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What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

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Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?
Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the…
At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the…
Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.
There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of…
The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style…
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he…
What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she…
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be…

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Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted… — Peter Mayle
The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts… — William C. Bryant
Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rise weeping. — William Shakespeare
Add a drop of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it. — Bill Bailey
I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and… — Theodore White
Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It's the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted… — Mia Kirshner
If feeling anxious about anything Dr Bachs night time rescue remedy is great. Sometimes a bath before bed helps. Burning Lavender or… — Unknown Author
London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
Blue is the insides of something mysterious and lonely. I'd look at fish and birds, thinking the sky and water colored them.… — Yusef Komunyakaa
A rhododendron bud lavender-tipped. Soon a glory of blooms to clash with the cardinals and gladden the hummingbirds! — Dave Beard
To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it… — Leonardo da Vinci
Lavender is the new pink. I'll never stop wearing pink but I wanted to venture out. — Nicki Minaj

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