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Sentences starting with silver

Silver and China, with the Manners coat-of-arms, were laid out that had not seen the light for many along day. [9]
Silver Tassel spoke up loudly. [11]
Silver spruces bordered the base of a precipitous wall that rose loftily. [13]
Silver Tassel's shoulder scarcely showed, his strength was gone. [11]
Silver mining was her sole productive industry. [5]
Silver and gold had been found, but he was sure there were other treasures. [11]
Silver mines were being vigorously developed and silver mills erected. [5]

Sentences ending with silver

I see in you now nothing but Nelly's husband, rolling in gold and silver. [12]
You know I would a thousand times rather bake your cakes and clean your silver! [9]
But the reader will perceive by the above extract, that in Humboldt from one fourth to nearly half the mass was silver! [5]
This rider, beneath whose weight the powerful steed trembled and panted, wore a vesture of scarlet and white, thickly embroidered with eagles and falcons in silver. [10]
The separate pieces were made of ebony and ivory, some being curiously inlaid with sentences, in hieroglyphics of gold and silver. [10]
It all belonged to some degenerate land, some exhausted civilisation, not to this field of vigour where life rang like silver. [11]
The fraud went through some more mummery, and then made grave announcement: "The high and mighty Emperor of the East doth at this moment put money in the palm of a holy begging friar--one, two, three pieces, and they be all of silver. [5]
A day like this is called a poudre day; and woe to the man who tempts it unthinkingly, because the light makes the delicate mist of frost shine like silver. [11]
I particularly admire these things, these toys: the little dog, the sled, the lady with the hoopskirt, all these things are pure silver. [10]
It was not the house of the disciple who sold the Master for thirty pieces of silver. [5]

Short sentences using silver

And the streak of silver? [5]
These buttons were of silver! [4]

Sentences containing silver two or more times

First his sombrero with its leather band and silver ornaments commanded her attention; next his quirt, and then the clinking, silver spurs. [13]
The Moors have some small silver coins and also some silver slugs worth a dollar each. [5]
The glass and silver was all of a special pattern, and an obsequious waiter handed Honora a menu in a silver frame, with a handle. [9]
And he would see the gold mines and the silver mines, and maybe go about of an afternoon when his work was done, and pick up two or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and silver on the hillside. [5]
Had he, then, saved the lad from the rapids and Silver Tassel's brutality only to have him drag fish out of the jaws of death for Silver Tassel's meal? [11]
Then salt water is poured into the vessel containing the dissolved silver and the silver returns to palpable form again and sinks to the bottom. [5]
With the almond-trees in full flower, and with the silver sheen of the olive leaves, the oranges are apples of gold in pictures of silver. [4]
Her spurs, that he had stupidly neglected to remove, consisted of silver frames and gold chains, and the rowels, large as silver dollars, were fancifully engraved. [13]
One will hardly find it worth while to go through the world weeping over his old recollections, and paying gold instead of silver and silver instead of copper to astonished boatmen and bewildered chambermaids. [6]
On the first day of their arrival at Slow Down Ranch, the mother had presented Orlando with a most magnificent Mexican bridle and head-stall covered with silver conchs, and a saddle with stirrups inlaid with silver. [11]

