28 Metaphors for suites

He knows that trappings make neither the man nor the Christian, and that elaborate suits are often the synonym of elaborate foolery.

To be sure, Abraham's Sunday suit had long since become his only, every-day suit as well, but he wore his Sabbath-day hat, a beaver of ancient design, with an air that cast its reflection over all his apparel.

"I will admit that the Suit is Fierce.

That green bloomer suit of yours is very pretty, Agony," she added, "even prettier than our regulation blue ones.

This suit was the Morris Run Coal Company v. Barclay Coal Company, which is the first modern anti-monopoly litigation that I have met with in the United States.

" He does not wear a Joseph's coat Of many colors, smart and gay; His suit is Quaker brown and gray, With darker patches at his throat.

THE SONG OF MAISUNA The russet suit of camel's hair, With spirits light, and eye serene, Is dearer to my bosom far Than all the trappings of a queen.

Another long suit of his was the bandage machine, and the hours he could steal away from real work were spent in endless windings of washed though much stained bandages.

A black suit, thin enamelled boots, a white neckcloth, and white or delicate grey gloves, are the chief points of a gentleman's ball-room toilette.

" The smart traveling-suit she had purchased in Los Angeles was her equipment that morning.

So long as you have the experiences, it does not greatly matter whether your suit was a failure or successful.

Rishnawád was so filled with admiration at his splendid prowess, that he now offered him the most magnificent presents; but when they were exposed to his view, a suit of armor was the only thing he would accept.

A suit in chancery, or even a spring lounge at Newgate, would have been almost a luxury to what I felt when the shades of night began to darken the mouth of our cave, and this infernal monster continued to parade, like a water-bailiff, before its door.

My golf-suit was the only false note, but I kept in shadow as much as I could, with the unseemly burden between me and the ramparts.

She has not authorized me to say that my suit was favoredthis I must acknowledge; but she is not the less admirable for that.

Your tailor, depend on it, is your great civilizer, and a well-made suit of clothes is in itself a liberal education.

The officers on long journeys speedily resolved, if we may judge from the results, that the suit most natty and nice for wear within twenty degrees of the Equator was the perfect white, and so the snowy figures below shoulder straps became familiar.

This 'ere old Californy suit was a pooty good disguise, too.

His riding suit was point device, from the ostrich feather in his hat, to the toes of his well made boots, and his sword knew its place, as well as did those of the gentlemen that Anne remembered at the Duke of York's when she was a little child.

A rude suit of fringed hide with caribou-skin mocassins might have been the fellow to the one which Amos Green was wearing, but the gleam of a gold chain from his belt, the sparkle of a costly ring upon his finger, and the delicate richly-inlaid musket which he carried, all gave a touch of grace to his equipment.

A white or natural linen suit is a very comfortable garment.

His black summer suit was a perfect fit, his boots were shining, the knot of his narrow black neck tie was a little towards one side, but that was the only evidence that he was careless about his personal appearance.

He lives in a grand hotel, and his suite of apartments, his furniture, and his table, are the most elegant of anything I have seen.

Each suite was a separate miracle: the height, the breadth, the columnal divisions; the wonderful delicacy of the arches, upon which rested ceilings frescoed with incomparable art.

The hotel suite has become the brocaded tomb of the old-fashioned garden.

28 Metaphors for  suites