down feather
Example Sentences
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Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can Her heart inform her tongue,—the swan's down feather, That stands upon the swell at the full of tide, And neither way inclines.
From Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare, William
From one point a thin white thread of vapour rose slantingly to an immense height, and then frayed out like a down feather.
From The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
They were covered with a down feather bed.
From Bertha Our Little German Cousin by Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard
Culpepper spied a down feather on his knee.
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox
