1761 examples of gem in sentences

But in its flashing lights I see A diamond shine, And though he holds it in his hand, The gem is mine.

" You pay a price exorbitant This cherished morsel to procure; You get a gem of the bookman's art And five cents' worth of literature.

3. GEM BREAD.

Drop this batter into very hot greased gem pans.

There are proper gem pans, made of cast iron (from 1s.)

If the water is distilled at home, a "Gem" Still will be needed.

(The Gem Supplies Co., Ltd., 67, Southwark Street, London S.E.).

"For Thee the fragrant zephyrs blow, "For Thee descends the sunny shower; 315 "The rills in softer murmurs slow, "And brighter blossoms gem the bower.

" No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem, that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars, which Night's blue arch adorn, 460 Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear, that breaks For other's woe down Virtue's manly cheeks.

70 And slow they move amid a world of fire!" He spoke,to Heaven his arms repentant spread, And kneeling bow'd his gem-incircled head.

[general],, jewelry, jewellery^; bijoutry^; bijou, bijouterie [Fr.]; trinket; fine jewelry; costume jewelry, junk jewelry; gem, gemstone, precious stone.

[Slang], trump [Slang], gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling^. salt of the earth; one in ten thousand; one in a million; a gentleman and a scholar; pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men.

A good deal has been made of these "kennings"; but it does not take us far towards great poetry, to have the sea called "whale-road" or "swan-road" or "gannet's-bath"; though we are getting nearer to it when the sun is called "candle of the firmament" or "heaven's gem."

One which Sir Henry declared to be the gem of them all bore the manus Dei for device, and was the seal of Archbishop Richard (1174-84).

* Number 340 of the MIRROR contains the Notices of the Literary Souvenir, Forget-Me-Not, Gem, and Amulet, and with the present Number forms the Spirit of the Annuals for 1829.

opens with the following metaphorical gem: The show'r is pastthe heath-bell, at our feet, Looks up, as with a smile, though the cold dew Hangs yet within its cup, like Pity's tear Upon the eye-lids of a village-child!

Lamb's song for Fuller, Thomas G Gardener, Lamb as a Garrick Extracts Gebir, by Landor Gem, The "Gentle Giantess, The" "Gentle-hearted Charles" George III.

Amongst variegated, small-growing shrubs it is a gem.

After the fashion of the day, he poured forth his devotion in graceful madrigalsthe first of which, began as follows: "A rich and shining Gem hath Dame Nature Taken out of Heaven's treasury, and Wrapping it in a lustrous human veil Hath bestowed it on me, saying, 'To thee I give this beauteous Flora for thine own.'

Each flake of snow is pretty A spangle or a gem; But they melt away in dew-drops I can not treasure them.

Therefore, when a couple of high rank were blessed with a child, an official orator visited them, and the baby being placed naked before him, he addressed it beginning with these words: "My child and lord, precious gem, emerald, sapphire, beauteous feather, product of a noble union, you have been formed far above us, in the ninth heaven, where dwell the two highest divinities.

Adair states that they believe this fabulous gem may be found on the spot where the rattlesnake has been destroyed.

To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life....

CARHART, PAUL WORTHINGTON, ed. Little gem dictionary.

Little gem dictionary.

1761 examples of  gem  in sentences