"Bridal wreath" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is worth nothing except on a king's head; elsewhere it is obstruction, a useless thing, which for flight is carried hidden away in a bonnet-box or exposed under a glass shade like the laurels of an actor or the blossoms of a concierge's bridal wreath. You must be convinced of one thing, Frederique. A king is truly king only on the throne, with power to rule; fallen, he is nothing, less than nothing, a rag. Vainly do we cling to etiquette, to our titles, always bringing forward our Majesty, on the panels of our carriages, on the studs ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 • Various
... you health and a life as long as mine! [To Nato:] O my heart's angel—if only I have my wish and see you wear the bridal wreath! ...
— Armenian Literature • Anonymous
... no matter to those who were carrying on the shameful jest. The maid who dressed her bit her lips so as not to laugh aloud. Athalie brought out the bridal wreath, and tried it on Timea's head. The myrtle and the white ...
— Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai
... under a myrtle, whose blossoming branches bent down to her as if they would entwine that pure and tender brow with a bridal wreath. With her head thrown back upon these branches, she reposed with an inimitable grace her reclining form. A white transparent robe, held by a golden clasp, fell in waves to her feet, which were encased in gold-embroidered ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach
... seems a bridegroom's cloak, Death's garland seems to me a bridal wreath; My love is near. And marriage music seems the fatal stroke Of drums that heralded my instant death; For she is ...
— The Little Clay Cart - Mrcchakatika • (Attributed To) King Shudraka
... shoulders—grandes dames these magnolias! And then there is no stopping it: everything is let loose; blossoms of peach, cherry, and pear; flowers of syringa—bloom of jasmine, honeysuckle, and Virginia creeper; bridal wreath in flowers of white and ...
— Kennedy Square • F. Hopkinson Smith |
