71 examples of posie in sentences

It is like one of father's posies.

Is this a Prologue, or the Poesie of a [Sidenote: posie] Ring? Ophe.

They cast the thumb under the girdle, gravity; and because they can hardly smell at all their posies are under their girdles.

a rare peece of worke, and almost incredible, was brought to passe by an Englishman borne in the citie of London, named Peter Bales, who by his industrie and practise of his pen, contriued and writ within the compasse of a penie, in Latine, the Lord's praier, the creed, the ten commandements, a praier to God, a praier for the queene, his posie, his name, the daie of the moneth, the yeare of our Lord, and the reigne of the queene.

" Almost directly opposite its gate, across the village-street, stands Posie Nansie's inn, where the "Jolly Beggars" congregated.

(And with a weary gesture he points to the orchids, as though they were things of which, not impossibly, "posies" might be made.)

We waded the creek, made mud pies, and gathered posies in the narrow glades between the cottonwood, beech, and alder trees.

Believing love was all a bubble, And wooing but a needless trouble, Damon grew fond of posied rings,

"An oil-stove, two burnersand food, and beautiful plates with posies on 'emand tin spoons!

Eventually, came a table, and the Sturgises set their posied plates upon it, and lighted their two candles stuck in saucers, and proclaimed themselves ready to entertain.

"Up the | dewy | mountain, | Health is | bounding | lightly; On her | brows a | garland, | twin'd with | richest | posies: Gay is |

Not one of those dainty posies with dropping sprays one sees in the Paris shops, but a good lump of flowers, arranged like a cauliflower, evidently the work of the Tilchester florist.

The flowers carried by those cavalry officers seemed to me like funeral wreaths upon men who were doomed to die, and the women who sprang out of the crowds with posies for their men were offering the garlands of death.

There were posies in their kepis, and bouquets were pinned by the plump hands of peasant girls to the jackets of the soldiers of the line, gunners, cuirassiers, dragoons, and fusiliers marins.

The men wore posies in their képis.

(6) Did she try to hit her ickle bruzzer on his nosie-posie wiz a mug?

Such a Method as this, would very much conduce to the Publick Emolument, by making every Man living good for something; for there would then be no one Member of Human Society, but would have some little Pretension for some Degree in it; like him who came to Will's Coffee-house, upon the Merit of having writ a Posie of a Ring.

JULIET'S NURSE In old-world nursery vacant now of children, With posied walls, familiar, fair, demure, And facing southward o'er romantic streets, Sits yet and gossips winter's dark away

Where the breath o' y'r breathin' falls, the meadows is greener, Fresher o' color, right and left, and the weeds and the grasses Sprout up as juicy as can be, and posies o' loveliest colors Blossom as brightly as wink, and bees come and suck 'em.

At the sign o' the Eagle in Todtnau Set for a while; then, sure o' my way, tramped off ag'in, home'ards, Nigh by the village, I reckoned,but found myself climbin' the Feldberg, Lured by the birdies, and down by the brooks the beautiful posies: That's a weakness

Her temper's always gay, and bright, Her face like posies red and white, Both red and white, And eyes like posies blue.

Her temper's always gay, and bright, Her face like posies red and white, Both red and white, And eyes like posies blue.

The Poor-mans Box is there too: if ye find any thing Beside the Posie, and that half rub'd out too,

And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.

Cottage, garden-beds, posies, grenadier-like rows of seedling onions,stateliest of vegetables,all are gone, but the breath of a marigold brings them all back to me.

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