incense-laden

• “He had been half-afraid he would find a shadowy, incense-laden room stocked with strange herbs and candles.”

  Simon & Schuster: Sharp Edges

• “She concentrated on the spicy scent of the incense-laden air, of the texture of the soft fabric under her hands, of her own weight resting on the cushion to steady herself.”

  Elvenblood

• “Antryg's voice was low in the incense-laden hush of the over-decorated room.”

  The Silent Tower

• “He walked slowly down the passageway, the air strangely incense-laden.”

  Tai-Pan

• “Old German and Flemish ballads borrow quaint anachronisms from that sylvan sanctuary of incense-laden sweetness, which coloured the thoughts and dreams of contemporary poets, and added exotic traits to their descriptions of northern scenery.”

  Through the Malay Archipelago

• “Its romance had gone; the weird mystery of the Oriental city had lost its fascination; and no incense-laden, music-haunted, brightly-coloured corner remained unexplored.”

  The Tale of a Trooper

• “All day long, too, from before the peep of dawn till after darkness has fallen, these red-cloaked monks hold services in the dim incense-laden air of the great Machindranath temple, the cathedral of Lhasa; and thither they crowd thrice a day to receive their doles of tea and soup and money.”

  The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

• “But I love the gold and the silk which clothe the priest of Rome, and his celibacy, and the confessional, and purgatory: and in the darkness of an Italian cathedral, incense-laden and mysterious, I believe with all my heart in the miracle of the Mass.”

  Of Human Bondage

• “She pushed open the greasy, shining leather door, passed into the interior, and stood for a moment in the incense-laden gloom of the nave.”

  The Bent Twig

• “But I love the gold and the silk which clothe the priest of Rome, and his celibacy, and the confessional, and purgatory: and in the darkness of an Italian cathedral, incense-laden and mysterious,”

  Of Human Bondage

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