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... nose; neither from her ears hung circles of gold or brass, or silver; and the slim ankles that peeped from a rich skirt were guiltless of anklets. On the wrist of one arm was a curious gold bangle that must have held a large ruby, for at times the sun flicked from the moving wrist splashes of red wine. Indeed the whole atmosphere of the girl ...

— Caste • W. A. Fraser

... glass at my right hand, full to the brim, and ere he could say another word the red wine flew across the table ...

— The Tory Maid • Herbert Baird Stimpson

... painful sense of insecurity when retained for a client whose cause seemed to him unjust. He differed but little, indeed, from the best of his colleagues; perhaps he had somewhat fewer scruples; and, certainly, he was too fond of good red wine. He had a caustic wit, made an admirable boon companion, and, having a subtle intellect, was fond of paradoxes and skillful hair-splitting. Thanks to the red wine, he fell into the habit of spending much, and so into the necessity of making much also. Vanity and the love of excitement led him to ...

— Debit and Credit - Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag • Gustav Freytag

... sits in Dunfermline town Drinking the blude-red wine; 'O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ...

— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... Voyageurs: an untidy village, once the capital of King Theodore's realm. From Cervione the road describes a long detour to the bridge across the Chebbia, whence it ascends to Cotone 1008 ft 6-1/4 m., the Col d'Aja 1236 ft., and Ortale 1489 ft., 1-3/4 m. from Alesani. Good red wine is made in the neighbourhood of Cervione. The dirty little village of Castagneto or Alesani is picturesquely situated on the side of a mountain overlooking a valley covered with chestnut trees. The diligence stops at an inn, where bread, eggs and coffee with ...

— Itinerary through Corsica - by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads • Charles Bertram Black

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