carcanet
Example Sentences
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With gifts they shall be sent, Gifts to the bride to spare their banishment, Fine robings and a carcanet of gold.
From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes
I had a carcanet that I was determined to give a girl, in exchange.
From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander
Beyond the harbour's mouth the riding-lights of the Mevagissey fishing fleet ran like a carcanet of faint jewels, marking the unseen horizon of the Channel.
From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Each one wore an iron carcanet, and the crowd was never weary of coming to gaze at them.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
And thou wert best of Truth, the first in grace Of all rich gems in Virtue’s carcanet; Then should I not love thee and give thee place Above all love of sense on woman set?
From Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost by Blaeu, Willem
