love-gift

Beautifully feathered — but extremely annoyed — this was his solemn love-gift.

See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

She still wore the diaphanous love-gift robes the Queen's attendants had dressed her in the night before.

The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

Now Nodonn held high the book-plaque that had been Bryan's love-gift to Mercy.

The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

The Master of the Royal Bed gestured and a gray-torc valet came up to wrap the shivering love-gift manquee in a robe of white satin.

The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

I had trouble to escape from wearing Anthemion's party robe, red with embroidered borders, a love-gift from Anaxis.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

I started the hypothesis that Mamusa might once have had a _tendresse_ for the old gentleman, and might have bestowed these cows upon him as a love-gift; but this idea was scouted, even by the defendant, who said gravely,

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Various

Her friend was sitting by the window, -- waiting, -- not for her; and when she went in to her, it was silently, with no mention of her errand or her love-gift.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Various

Some faint touch of refinement told her that she should not take money for what she had meant as a love-gift.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Various

You may put together all these illustrations in the attempt to get a real, close-up, idea of what Jesus meant in that love-gift of His to you.

Quiet Talks on Power S.D. Gordon

This old house, this old room; the very chair she sat in, with its high back and straight arms; the floor, black with age, uneven from the passing of the generations — all made a setting for the man who had brought her here to choose a love-gift for another woman.

Lonesome Road Wentworth, Patricia 1939