mourning-ring

Keep Briton for yourself; nobody would pay the value of that noble beast, and I would rather give him to you — like a mourning-ring bequeathed by a dying man to his executor.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

You become a slave for life, and then your dead tyrant leaves you a mourning-ring, and grins at you out of his grave.

He Knew He Was Right 2004

I had an uncle, a glazier, who died, and left me twenty pounds, and this mourning-ring; and I therefore have made it a rule to break the windows of all public places ever since.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various

However, he returned a second time and had no better; the third day, towards evening, he observed an old gentleman in a chaise by himself, whom he robbed of six guineas, a watch, a mourning-ring, and nine and sixpence in silver, and then making over the fields got home very safe.

Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward

Upon it was the mourning-ring Miss Frost had always worn.

The Lost Girl 1907

As a rule she only wore the mourning-ring of black enamel and diamond, which had been always on Miss Frost's finger.

The Lost Girl 1907

There was a mourning-ring, which had been Mr. Denner's father's, for a distant cousin, who was further comforted by a few hundred dollars, but all the rest was for Willie.

John Ward, Preacher Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

The Countess exhibited a mourning-ring on her finger, Mrs. Bonner's bequest to her.

Evan Harrington — Volume 7 George Meredith 1868

The Countess exhibited a mourning-ring on her finger, Mrs. Bonner's bequest to her.

Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868

The Countess exhibited a mourning-ring on her finger, Mrs. Bonner's bequest to her.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868