"Silver lace" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... from Notre Dame, next day, as I mounted the steps of the Hotel de Luynes. My swagger, and that brave suit of pearl grey velvet with its silver lace, bore me unchallenged past the gorgeous suisse, who stood, ...
— The Suitors of Yvonne • Raphael Sabatini
... (he says) he saw a young man extravagantly dressed out in a frock suit of green and silver lace, bag-wig, sword, bouquet, and point ruffles, enter the room (at the Bedford), and immediately join the critical circle at the upper end. Nobody recognized him; but such was the ease of his bearing, ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
... in the details of his tidings, as he stood before the fire, shining in his silver lace, and relating the tragedy and the comedy of ...
— Chantry House • Charlotte M. Yonge
... at Kirkcudbright, he met with a young man in scarlet and silver lace (the gentleman's name was Mr. Robert Glendining) new come home from his travels, he much surprised the young man by telling him, he behoved to change his garb, and way of life, and betake himself to the study of the scriptures, which at that time ...
— Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) • John Howie |
