Example: There was a great plenty of of pictures on the walls, on the shelves of the mantelpiece, and around generally; where coign of vantage offered were statuettes, and quaint and pretty gimcracks, and rare and costly specimens of peculiarly devilish china.
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Too_Tall_George commented on the word coign of vantage
Example: There was a great plenty of of pictures on the walls, on the shelves of the mantelpiece, and around generally; where coign of vantage offered were statuettes, and quaint and pretty gimcracks, and rare and costly specimens of peculiarly devilish china.
- Mark Twain, The Loves of Alonzo Fitz
June 22, 2009
Too_Tall_George commented on the word collied
"Brief as the lightning in the collied night" - Shakespeare, From The Course of True Love, Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1
June 18, 2009