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  • When the Doomster showed himself, a tall haggard figure, arrayed in a fantastic garment of black and grey, passmented with silver lace, all fell back with a sort of instinctive horror, and made wide way for him to approach the foot of the table.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • Stephen felt bound to surpass this with the last report that my Lord of York's men rode Flemish steeds in crimson velvet housings, passmented with gold and gems, and of course his uncle had the leading of them.

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Flemish steeds in crimson velvet housings, passmented with gold and gems, and of course his uncle had the leading of them.

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • “A grey riding-suit, passmented with silver, russet walking-boots, a cut band, a grey hat and plume, black hair.”

    Woodstock 1855

  • When the Doomster showed himself, a tall haggard figure, arrayed in a fantastic garment of black and grey, passmented with silver lace, all fell back with a sort of instinctive horror, and made wide way for him to approach the foot of the table.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • When the Doomster showed himself, a tall haggard figure, arrayed in a fantastic garment of black and grey, passmented with silver lace, all fell back with a sort of instinctive horror, and made wide way for him to approach the foot of the table.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • When the Doomster showed himself, a tall haggard figure, arrayed in a fantastic garment of black and grey, passmented with silver lace, all fell back with a sort of instinctive horror, and made wide way for him to approach the foot of the table.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "A grey riding-suit, passmented with silver, russet walking-boots, a cut band, a grey hat and plume, black hair."

    Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801

  • His dress was rich, but sombre, consisting of a doublet of black satin, worked with threads of Venetian gold; hose of the same material, and similarly embroidered; a shirt curiously wrought with black silk, and fastened at the collar with black enamelled clasps; a cloak of black velvet, passmented with gold, and lined with crimson satin; a flat black velvet cap, set with pearls and goldsmith's work, and adorned with a short white plume; and black velvet buskins.

    Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

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