, beyond which on either side was the pine-apple device wrought in seed-pearls.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 11
8 He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 11