socks

• O, my dear parents, may that glory be yours in all the fulness of its splendour, and in all the perfection of its beatitudes I thankfully acknowledge the receipt of the two pairs of socks--the last of the many like tokens of my Mother's affection, and the work of her own hands. —  The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
• In the window the chief ornaments were speckled plaster limbs clad in elastic socks, and photographs of hideous complaints before and after treatment with a celebrated ointment; and there were certain trophies which indicated that the chemist numbered dentistry among his accomplishments Inside, the odour of drugs prevailed, in the absence of the subtle perfume that is part of the fittings of a fashionable apothecary, and on the very threshold the goddess paused irresolute There is magic in the air," she exclaimed, "and fearful poisons. —  The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance
• The Church can not be blamed for either the mistakes of Moses, or for the mistakes of her members We have recently had the spectacle of a noted Evangelist, in Vermont, preaching prohibition, indulging in strong drink, and making a bet with a Jebusite that he would turn all his clothing wrong side out--socks, drawers, trousers, undershirt, shirt, vest and coat--and preach with his eyes shut. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
• She had rings on her fingers, though not no bells on her toes--only little blue slippers; and her socks was pale blue, like we could see when she come down the stairs I don't expect there was any handsomer woman in the world than she was then--they don't make 'em any handsomer. —  The Man Next Door
• His ties and his socks, a generous portion of the latter displayed by the up-rolled bottoms of his trousers, were always of a vivid hue and usually of silk. —  Rival Pitchers of Oakdale

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