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Note 8.—On the Vessels used for Sprinkling and Perfuming.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

Perfuming of soap is closely allied to the soap making industry, but as stated a branch in itself.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

How cheerful are the signs of May,    The lily sweet and briar, Perfuming every shady way    Beside the warbling river; And thou, gay cuckoo! hast returned    To usher in the summer.

From The Poetry of Wales by Jenkins, John

With Ward and John Hex, or Hardcastle and Judd, How devoted they are to the fair; In their vests there you find the red rose in the bud, Perfuming the Summer soft air.

From Hints on Driving by Ward, C. S.

These more then sweet Showrets, Intice vp these Flowrets, To trim vp our Bowrets, Perfuming our Coats.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril