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  • In "" As You Like It, '' bedazzled Orlando sticks goony verses on Arden's trees: "" Winter'd garments must be lin'd/So must slender Rosalind. ''

    Reviving Ophelia 2008

  • Thursday Night, a Negro Fellow named _Peer_, he had on when he went away a cloth colour'd Coat, lin'd and trim'd with red, a black broad cloth Waistcoat without sleeves, a yellow pair of leather Breeches, a large pair of silver Buckels, and

    The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts Various

  • The justice, "in fair round belly, with good capon lin'd," -- the justice, having hung up his hat, wig, and cloak, puts on his nightcap, and, with

    The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency John Trusler

  • "For de Lor's sake, dat woman's silk lin'd clear frou!" and the performance began in a gale of laughter.

    Stage Confidences Clara Morris

  • In a rich chair "or bed," lin'd with fine crimson red,

    A Book of Old Ballads — Complete Beverley Nichols 1941

  • But already we were twenty yards away, and now in a broader street, whereof one side was wholly lin'd with warehouses.

    The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Descending, we found the long street lin'd with booths and shows, and nigh blocked with the crowd: for the revel began early and was now in full swing.

    The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • 'Twas the captain's cabin, lin'd with cupboards and lockers: and the light came from an oil lamp hanging over a narrow deal table.

    The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • The room was a small one, well lit, and lin'd about the walls with cups and bottles.

    The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • April, 1724, to seek his father's coöperation, and surprised his family by appearing unannounced among them, not at all in the classic garb of the prodigal son, but "having a genteel new suit from head to foot, a watch, and my pockets lin'd with near five pounds sterling in silver."

    Benjamin Franklin 1888

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