"Leghorn" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... their use, and drawn up in stately line were Messieurs the Feathers and Furs, as Jacqueline called His Majesty's Austrian Imperial Guards. When she appeared, out flashed their curved blades. The queenly little lady in blue-flowered calico and a rakish Leghorn hat returned the salute with ...
— The Missourian • Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
... the leaves he designed with a pen and ink, all the interesting subjects. This book was possessed by Antonio Montanti, a sculptor and architect in Florence, who, being appointed architect to St. Peter's, removed to Rome, and shipped his ... effects at Leghorn for Civita Vecchia, among which was this edition of Dante. In the voyage the vessel foundered at sea, and it was ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 • Lord Byron
... with Clement," will be the natural remark of any on board the Marseilles or Leghorn steamer, on being told that the ...
— The Isle of Unrest • Henry Seton Merriman
... as women generally did when their feelings escaped control? Her face was very pale—her eyes startlingly bright,—and the graceful white summer frock she wore, with soft old lace falling about it, a costume completed in perfection by a picturesque Leghorn hat bound with black velvet and adorned with a cluster of pale roses, made her a study worthy the brush of many a greater artist than Amadis de Jocelyn. His quick eye noted every detail of her dainty dress and ...
— Innocent - Her Fancy and His Fact • Marie Corelli
... of tikug is one of considerable importance. It is a well known fact that the finest Leghorn hat straw is produced in Italy by sewing wheat closely and reaping the straw before the grain ripens. The best mat straws of China and Japan are produced from cultivated sedges. The Bureau of Education is therefore encouraging ...
— Philippine Mats - Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 • Hugo H. Miller
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