More example sentences with the word silver in them

If pride within you secretly abides That, forced by the elixir's charm, The Sooth You needs must speak--be wholly pure in thought, Despising not the teachings wise, of old; When Truth with equal earnestness was sought If speech be silver, silence then is gold! [10]
Thus, after seven years of vicissitudes, ended a "pleasure trip" to the silver mines of Nevada which had originally been intended to occupy only three months. [5]
For a few yards Silver Tassel was going strong, then his pace slackened, he seemed to sink lower in the water, and his stroke became splashing and irregular. [11]
First came a wreath of roses and lotos-flowers, looking as if they had been plucked just before sunrise, for among the blossoms and leaves there flashed and sparkled a glittering dew of diamonds, lightly fastened on delicate silver wires. [10]
Twenty ample fortunes would not timber one of the greatest of those silver mines. [5]
Nobody, I suppose, would doubt this story if the moose, quaffing deep draughts of red wine from silver tankards, and then throwing themselves back upon divans, and lazily puffing the fragrant Havana. [4]
It was a world to see how the nobles preferred to gold and silver, which abounded, the new Venice glass, whence a great trade sprang up with Murano that made many rich. [4]
Look at this wonderful purple robe with the white stripe and the rich silver embroidery; and then the tiara with the royal diamonds! [10]
When they came within hail they cheered, and when they saw the silver the air rang with shouts. [11]
The gold coins with the head of Alexander the Great are some of them so fresh one might think they were newer than much of the silver currency we were lately handling. [6]
The long windows, with the curtains drawn in the deep, panelled arches; the carved white mantelpiece; the glint of silver on' the sideboard, with its wine-cooler underneath,--these, spoke of generations of respectability and achievement. [9]
These were loaded with rings; the finger-nails were stained red, according to Egyptian custom, and gold or silver bands were worn above the elbow, and at the wrists and ankles. [10]
A huge chandelier with prisms hung over the flowers at the centre of the table, which sparkled with glass and silver, while dishes of vermilion and yellow fruits relieved the whiteness of the cloth. [9]
Elfonzo hails her with his silver bow and his golden harp. [5]
There she is, with her hand in her pocket, though,--and sure enough, her little bit of silver tinkled as it struck the coin beneath. [6]
And the dresser with her china and silver upon it, covered by years of dust. [9]
With the shifting wind and the passing clouds the scene was in perpetual change; now the American Fall was creamy white, and the mist below dark, and again the heavy mass was gray and sullen, and the mist like silver spray. [4]
Why can't the widow get back her silver snuffbox that was stole? [5]
Yet the practitioner who prescribes the nitrate of silver supposes he is guided by the solemn experience of the past, instead of by its idle fancies. [6]
It was he who had given the alarm and had rescued the silver altar-vessels from the sacristy. [11]
I forget now whether he did not say they were of silver coin, and that the coin was Spanish. [4]
There were afternoons when the world was flooded with silver light, when the fields were lucent in the sun; and afternoons stained with blue,--the landscape like a tapestry woven in delicate grins on a ground of indigo. [9]
There were days when no wind stirred anywhere, and the gorgeous sun made the little city and all the land round about a pretty silver kingdom, where Oberon and his courtiers might have danced and been glad. [11]
If you yourself were such a son, and your ear had not perfectly caught the parting counsels of the dying-how many talents of silver would you not pay to be able to supply the missing words? [10]
The magnificent apartments were made as light as day by thousands of wax-candles in silver and bronze candelabra; costly Gobelin tapestry and purple Flanders hangings covered the walls, and the bright hues of the paintings were reflected from the polished floors, flooded with brilliant light. [10]
His light eyes were deep in their sockets, his hair was rarer on his head, and there were threads of silver among the gold. [10]
On the train we found several Sydney friends; among them a Judge who was going out on circuit, and was going to hold court at Broken Hill, where the celebrated silver mine is. [5]
The old knight was smiling; how stately was his mien, and how well the silver breast plate beseemed him, with the golden lion rampant of the Im Hoffs! [10]
Ah, the morning was silver with glory As I lay by my tent on the shore; And the soft air was drunken with odours, And my soul lifted up to adore. [11]
The last extremity was reached when the collection-plate began its rounds; the moderate people threw in pennies, the nobles and the rich contributed silver, but she laid a twenty-mark gold piece upon the book-rest before her with a sounding slap! [5]
Albeit the sun was not yet set, it was presently so dark that lights had been brought in and fifty tapers in the silver candlesticks added to the heat. [10]
If the rock was moderately promising, we followed the custom of the country, used strong adjectives and frothed at the mouth as if a very marvel in silver discoveries had transpired. [5]
The waxing moon was mirrored like a silver column, now wavering and tremulous, now rent by the waves tossing under a strong southeast wind, and illumined the warm autumn night. [10]
I think it was in 1863 that some genius suggested that it be put upon the gold and silver coins which circulated among the rich. [5]
That sometimes silver was given, and sometimes nothing, yet the patients were cured. [6]
Suddenly, as Oshondonto was about to speak, Silver Tassel sprang to his feet, seized in his arms a lad of twelve who was standing near, and running to the bank, dropped him into the swift current. [11]
In the midst was a silver table-ornament, something similar to an altar, from which arose fragrant clouds of incense. [10]
The first prize was a most cunning half-grown silver bugle, and mighty pretty, with red silk cord and tassels. [5]
The other stove was a large silver bird's-nest, in which likewise charcoal was burning. [10]
From where we viewed it, it seemed a slender and not very important, but certainly a very beautiful cascade, a band of silver in the mass of green foliage. [4]
Emerging from the vestibule of the theatre, Janet seemed not to see the slushy street, her eyes shone with a silver light like that of a mountain lake in a stormy sunset. [9]
It was a verity--no vain, hunger-inspired delusion--it was a silver dime! [5]
For his camp Venters chose a shady, grassy plot between the silver spruces and the cliff. [13]
Some were below us, some on our level; they were all in well-defined, distinct masses, molten silver on deck, below trailing rain, and attended on earth by gigantic shadows that moved with them. [4]
When I stood upon the summit of the Gorner-Grat, the two prominent silver peaks of Monte Rosa were just touched with the sun, and its great snow-fields were visible to the glacier at its base. [4]
Dyck rode the unpaved streets on his horse with its high demipicque Spanish saddle, with its silver stirrups and heavy bit, and made his way towards Charlotte Bedford's lodgings. [11]
Now, as I understand it, the vein which contains the silver is sandwiched in between casings of granite, and runs along the ground, and sticks up like a curb stone. [5]
Gold and silver trappings lay there in abundance, costly articles of attire studded with precious stones . [10]
Only as he took the quiver intended for Antinous, Pollux hesitated a little for it was of solid silver and had been given to his master by the wife of a wealthy cone-dealer, whom he had represented in marble as Artemis equipped for the chase. [10]
Some attributed it to want of confidence, others to the tariff, others to the action of this or that political party, others to over-production, others to silver, others to the action of English capitalists in withdrawing. [4]
When Dennis went to town again he brought me back a present of a belt with silver clasps; but yet again that night he slept upon the floor alone. [11]
The half-breed moved to the bar, and, throwing down a handful of silver, said: "It is good we drink after so much heat. [11]
I am going to talk in Carson, Gold Hill, Silver City, Dayton, Washoe, San Francisco again, and again here if I have time to re-hash the lecture. [5]
Tookaram afterwards tried to remove the silver amulets, the ear-studs, and the nose-ring; but he failed in his attempt. [5]
There came back to him mechanically the remembrance of a piece of silver on the butt of one of the highwayman's pistols! [11]
The silver had to be rubbed; also the grand plated urn,--her mother's before hers,--style of the Empire,--looking as if it might have been made to hold the Major's ashes. [6]
I looked several times at Juste Duvarney, who sat not far away, on the other side of the table, behind a grand piece of silver filled with October roses. [11]
In the mean time, what is the use of setting the man with the silver watch against the man with the gold watch, and the man without any watch against them both? [6]
During all this time I had but one piece of money--a silver ten cent piece--and I held to it and would not spend it on any account, lest the consciousness coming strong upon me that I was entirely penniless, might suggest suicide. [5]
Count Ilya, again thrusting his way through the crowd, went out of the drawing room and reappeared a minute later with another committeeman, carrying a large silver salver which he presented to Prince Bagration. [2]
Nine couches, arranged three and three in a horseshoe, invited the guests to repose, with their arms of ebony and cushions of dull olive-green brocade, on which a delicate pattern of gold and silver seemed just to have been breathed. [10]
The few silver threads which now mingled in her hair were skilfully concealed by Lamperi's art, and few ladies in Ghent were more tastefully and richly apparelled. [10]
The third notable thing was the exchange of treene (wooden) platters into pewter, and wooden spoons into silver or tin. [4]
In good time they reached that wonderful and pleasant country between the Barren Grounds and the Lake of Silver Shallows. [11]
At this moment they heard the tinkle of the silver bowl, into which her husband threw a little ball when he wanted her. [10]
The speakers whom they had heard were two men, who had a pack of cards and some silver money between them, while upon the screen itself the games they had played were scored in chalk. [12]
Take care of these silver toys. [10]
Like muffled silver these brain-bells were, and she was as one who enters into a deep forest, and hears far away in the boscage the mystic summons of forest deities. [11]
In the howdah-house there were many howdahs that were made of silver, one of gold, and one of old ivory, and equipped with cushions and canopies of rich and costly stuffs. [5]
In noblemen's houses there was abundance of arras, rich hangings of tapestry, and silver vessels, plate often to the value of one thousand and two thousand pounds. [4]
It was from there that more than half the daily shipments of silver bricks came. [5]
At the doorways the worker in brass and silver hammered away at his metal, a sleepy, musical assonance. [11]
Looking out of the window now into the quiet night, the watch-fires dotting the plain had a fascination for her greater than the wonder of the southern sky and its plaque of indigo sprinkled with silver dust and diamonds. [11]
The simmering urn, the white cloth, the shining silver, the big green melons that the hot summer sun had ripened for them alone, and Hugh's eyes as they rested on her--such was her illusion. [9]
By daylight, when the tide was out, the pretty silver bay of the night before was a mud flat, and the tourists, looking over it from Monument Hill, lost some of their respect for the Pilgrim sagacity in selecting a landing-place. [4]
The branches of the sycamores and plane-trees drooped and floated on the waves, but the boughs of the tall silver poplars strained upward, as if anxious to avoid the watery world beneath. [10]
To the right, the swelling mountains of the Sierra Nevada, robbed of their ruggedness and softened into a fairy land, with their snowy summits gleaming like silver clouds against the deep blue sky. [4]
When Ledscha heard the strokes of the oars she stopped again and, with glowing cheeks, gazed after the boat and the glimmering silver furrow which it left upon the calm surface of the moonlit water. [10]
In the center, the soft red glow of the candles, the gleaming silver, the shining cloth, the Church on one side--and what on the other? [9]
She sat in the smithy-man's doorway with her hand in his; and she sat at the Manor table with its silver glitter, and its antique garnishings, with as real an unconsciousness. [11]
West of Cincinnati the smallest coin in use was the silver five-cent piece and no smaller quantity of an article could be bought than "five cents' worth. [5]
The motion of the small foot shod in a Tartar boot embroidered with silver, and the firm pressure of the lean sinewy hand, showed that the prince still possessed the tenacious endurance and vigor of hardy old age. [2]
Phips was weighing the silver up and down in his hands. [11]
She well knew the silver chain with the blue turquoises, that rested on the plump neck. [10]
I have seen the silver bullfinch floating along the canon. [11]
When she heard the second signal on Katuti's silver whistle, she sat upright and muttered: "That gallows-bird Paaker, his vain aunt and that villain Ani, are no match for Rameses, even when he is asleep. [10]
He must run the rapids with Silver Tassel-there was no other way. [11]
The down-pour of the previous night had laid the dust; the bright sunshine sparkled and danced in rapidly-changing flashes, mirrored in the polished gilding of the bronze or the silver fittings of the elegantly-decorated, semicircular cars in which the drivers stood. [10]
An ancestor of the present Gaikwar had the silver one made, and a subsequent ancestor had the gold one made, in order to outdo him. [5]
This locket was the precise counterpart (had she but known it) of a silver one bought at Mr. Judson's shop many years before, though the inscription "Cynthy, from Uncle Jethro," was within. [9]
They walked around the pond, --fringed now with yellow water-lilies on their floating green pads, --through the woods, and when the shadows were lengthening came out at the little summer-house over the valley of Silver Brook--the scene of that first memorable encounter with the Vicomte. [9]
As he handed the pipe to Knife-in-the-Wind, an Indian called Silver Tassel, with a cruel face, said grimly: "Why does Oshondonto travel to us? [11]
He carried also the paternal watch, a solid silver bull's-eye, and a large pocketbook, tied round with a long tape, and, by way of precaution, pinned into his breast-pocket. [6]
Not only was the paper money valueless which Napoleon so graciously distributed to the unfortunate, but even silver lost its value in relation to gold. [2]
Here again in the Palace square were Kaid's Nubians in their glittering armour as of silver and gold, drawn up as she had seen them drawn then, to be reviewed by their overlord. [11]
The Palace faced the Nile, which showed like a tortuous band of blue and silver a mile or so away. [11]
True knowledge of the nature of silver mining came fast enough. [5]
I don't like the name of the first variety, and, if they do much, shall change it to Silver Top. [4]
He still uses the name he had registered when I came so near catching him nine months ago--"James Walker"; doubtless the same he adopted when he fled from Silver Gulch. [5]
As she spoke, the little silver hammer softly struck. [11]

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